30 March 2020

Watch: Behind the scenes at our Tropical Nursery

Explore the most biodiverse corner on Earth.

Inside the tropical nursery

Our incredible Tropical Nursery is teeming with life, housing around 10,000 different plants.

Here, Kew experts grow some of the world's most interesting tropical plants for research, conservation and our botanic gardens.

Watch the video below to find out more about our Tropical Nursery collection, from the smelliest plant on earth to feisty flesh-eating plants.

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Staff member looking at Titan arum in the Princess of Wales Conservatory
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The giant, pongy plant: Titan arum

Grace Brewer
The elegant sundew, Drosera venusta, a sticky carnivorous plant at Kew
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A waterfall in the Rock Garden
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8 November 2019

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Katie Avis-Riordan