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Our Gardens date back to the early 18th century, as a royal palace to today's globally renowned scientific institution for plant and fungal research. 1759: Princess Augusta, mother of King George III, founds a nine-acre botanic garden within the pleasure grounds at Kew. 1762: William Chambers builds the Great Pagoda.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 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] Its board of trustees is chaired by Dame Amelia Fawcett .
This historic landscape garden features elements that illustrate significant periods of the art of gardens from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The gardens house botanic collections (conserved plants, living plants and documents) that have been considerably enriched through the centuries.
Kew Gardens, botanical garden located at Kew, site of a former royal estate in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames. In 2003 Kew Gardens was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. The Great Palm House at Kew Gardens, London. Privately owned gardens were tended at Kew from as early as the 16th century.
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In 1840, the gardens were adopted as a national botanical garden, in large part due to the efforts of the Royal Horticultural Society and its president William Cavendish.
The herbarium holds about 1.75 million dried specimens. The garden, founded in 1670, is operated by the government. This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen. Royal Botanic Garden, botanical garden in Edinburgh, internationally famous for its beautiful landscaping.
Jul 17, 2019 · In 1772, King George III inherited the Kew estate and joined it with the royal estate in Richmond – two gardens became one. It was George III’s mother Princess Augusta who founded the original botanic garden at Kew in 1759. Plan of the Royal Palace Gardens and Park at Richmond in 1754 © RBG Kew.
