The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Kew Gardens is a huge complex of botanical gardens and greenhouses, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in England. Located in the south-west of London, between Richmond and Kew. A unique place where plants collected from around the world, is a historic parkland ages 18-20, with amazing architectural creations of different styles. Garden area covers 121 hectares, where grows over 30,000 species of plants, and in the herbarium collected about 7 million specimens. In the science lab grown wild forms from around the globe. Here open arboretum, rose garden, grows the world's largest collection of orchids, as well as collections of azaleas, ferns, cacti, carnivorous plants, and many other species. Library houses thousands of volumes and collections of drawings. Kew Gardens is a leading center for training of gardeners.

Among the attractions of the garden - Alpine House Davis, the Great Pagoda, Japanese Gate, Royal Palace, Kew, and many others. Interest will be visiting the House of lilies, galleries Marianne North and Shirley Sherwood, the exhibition "Garden Photographer of the Year", the Museum of number 1, as well as a walk through the mall over the treetops.

Seen: daily from 9:30 to 16:00 / 18:30 (depending on time of year). Metro station: Kew Gardens. You can also take bus line 65 (next to the Lion Gate and Victoria Gate), 391 (next to the station Kew Gardens), 237 or 267 (stop Kew Bridge).