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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,100 staff. [1]
The flagpole at Kew Gardens, which stood from 1959 until 2007. Kew consists mostly of the gardens themselves and a small surrounding community. [12] Royal residences in the area which would later influence the layout and construction of the gardens began in 1299 when Edward I moved his court to a manor house in neighbouring Richmond (then called Sheen). [12]
The post of Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew was established in 1841. [1] When the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew came into state ownership in 1841 Sir Willian Jackson Hooker (1785–1865) was appointed its first Director. [1] Over the period 1841 to 1856 Hooker established four curatorial posts at Kew, namely:
Christmas at Kew Gardens Visit Kew Gardens at Christmas for all things sparkles (RBG Kew) Read more: Best Christmas markets in Europe – and where to stay in France, Belgium and Germany
The Great Plant Hunt is a primary school plant science learning initiative, developed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and funded by the Wellcome Trust. [1] It is supported by DEFRA, [2] Sir David Attenborough, [3] and Science Learning Centres [4] in the UK.
Kew (/ k j uː /) is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. [2] Its population at the 2011 census was 11,436. [1] Kew is the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace.
The Kew Herbarium (herbarium code: K) is one of the world's largest and most historically significant herbaria, housed at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, England. Established in the 1850s on the ground floor of Hunter House, it has grown to maintain approximately seven million preserved plant specimens, including 330,000 type specimens .
Wakehurst, previously known as Wakehurst Place, is a house and botanic gardens in West Sussex, England, owned by the National Trust but used and managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew). It is near Ardingly , West Sussex in the High Weald ( grid reference TQ340315), and comprises a late 16th-century mansion, a mainly 20th-century ...