Horticultural Activities

Horticultural activities at the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew include:

• Composting: find out about horticultural alternatives to peat, plus see a picture of one of the UK's biggest compost heaps.

• Plant quarantine: how we check that our imported plants are safe to be planted out.

• Biological pest control.

Gardens staff have a key role in planning, creating and maintaining the garden features, many of which contain important plant collections:

• Aquatic Garden

• Arboretum

• Azalea Garden

• Bamboo Garden

• Berberis Dell

• Broad Walk - find out about the current restoration project

• Conservation Area

• Duke's Garden

• Grass Garden

• Half-Hardy Herbaceous Garden

• Holly Walk

• Japanese Landscape and Chokushi-Mon

• Juniper Collection

• Lake and Pinetum

• Lilac Garden

• Marine Display

• Order Beds

• Queen's Cottage Grounds

• Queen's Garden

• Rhododendron Dell

• Rock Garden

• Rose Garden

• Secluded Garden

• Winter Garden

• Woodland Garden

• Woodland Glade

Find out more about our three-year Kew Diploma in Horticulture.

We also have some interesting horticultural links.