London's world-renowned botanical attraction, Kew Gardens, has opened its annual "Christmas at Kew" lights installation, which takes visitors on an illuminated trail around the site. This year is the event's 13th iteration. "It sells out almost every year that we've run it," says Adam Thow, head of commercial operations at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. | AFP News Agency

I went to The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew! 🇬🇧🪴——- Kew is home to 330 acres of the MOST diverse collection of plants but let’s call a spade a spade: Plants were taken — sometimes documented, sometimes stolen — from Indigenous lands and brought back to build national prestige. What we now admire as “collections” were often the result of extraction and exploitation.It’s a privilege to be able to visit this garden, but also a responsibility to name the history they carry. These gardens hold beauty