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Government Report 2015

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This government report which has just come out provides a lot of factual history about the Garden. Dolphonia (talk) 15:16, 11 September 2015 (UTC)Reply

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The Imperialist Roots of the Botanical Gardens

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This article may be of interest: The Imperialist Roots of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, by Stephen Basdeo

It discusses how the botanical gardens were instrumental to the British Empire and their historical impact on international agriculture. If you think it makes any relevant points, they could be included in the article. 121.7.103.204 (talk) 02:57, 5 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Underground railway

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Maybe worth mentioning: Kew Gardens private underground railway. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 10:22, 17 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Hello! This is to let editors know that the featured picture File:Alpine House, Kew Gardens, 2018 edit.jpg, which is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for September 16, 2021. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2021-09-16. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:36, 3 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London. Founded in 1840, its living collections include some 27,000 taxa while the herbarium houses over 8.5 million preserved plant and fungal specimens. This photograph shows the Davies Alpine House, which opened in 2006. The design of the greenhouse encourages natural airflow, the automatically operated blinds prevent overheating, and the glass is of a special type that allows maximum transmission of ultraviolet light. The structure houses a collection of alpine plants that grow above the tree line in their localities of origin.

Photograph credit: Daniel Case

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Kew Gardens Constabulary

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Hi, I just found a source regarding the constabulary which suggests that it was set up in 1845 but the article suggests a date of 1847. I couldn’t find a source for that so what do you suggest?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42634851 Encyloedit (talk) 21:01, 24 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

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