What is it? Kew Gardens are extensive gardens and botanical glasshouses. It is a botanic investigation center too and it has one of the most important bank of seeds in the world.
Where is it? It is placed between Richmond and Kew, in southwest London.
When was it built? Current gardens are from 1759, when the princess Augusta, mother of George III, wanted to use 3,5 hectares of her property as a botanic garden.
Characteristics: It is used as a growing, conservation and preservation of the worldwide flora. It is organized in zones with gardens of different flowers inside the park, two greenhouses with tropical flowers, a bamboo garden, another Japanese garden, and strange animals such as poisonous frogs, multicolor lizards and the famous giant plant called Amorphophallus titanum. The garden has representative structures called Gran Pagoda and some museums. We find also the Marianne North Gallery.
Timetable: It is open to the people all the year.
Open and Closing times, Sun 29 Mar to Sat 29 Aug
Monday to Friday
Saturday & Sunday
Kew Gardens
9.30am
6.30pm(last entry 6pm)
7.30pm(last entry 7pm)
Glasshouses & Galleries
9.30am
5.30pm
5.30pm
Rhizotron and Xstrata Treetop Walkway
9.30am
5.30pm(last entry 5.15pm)
6.30pm(last entry 6.15pm)
Climbers and Creepers
10.30am
5.30pm
5.30pm
Kew Palace
10.30am
(From 10 April)4.15pm
(From 10 April)4.15pm
Price: Free, once inside the Gardens.
Enquiries: by email
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