The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Vegetables: The Art and Science to Grow Your Own Vegetables (7) (Kew Experts)

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The Sustainable Uses of Plants Group (formerly the Centre for Economic Botany), focuses on the uses of plants in the United Kingdom and the world's arid and semi-arid zones. The center is also responsible for the curation of the Economic Botany Collection, which contains more than 90,000 botanical raw materials and ethnographic artifacts, some of which are on display in the Plants + People exhibit in Museum No. 1. The centre is now located in the Jodrell Laboratory. [97] Jodrell Laboratory [ edit ] View of the Jodrell Laboratory across part of the grass collection This October, Kew are transforming the iconic Temperate House into a celebration of the diversity of arts, plants and fungi. Discover unique artworks, a stunning temporary garden, a newly commissioned sound piece and a film-based installation as well as After Hours events including music, comedy and cabaret. The Palm House was originally heated by two coal-fired boilers, with a 107 feet (33m) chimney, the "Shaft of the Great Palm-Stove", now known as the Campanile, near the Victoria Gate. Coal was brought in by a light railway, running in a tunnel, using human-propelled wagons. The tunnel acted as a flue between the boilers and the chimney, but the distance proved too great for efficient working, and so two small chimneys were added to the Palm House. In 1950 the railway was electrified. The tunnel is now used to carry piped hot water to the Palm House, from oil-fired boilers located near the original chimney, which is extant, and is Grade II listed. [53] Princess of Wales Conservatory [ edit ] Princess of Wales Conservatory

Waterlily House". Visit Kew Gardens. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014 . Retrieved 11 June 2014. Others argue that the relocation would interfere with the work of scientists, who are already stretched in their bids to identify and conserve plants in the face of increasing biodiversity loss across the globe. “This is one of the most important herbariums in the world,” added Prance. “Specimens here include originals from which plant species are named. It should be kept at the heart of Kew.”Ant plants or Myrmecodia tuberosa have special cavities and tunnels that ants live in. The ants protect the plant from predators and can play a role in their pollination and seed dispersal as well. They may also provide a tasty meal. Myrmecodia tuberosa live in the treetops and have a large, bulbous trunk that ants live in. Ants are very organised and place their dead in only one of these chambers. The nutrients released as the ants decay are then taken in by the Myrmecodia through the walls of the chamber, which are coated in root endings. Further research has revealed the ants only place body parts with a high nutrient value, such as the head, in this chamber. The ants are actively feeding their house! Kew is home to a number of eateries including The Orangery, Pavilion Bar and Grill, The Botanical Brasserie and Victoria Plaza Café. [109] At present, the public cannot visit the herbarium, which is a dedicated research facility. But once its plant collection is moved to the science park, the building will be redeveloped as a science quarter, a public display of Kew’s prime specimens, including those donated by Charles Darwin, added a spokesperson. In 2021, the new Family Kitchen & Shop opened near the Children's Garden, replacing the nearby tented White Peaks Family Restaurant. [110] Media [ edit ]

Kew: Kingdom of Plants with David Attenborough". Kew.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014 . Retrieved 14 September 2014. Discover glittering tunnels of light, dancing lakeside reflections and trees drenched in jewel-like colour. Get ready to wiggle into your wellies and head off on an adorable adventure of discovery through Kew Gardens. Thomas Tompion (bapt.1639 d. 1713) – Sundial". www.royalcollection.org.uk . Retrieved 15 October 2017. 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.Historic England. "Temple of Arethusa (1251777)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 November 2017. A 2004 episode of the BBC Four series Art of the Garden which looked at the building of the Great Palm House in the 1840s [114] The Pagoda was closed to the public for many years but was reopened for the summer months of 2006. It has been renovated in a major restoration project and reopened under the aegis of Historic Royal Palaces in 2018. [62] 80 dragons have been remade and now sit on each storey of the building. A small Greek temple portico with two Ionic columns and two outer Ionic pillars; it is pedimented with a cornice and key pattern frieze. It was built in 1758 by Sir William Chambers. It is Grade II listed. [68] Similar to the temple of Aeolus and Bellona, she was later named to commemorate the warship HMS Arethusa. [67] Temple of Bellona [ edit ]

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”. At Kew, a petition, signed by more than 15,000 people, calls for management to abandon its plan to rehouse the garden’s 170-year-old herbarium at the new science park. Signatories include Sir Ghillean Prance, a former director of Kew, who told the Observer that he was dismayed by the idea of moving the collection, which contains more than 7m specimens of dried, pressed plants gathered from around the world.

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It’s a botanical world brimming with seasonal cheer as twinkling lights and seasonal sounds fill the air. A double porticoed Doric temple in stone with a series of cast-iron panels set in the inside walls commemorating British military victories from Minden (1759) to Waterloo (1815). It was built in 1837 by Sir Jeffery Wyatville, and originally called The Pantheon. Named after King William IV (1830–37). It is Grade II listed. [65] Temple of Aeolus [ edit ] The School of Horticulture building was formerly known as the Reference Museum or Museum No. 2. [60]

Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. (November 1910). "The Jodrell Laboratory at Kew". Nature. 85 (2143): 103–104. Bibcode: 1910Natur..85..103T. doi: 10.1038/085103d0. S2CID 3974811. Kew has one of the largest compost heaps in Europe, made from green and woody waste from the gardens and the manure from the stables of the Household Cavalry. [43] The compost is mainly used in the gardens, but on occasion has been auctioned as part of a fundraising event for the gardens. [44] a b c Kohlmaier, Georg and von Sortory, Barna. Houses of Glass, A Nineteenth-Century Building Type. The MIT Press, 1990 (p296) In 1921 Virginia Woolf published her short story " Kew Gardens", which gives brief descriptions of four groups of people as they pass by a flowerbed. [119] [120] Access and transport [ edit ] Elizabeth Gate

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The Bonsai House was formerly known as the Alpine House No. 24 prior to the construction of the Davies Alpine House. In the southeast corner of Kew Gardens stands the Great Pagoda (by Sir William Chambers), erected in 1762, from a design in imitation of the Chinese Ta. The lowest of the ten octagonal storeys is 15m (49ft) in diameter. From the base to the highest point is 50m (164ft). The gallery had suffered considerable structural degradation since its creation and during a period from 2008 to 2009 major restoration and refurbishment took place, with works led by leading conservation architects Donald Insall Associates. [76] During the time the gallery was closed the opportunity was also taken to restore the paintings to their original condition. The gallery reopened in October 2009.