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The Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are
extensive gardens and botanical glasshouses between
Richmond upon Thames and Kew.
Kew Gardens originated in the exotic garden at Kew Park formed by Lord Capel of Tewkesbury. In 1840 the gardens were adopted as a national botanical garden and increased to 270 acres. It is now 300 acres. |
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Kew Palace was built in 1631 and is the smallest of the royal palaces, used by the royal family between 1729 and 1818. Open to visitors in the summer, costs £5 per adult in addition to the standard Kew Gardens entry fee. | ||
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The Palm House at Kew Gardens was completed in 1848, constructed from glass and iron. The palms inside are exhibited by region - one for the Americas, one for Africa and one for Asia and Australasia. |
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The Princess of Wales Conservatory has ten computer controlled climatic zones, hosting cacti, ginger, pineapples, giant waterlillies and orchids. And the pools contain freshwater stingrays, water dragons and poison-dart tree frogs! |
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The Wollemi Pine was thought to be extinct for 2 million years, until it was re-found in a gorge near Sydney, Australia. Less than 100 mature trees exist in the world, so this growing specimen in Kew Gardens is being well protected! | |||
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The Orangery at Kew Gardenswas designed by Sir William Chambers as a hothouse for oranges and completed in 1761. It is the largest classical style building in Kew Gardens, measuring 28 m long by 10 m deep. At the time it was England's biggest glasshouse. |
Did you know
that Kew Gardens is a
leading centre of botanical research, a training ground
for professional gardeners and a popular visitor
attraction?
In 2005 Kew attracted 1.48 million visitors, which was the most since 1949 and is the largest number for any paid entry garden in the United Kingdom. |
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Kew Gardens is important as a repository of seeds; it has one of the most important seedbanks. With the Harvard University Herbaria, and the Australian National Herbarium, they co-operate in the IPNI database to produce an authoritative source of information on the nomenclature of plants. |
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Kew Gardens is located in Kew, in the borough of Richmond upon Thames |
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