View of Temperate House from the Xstrata Treetop Walkway - Kew Gardens, London
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3861 x 2574 px | 32.7 x 21.8 cm | 12.9 x 8.6 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
21 June 2014Location:
Kew Gardens, London, England, Great Britain, UK, United Kingdom, EuropeMore information:
Temperate House, Kew Gardens London - Built in 1860, the Temperate House is the largest surviving Victorian glasshouse in the world, covering 4, 880 square metres and extending to 19 metres high. With Victorian plant collectors bringing back ever more species from around the globe, Kew needed somewhere to house its growing collection of semi-hardy and temperate plants. Kew Director Sir William Hooker was a great advocate for a new glasshouse and in 1859 commissioned architect Decimus Burton (designer of the Palm House) to design a grand new Temperate House. Sometimes referred to as the ‘Winter Gardens’, following the Victorian fashion for glasshouses to promenade in, the Temperate House, adjacent to the tree lined Pagoda vista, became a popular place to visit, then walk and relax on the lawns – as it still is today. http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/explore/attractions/temperate-house