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The Japanese Gateway (Chokushi-Mon)

Built for the Japan-British Exhibition (1910) and moved to Kew in 1911, flats for rent London the Chokushi-Mon is a four-fifths scale replica of the karamon (gateway) of the Nishi Hongan-ji temple in Kyoto. It lies c. 140m west of the Pagoda, surrounded by a reconstruction of a traditional Japanese garden.

Compost heap

Kew has the largest compost heap in the world, made from green waste from the gardens and the waste from the stables of the Household Cavalry. The compost is mainly flats for rent London used in the gardens but on occasion has been auctioned as part of a fund raising event for the gardens.

The compost heap is in an area of the gardens not accessible to the general flats for rent London public but a viewing platform has been erected to allow visitors to observe the heap as it goes through its cycle.

Guided walks

Free tours of the gardens are conducted by trained volunteers flats for rent London and leave from Victoria Gate at 11am and 2pm every day (except Christmas Day).

International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition

This competition is now an annual event with an outdoor display flats for rent London of entries during the summer months.

Kew Palace

The Palace at Kew

Kew Palace is the smallest of the British royal palaces. It was built by Samuel Fortrey, a Dutch merchant in around 1631. It was later purchased by George III. The construction method is known as Flemish bond and involves laying the bricks with long and short sides flats for rent London alternating. This and the gabled front tend to give the construction a definite Dutch appearance.

To the rear of the building is the "Queen's Garden" which includes a collection of plants believed to have medicinal qualities. No plants that were not extant in England before the seventeenth flats for rent London century are grown in the garden.

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The building underwent significant restoration before being opened to flats for rent London the public in 2006.

It is administered separately from the gardens and is the only permanently open attraction flats for rent London within the grounds that requires an additional fee to view.
Main article: Kew Palace

Minka house

The Minka House

Following the Japan 2001 festival, Kew acquired a Japanese wooden house called a minka. It was originally erected in around 1900 in a suburb of flats for rent London Okazaki. Japanese craftsmen reassembled the framework and British builders who had worked on the Globe Theatre added the mud wall panels.