The
2006 UK flower show season
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Royal
Botanical Gardens, Kew , Richmond, England
links
to the 2005 events at Kew Gardens
These
gardens are open all year round with exhibitions
and flower shows on all the time.
Kew
Gardens is a major international visitor attraction
and its 132 hectares of landscaped gardens attract
over one million visitors per year.
Kew
Gardens was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site
in July 2003 and represents over 250 years of
historical landscape. RBG, Kew is a world famous
scientific organisation, internationally respected
for its outstanding living collection of plants
and world-class herbarium as well as its scientific
expertise in plant diversity, conservation and
sustainable development in the UK and around the
world.
It's
thanks to the mother of King George III, back
in 1759, that the natural wonders of Kew Gardens
are on show for the public to enjoy. A kind-hearted
soul, she laid out three and a half hectares of
her private estate for educational and scientific
purposes. Now this venerated botanic institution
is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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She was keen for her love of botany to spread
to the masses and 250 years later, her dream is
still being fulfilled - the Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew Gardens are now internationally renowned as
the pioneering centre of botanical research, study,
and conservation, and are open throughout the
year for all to enjoy.
Kew
Gardens are, without doubt, a botanist's heaven.
Its gardens, greenhouses and laboratories, spread
along the banks of the River Thames, offer examples
of 90 per cent of the world plant kingdom, ten
per cent of the world fauna (making that 40,000
taxa) as well as harbouring 80,000 artefacts of
plant origin. All this makes it a very pretty
place too.
There's
always something going on amongst the greenery
at Kew Gardens. The "Wild Summer" event
this year (May to July) is an excellent example
of the lengths that those at Kew will go to to
bring colour and nature to the public - a huge
wheatfield by the Broadwalk has been prepared
for a burst of colour with an enormous range of
unusual wild flowers.
If
you get bored of London's concrete, a day at Kew
Gardens should restore your faith in humanity.
And if you ever have a niggling question about
a plant or flower, the clever people at the end
of the telephone line are always happy to help
you out.
Some
information kindly provided "With the permission
of the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew" The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond
links
to more information and here
to
contact Kew Gardens
Enquiries
Visiting Kew Gardens and Wakehurst Place
Kew
www:
email:
tel:
www.kew.org/visitor/visitkew.html
info@kew.org
24-hour visitor information - +44 (0)20 8332 5655
Wakehurst Place
www:
email:
tel:
www.kew.org/visitor/visitwp.html
wakehurst@kew.org
24-hour visitor information - +44 (0)1444 894066
Garden Events
www:
www.kew.org/events
Friends of Kew
www:
email:
tel:
www.kew.org/friends
friends@kew.org
+44 (0)20 8332 5922 (limited availability, office-hours
only)
Sponsorship/ partnerships
www:
email:
www.kew.org/friends/corporate
partnerships@kew.org
Venue Hire
www:
email:
tel:
www.kew.org/shops/corphire
venues@kew.org
+44 (0)20 8332 5641
Weddings
www:
email:
tel:
www.kew.org/shops/wed
weddings@kew.org
+44 (0)20 8332 5641
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flower cutters and flower scissors for sale
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