Happiness

Gardens support our health, happiness and communities

Countering climate change

Saving species

Butterfies: gardens' most fragile visitors

Imagine a world without pollinators

Green TV

“It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds"Charles Darwin, Scientist

The science of gardens

Deep Listener

Gardens' essential role in our modern healthcare

Gardens of Healing

Why do we need gardens?

"I find being in nature very restorative and it's a real refuge from daily life"Hannah Brown, Hospital Rooms Artist

Preserving gardens for the future

Recreating Hill Close Gardens

11 tips to fight climate change from your own garden

Start countering climate change in your own back garden

Countering climate change

Gardeners and ecologists are working together to help combat climate change

70 years of Studying Climate Change

Find out how Ventnor Botanic is helping to predict the UK's climate future

Caring for Gardens during Climate Change

Discover how gardening has changed to reflect our changing climate

What is biodiversity?

Why does it matter? And what are scientists at Kew doing to protect it?

Protecting our future food from climate change

Learn how farming techniques are changing to an adaptive climate

Saving species

From rare trees to local widlife, these gardens are helping protect their local flora and fauna

Saving the White Cherry from Extinction

Discover the Alnwick Cherry Orchard that helped save the white cherry blossom

Spanish Lizards in English Gardens

Meet these scaly visitors who now call England home

The West Country Wildlife Garden

Watch a video from a local garden supporting the eco-system

The Secret Lives of Garden Wildlife

A cat, a swan and a squirrel walk into a garden...

Butterfies: gardens' most fragile visitors

Meet six distinctive butterfly species

Peacock butterfly by Marius Gerome

Brimstone butterfly by Matt Berry, Greenwings

Large White butterfly by Dean Morley

Common Blue (Male) butterfly by Ian A Kirk

Gatekeeper (Male) butterfly by Andrew Cooper

Scarlet Tiger moth by Dominic Waite from Oxford

Discover Ways to Protect Butterflies and Moths

Practical ways to support the ecosystem

Why do Moths Matter?

The state of moths in the UK and why it's important

Butterflies: The Science behind the Colour

Learn how butterflies make their vibrant wing patterns

Nature for Everyone

Find out how you can help preserve butterflies

Imagine a world without pollinators

Bees, moths and butterflies all play an essential role in our ecosystem

Butterflies and moths as pollinators

Pollinators

Imagine a world without bees

How Pollination Works

Saving the Honey Bee

Green TV

Watch videos from gardening experts

Butterflies of Sussex

Butterfly Conservation Trust

How to save butterflies and moths

Butterfly Conservation Trust

From Hive to Honey

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Celebrating Nature

Butterfly Conservation Trust

Conservation at Wakehurst

Kew Wakehurst

Counting Butterflies

Butterfly Conservation Trust

The science of gardens

Gardens are incredible spaces for discoveries, observations and insights.

Darwin's Discoveries at Down House

Find out how Darwin's work in his garden inflluenced 'The Origin of Species'

Walter Raleigh - a Gardens Potions Master

Learn about Walter Raleigh's mysterious garden elixir

Studying Plants

Get behind the scenes at the Oxford Botanic Gardens' research labs

Freezing for the Future

Discover how Kew Gardens are saving species for the future

Secrets of the Princess of Wales Conservatory

Learn about the incredible conservatories at Kew Gardens

Deep Listener

Download an Audio-visual Ecological Expedition in collaboration with the Serpentine Gallery

Download Deep Listener

Experience Deep Listener yourself

Learn more about Deep Listener

Watch a video introducing the artwork

Gardens' essential role in our modern healthcare

From medicinal discoveries to gardening prescriptions

Gardens of Healing