Author(s): Rupert Smith

Gardening

Kew Garden has recently been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, ranking it alongside Stonehenge, the Pyramids and the Taj Mahal. It receives over one million visitors a year and has just been voted the UK's most favourite garden.

Accompanying a new BBC series, A Year At Kew Garden is a month-by-month journey through the world's greatest botanical garden, following the work of Kew's committed team of experts in the gardens and glasshouses, laboratories and libraries that give Kew its reputation as a centre of scientific excellence. Beautifully illustrated, with extensive behind-the-scenes access, this book captures the passion and commitment that goes into the garden throughout a busy and significant year in its history.