Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (brand name 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 750 staff. Its chief executive is the current Director, Richard Deverell. Its board of trustees is chaired by Marcus Agius, a former chairman of Barclays PLC.

The organisation manages botanic gardens at Kew in Richmond upon Thames in southwest London, and at Wakehurst Place, a National Trust property in Sussex which is home to an internationally important Millennium Seed Bank. The Seed Bank is also the site of multiple research projects and international partnerships with at least 80 countries. Seed stored at the bank fulfils two functions: it provides an ex situ conservation resource and also facilitates research around the globe by acting as a repository for seed scientists. Kew also operates, jointly with the Forestry Commission, Bedgebury Pinetum in Kent, specialising in growing conifers.

  • Temperate House, Kew Gardens (Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew), Kew, Richmond, London, Great Britain
  • Kew Gardens
  • kew uk : magnifica serra
  • Lake & Sackler Crossing (designed by architect John Pawson), Kew Gardens.
  • lake at kew garden
  • Kew Gardens
  • London - Kew Gardens - Xstrata Treetop Walkway 2008 - View Down on Rhizotron 2008 by Marks Barfield Architects
  • View from Tree Walk
  • Kew Gardens
  • London - Kew Gardens - Xstrata Treetop Walkway 2008 - View ESE on Temperate House 1863-1903 Decimus Burton
  • London - Kew Gardens - Bamboo Garden - View NNW towards Japanese Minka House
  • Londyn, Kew Gardens
  • London - Kew Gardens - Xstrata Treetop Walkway 2008 - View Down
  • Mute Swan with Sygnets ,on Lake
  • London - Kew Garden

Country:
United Kingdom
Rating:
10
Latitude:
51,478068
Longitude:
-0,2979825
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