Inside Davies Alpine House new glasshouse opened March 2006 Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Richmond Surrey England Britain UK Europe
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The Davies Alpine House, a striking new glasshouse providing the new public face for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's internationally renowned alpine collection. The 2006 RIBA Award winning landmark building, designed by twice-Stirling Prize winning architects Wilkinson Eyre, is the first new glasshouse to be constructed at the World Heritage Site for over 20 years and continues the remarkable tradition of innovative, high-quality glasshouses at Kew Gardens. Inside the house a wide selection of alpine plants are on display. They have been selected on the basis of their suitability to flourish on a cool mountain slope constantly brushed by breezes, and subject to variations in temperature. Kew 's plantsmen have selected from a huge variety of campanulas, dianthus, small ferns, helichrysum, small lavenders, primulas, saxifrage, thymes, tulips, and verbascums – plus many other rare and lesser-known species. At each end of the house are display benches that will have a constantly changing display of plants in flower. Kew has the resource of a large alpine nursery behind the scenes, with a vast array of plants, so each will have a chance to star in the displays at some point in the year. The Davies Alpine House combines sustainability, technology and accessibility in an architecture that is at once pragmatic and arresting, reflecting Kew's ongoing commitment to public education, accessibility and world-leading research. Notes to Editors The Davies Alpine