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Thursday, October 4, 2012

London, Kew Gardens : Amazing autumn experiences.



A very  beautiful  place to visit in autumn is The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London. If you are in the city during this season, try to reserve some time to visit the gardens and enjoy the fall colors.
Kew covers an area of over 132 hectares on the banks of the River Thames, between Richmond and Kew in south-west London. This area once belonged to the Royal family a few centuries ago, and these gardens have a long history and preserve many nice memories.
 
 

 
Today Kew ‘s living plant collection is the largest and most comprehensive in the world, containing representatives of more than 1 in 8 of all flowering plants species. This romantic and wonderful garden also has different and important scientific missions.
Many  species within the living collection are endangered in their natural habitats,  and Kew is increasingly involved in their conservation as threats to the world’s vegetation escalate. Specimens of such plants are cultivated and propagated for distribution to other botanic gardens, or, whenever possible, returned to their natural habitats.
The knowledge and expertise of Kew’s scientific and horticultural staff is shared with other botanists and the public by means of publications, scientific conferences and educational programmes.

Kew also has one of the world's foremost botanical libraries, containing over 120.000 books as well as journals, papers, illustrations, and an extensive archive.
These large gardens are an ideal area to come with children,  they not only learn about nature but at the same time have special and extensive areas to play, and also Kew organize  many activities for them, such as children’s egg trails at easter, Christmas activities in December and into the New Year and so.
 
 
 
The art is also present in the Kew Gardens throughout the year. One of the permanent exhibitions that I like so much is the Marianne North Gallery. This painter who was born in Hastings in 1830, travelled widely around the world, often enduring considerable discomfort, in order to paint flowers in their natural habitats.
She also generously offered to provide a suitable building in which to display her paints, and asked her friend, the architectural historian, James Fergusson, to design the Gallery, which was opened to the public in June 1882. This is another beautiful way to enjoy the flowers in Kew Gardens.

 
  

 For further information, you may visit : www.kew.org

 

 

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