Kew Gardens has hit a milestone as it prepares to open its first-ever learning centre. Construction work officially started to build the Shafran Learning Centre at the world-famous botanic gardens this week, to improve Kew's educational offer in person and virtually through livestreamed lessons on plant and fungal science.

The centre will have laboratories, lecture theatres, classrooms, a gallery, offices, toilets and a garden once it opens to the public, which is scheduled for October 2026. It will be Kew's first net-zero educational building and purpose-built teaching space.

Early years groups, school pupils, teachers, adults and community groups are among those who will use the centre, which aims to educate people on the climate and nature crises to provide them with the skills

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