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Iconic picnic concerts in a spectacular setting. 10 July 2025: UB40 ft. Ali Campbell UB40 at Kew the Music 2025 UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell have sold over 70 million records worldwide, …

While it isn’t listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List, numbers of Rafflesia species across Indonesia are falling due to the impact of ecotourism.. To assist with pollination, Rafflesia …

As members of the nightshade family (Solanceae), tomatoes were thought to be poisonous when brought to Europe and grown only as ornamental plantsBotanically, tomatoes are berries and …

Titan arum has the world’s largest unbranched inflorescence (flowering structure) that can reach 3m tall.. When titan arum bloomed for the second time at Kew in 1926, it attracted such big …

One of the world’s most popular products, chocolate, comes from the cacao, or cocoa tree. It is made from cocoa beans: The seeds stored in the yellow fruit of the cacao tree. Cacao beans …

1759: Princess Augusta, mother of King George III, founds a nine-acre botanic garden within the pleasure grounds at Kew.; 1762: William Chambers builds the Great Pagoda.; 1768: Joseph …

Sunflowers can remove toxic elements from soils, like lead and uranium, and have been used in clean-up operations at both Chernobyl and Fukushima.. As ornamentals, there are a wide …

Across the harsh environment of the northern Namib desert, a truly unique plant has been flourishing almost unchanged for thousands of years. Welwitschia mirabilis, often just referred …

Maize, corn, or sweetcorn is the most grown cereal in the whole world by weight. In 2021, the world produced over 1.2 billion tonnes of maize for use in everything from food, drink, fuel, and …