Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 3AB
Tel: +44 (0)20 8332 5000

About Kew

Throughout its history, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has made important contributions to increasing the understanding of the plant kingdom with many benefits for mankind.

Today it is still first and foremost a scientific institution. With its collections of living and preserved plants, of plant products and botanical information, it forms an encyclopaedia of knowledge about the plant kingdom.

Our work

Our business aim is to produce basic and applied information about plant-and fungal-related topics and to manage and communicate this to all our stakeholders.

This aim is carried out through science and research in systematics, biological interactions, economic botany, conservation and horticulture. This is underpinned by our extensive collections of living and preserved plants and fungi, associated artefacts, literature and archives, and is interpreted to the public through the Gardens at Kew and Wakehurst Place. These provide an amenity for the public, offering the opportunity to learn about plants and our wider work. Our ability to increase our outreach and global impact depends on the effectiveness of our communications. Our education programmes, dissemination activities, our national and international partnership networks are fundamental in ensuring the transfer of our specialist knowledge to the global community.

Jobs

We are an internationally recognised highly successful scientific research institution and a major visitor attraction with World Heritage Site status. With our pre-eminent collection of plants and botanical information built over the last 250 years, and the launch of our Breathing Planet Programme we are committed to increasing and inspiring public understanding about worldwide science based plant conservation. With global partners we are helping to secure a future for some of the most threatened species and habitats.

RBG Kew is a dynamic and stimulating environment in which to work. We need individuals who will enjoy making their contribution to Kew.

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