How old is Kew Gardens?

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.



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The gardens house botanic collections (conserved plants, living plants and documents) that have been considerably enriched through the centuries. Since their creation in 1759, the gardens have made a significant and uninterrupted contribution to the study of plant diversity and economic botany.

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Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London that houses the largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world.

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Etymology. The name Kew, recorded in 1327 as Cayho, is a combination of two words: the Old French kai (landing place; quay derives from this) and Old English hoh (spur of land). The land spur is formed by the bend in the Thames.

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The origins of Kew Gardens can be traced to the merging of the royal estates of Richmond and Kew in 1772. William Chambers built several garden structures, including the lofty Great Pagoda built in 1761 which still remains.

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The Nymphaea thermarum was discovered in 1987 by German botanist Eberhard Fischer at a thermal freshwater spring in Mashyuza, Rwanda -- the only known location in the wild.

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Treasured trees Heritage trees: Some of our oldest trees date back to the 18th century and include the Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), the Lucombe oak (Quercus x hispanica 'Lucombeana'), and the black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia).

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Charges at Kew were first introduced at Kew during World War One as a means of raising money. [4] That penny admission cost rose to 15p[5] by 1983 when the current status of the Gardens as a Non-Departmental Public Body was established by the National Heritage Act 1983 to the current adult ticket price of £15.

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Its royal occupation lasted from around 1728 until 1818, with a final short-lived occupation in 1844. The Dutch House is Grade I listed, and open to visitors. It is cared for by an independent charity, Historic Royal Palaces, which receives no funding from the government or the Crown.

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Discover what's coming up this year at Kew Gardens and Wakehurst. 2023 at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew will feature an array of new festivals and exhibitions at both Kew Gardens in London and Wakehurst, Kew's wild botanic garden in Sussex.

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Death is not so important where I come from. ' The pair had been arrested the day before leading police to the hidden coffin. After Chaplin's body was recovered, it was reburied back at Corsier-sur-Vevey, but this time the family opted to fill the grave with cement to deter any other thieves.

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