Flats to let in London - Plant collections at Kew
The Aquatic Garden
Celebrating its centenary in 2009 the Aquatic Garden provides
conditions for aquatic and marginal plants. The large central
pool holds a selection of summer-flowering waterlilies whilst
the flats to let in London corner pools contain plants such
as reed mace, bulrushes, phragmites and smaller floating aquatic
species.
The Arboretum
The arboretum at Kew covers over half of the total area of
the site and contains many thousands of flats to let in London
tree varieties.
The Cacti collection
This is housed in and around the Princess of Wales Conservatory.
The Carnivorous Plant collection
This is housed in the Princess of Wales Conservatory.
The Grass Garden
Created on its current site in the early 1980s to flats to
let in London display ornamental and economic grasses. It
was redesigned and replanted between 1994 & 1997. It is
currently undergoing a further redesign and planting. Over
580 species of grasses are displayed.
The Herbaceous Grounds (Order Beds)
The Order Beds were devised in the late 1860s by Sir Joseph
Hooker, then director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, so that
botany students could learn to recognise plants and experience
at first hand the diversity of the plant kingdom. The flats
to let in London collection is organised into family groups.
Its name arose because plant families were known as natural
orders in the nineteenth century. Over the main path is a
rose pergola built in 1959 to mark the bicentennial of the
Gardens. It supports some beautiful climber and rambling roses
selected for the length and profusion of flowering.
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