Climate-resilient species selection, powered by science.
Build planting schemes that are designed to survive, perform, and deliver ecosystem benefits under future climate conditions.
The data behind the Palette platform
320+
Tree species
12
UK Regions
2050-2090
Climate Scenarios
15
Traits & constraints filters
What we offer
The Kew Reach Palette Platform
Palette turns the science of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew into evidence-based planting decisions. By assessing site conditions, future climate scenarios and project objectives, it helps answer one critical question: will this plant survive and perform here, under the conditions it will actually face?
Whether you’re designing for urban cooling, sustainable drainage, biodiversity gain, air quality improvement or long-term resilience, Palette helps you select the right plant for the right place and the right purpose. Assess, a site, build a scheme you can defend, and share it as a client-ready deliverable.
Consultancy Services
Not every project needs software alone. Kew Reach works directly with clients to design and deliver nature-based solutions that improve biodiversity, strengthen climate resilience and create measurable benefits for both nature and people.
Drawing on the expertise of more than 500 scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, our specialist labs help organisations plan, deliver and sustain impact at scale.
Urban Lab
Urban habitat creation and climate-resilient green infrastructure
Supporting cities, local authorities and developers to create healthier urban environments through evidence-based planting, biodiversity enhancement and nature-based solutions.
Infrastructure Lab
Nature-positive solutions for development and infrastructure projects
Helping developers and infrastructure teams meet environmental requirements, including Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), habit creation and long-term ecological performance across major projects and NSIPs.
Restoration Lab
Landscape restoration and ecosystem recovery
Designing and delivering large-scale restoration projects that rebuild ecological function, increase resilience and support lasting nature recovery.
The Kew Method
Our work is grounded in the Kew Method, a set of trusted methodological principles developed by scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This unique framework guides every stage of our work, from baseline assessments through to implementation, monitoring and long-term adaptation.
By embedding rigorous science into every stage of project design and delivery, we reduce implementation failures, safeguard biodiversity goals, and strengthen investor confidence in carbon outcomes.
69%
Decline in wildlife populations between 1970 and 2018 (WWF)
100m
Hectares of forest loss between 2000 and 2020 (UN)
40%
Global proportion of degraded land in 2022 (UN)
72%
Of London’s Urban Canopy at risk
