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Kew Explorer land train. Enjoy a guided tour around the Gardens on the Kew Explorer land train and learn about Kew's flora and fauna, historic buildings and vital conservation work. Daily from 11am. Events and activities at Kew.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | Kew
2024年10月4日 · Roam wild at Wakehurst. Visit our wild botanic garden, with 500 acres of woodland and the world's largest seed conservation project. Explore Wakehurst. back on sale. Event. Family friendly | Evenings | Food and drink. Glow Wild. Custom date. Selected evenings, 28 November 2024 to 1 January 2025.
Ginkgo biloba: The tree that outlived the dinosaurs | Kew
2020年5月5日 · The Ginkgo biloba is one of the oldest living tree species in the world. It's the sole survivor of an ancient group of trees that date back to before dinosaurs roamed the Earth – creatures that lived between 245 and 66 million years ago. It’s so ancient, the species is known as a ' living fossil '. Fossils of Ginkgo leaves have been ...
Getting here - Kew
Kew Bridge station is 800m from Elizabeth Gate, via Kew Bridge. South West Trains run services from Waterloo, via Vauxhall and Clapham Junction. There is no level access at Kew Bridge. Richmond station has lift and level access. Take 65 bus (in the direction of Ealing Broadway) to Lion or Victoria Gate. Walking time from Richmond station is 15 ...
Yew - Taxus baccata | Plants | Kew
Yew is a densely branching, evergreen tree with a big trunk that can reach up to 20m tall. The bark is thin, scaly, and brown, it comes off in small flakes. Its leaves are dark green, leathery, and narrow with a pointed tip. Yew seeds grow at the tip of a dwarf shoot, enclosed in a red, fleshy, cup-like structure called an aril.
Manuka - Leptospermum scoparium | Plants - Kew
Manuka honey is produced by bees that pollinate flowers of the manuka plant. It has a thick texture and rich flavour. The leaves of the manuka plant can be brewed to make a tea. The Maori (Māori) people of New Zealand (Aotearoa) have traditionally eaten a sweet gum-like substance from the branches of the manuka (mānuka) plant.
Striking seasonal wonders of the Lesser Sundas | Kew
2020年12月18日 · By Dr Liam Trethowan , Laura V S Jennings and Helen Chadburn. Stretching from Bali to Timor, the Lesser Sunda islands are covered in seasonal tropical forests that are home to unique flora and fauna, including the world’s largest lizard the Komodo dragon and 74 bird species found nowhere else. Fires, agriculture, and even volcanoes, are some ...
Kew Science | Kew
Kew Science. Our purpose is to help stop biodiversity loss and develop nature-based solutions to some of humanity’s biggest global challenges. With over 530 science staff, Kew’s mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth. Read our Science Strategy 2021 – 2025.
Cyanotypes: The origins of photography - Kew
2023年2月28日 · Sir John Herschel: The inventor of cyanotypes. Sir John Herschel began by experimenting with sun prints (or photograms). These were one of the earliest forms of photography and involved laying an object on chemically-treated paper before exposing it to a light source. Later, in 1842, he used paper coated with a solution of iron salts, sun ...
Rafflesia arnoldi - Kew
Plant description. Rafflesia arnoldi lives inside Tetrastigma vines as a mass of fleshy strands which absorb water and nutrients from the host. It grows out of the host plant's bark as brown, cabbage-like buds called knops which bloom over several days. The flowers have five lobes, are reddish-brown with white spots, and grow up to 1m across.