Underpinned by the authority of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the expertise of Holly Farrell, this is the definitive guide to propagating, growing, harvesting and using more than 75 herbs in the most interesting ways: from planting a green roof to making home-made pesto. Beautifully illustrated throughout with artwork from Kew's archives. The Temperate House, re-opened in May 2018 after being closed for restoration, is a greenhouse that has twice the floor area of the Palm House and is the world's largest surviving Victorian glass structure. It contains plants and trees from all the temperate regions of the world, some of which are extremely rare. It was commissioned in 1859 and designed by architect Decimus Burton and iron founder Richard Turner. Covering 4880 square metres, it rises to a height of 19 metres (62ft). Intended to accommodate Kew's expanding collection of hardy and temperate plants, it took 40 years to construct, during which time costs soared. The building was closed for restoration 1980–82. The building was restored during 2014–15 by Donald Insall Associates, based on their conservation management plan. [57] Treetop Walkway". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022 . Retrieved 4 November 2022. Kew is like a zoo for plants. Every single plant here has its own number and records on our database, so we know exactly where it’s from and if we need to make more of it. We can then store the seeds in the Millennium Seed Bank, grow more plants for our gardens in the Nurseries behind the scenes, or send plants around the world to help with conservation efforts in their native habitat. No matter how boring the plant looks, every plant here contributes to conservation!

Built for the Japan-British Exhibition (1910) and moved to Kew in 1911, the Chokushi-Mon ("Imperial Envoy's Gateway") is a four-fifths scale replica of the karamon (gateway) of the Nishi Hongan-ji temple in Kyoto. It lies about 140 m north of the Pagoda and is surrounded by a reconstruction of a traditional Japanese garden. A post shared by Kew Gardens (@kewgardens) 5. What are some of the most interesting plants you work with and why? a b "Compost heap". Visit Kew Gardens. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014 . Retrieved 11 June 2014. Historic England (1 October 1987). "Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1000830)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 13 November 2017.

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The gallery originally opened in 1882 and is still the only permanent exhibition in Great Britain dedicated to the work of one woman. At the British Museum, this transfer has already begun and several million of its cultural treasures are now being transferred to its archaeological research collection at the science park. This centre will house “the majority of the museum’s ancient world collections, including archaeological assemblages, sculptures, mosaics and historic cast collections,” said a spokesperson. Nearly 1.5m objects have already been moved, he added. Palm House and Rose Garden". Visit Kew Gardens. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 11 June 2014. But the plan, although approved and financed, has been denounced by a group of former museum senior staff members. In a letter to the Times this month, they claim that the move is a sign that “the Natural History Museum is leading the museum world in its loss of expertise and breaking up of collections”.Adam, Whittaker (15 December 2021). "Lumsden & Mizzi serve up new Kitchen & Shop for Kew". Blooloop . Retrieved 15 December 2021. Endorsed by experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this is the definitive handbook to growing the coolest cacti, succulents, air plants, foliage and flowering plants. It contains detailed instructions on choosing, potting, feeding and propagation, along with profiles of over 75 popular plants and 12 eye-catching ideas to use and display them at home. Beautifully illustrated throughout with artwork from Kew's archives. The Jodrell Laboratory has spawned other laboratories and institutes, including the Laboratory of Plant Pathology in Harpenden (1920), the Imperial Bureau of Mycology in Kew (1930) and the Millennium Seed Bank, which initially relocated to Kew’s Wakehurst Place in 1993 as the Physiology Section.