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.The mission of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is: To inspire and deliver science-based plant conservation worldwide, enhancing the quality of life. 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.