Kew Gardens
Bamboo Garden and Minka House
The fastest growing woody plants in the world, bamboos create a dense and vibrant landscape wherever they grow.
Bamboo Garden and Minka HouseGrass Garden
Experience the lustrous beauty of grass in this ever-growing collection.
With around 300 species, our Grass Garden offers a chance to encounter the full beauty and variety of grass.
Grasses make up around 20 per cent of the Earth’s vegetation and are some of the world’s most economically important plants. They provide us with cereals, form the basis for many alcoholic drinks, are widely used for creating physical structures and increasingly as sources of renewable energy.
Our grasses range from delicate clumps of feathery Hordeum hystrix to tall strands of the Korean feather reed grass Calamagrostis brachytricha.
Once a year the grass garden gets a much-needed trim, cut back in February when clumps are divided and replanted. By early summer they are in full growth and beginning to flower.
The Grass Garden looks its best from late summer through to winter, with feathery seedheads catching the light of the low sun and leaves turning shades of yellow and bronze.
Visiting the Grass Garden
We may occasionally need to close attractions for maintenance or visitor safety: check for planned closures and visitor notices before you visit.
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Grass Garden’s annual trim
Find out how we keep our Grass Garden well-groomed for Autumn.
Trimming the Grass Garden
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Grass identification in Madagascar