Kew Gardens
botanical garden and world's largest collection of living plants in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
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Summary
Kew Gardens is a botanical garden[1]. It ranks in the top 0.15% of botanical garden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,336 views/month, #1 of 649).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Biodiversity Heritage Library[3], The London Museums of Health & Medicine[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames[5]
- Country: United Kingdom[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: River Thames[7]
- Instance of: herbarium[8], higher education institution[9], garden[10]
- Operator: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew[11]
- Location: Kew[12]
- Commons category: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew[13]
- Has part(s): Orangery[14], Great Pagoda[15], Temperate House[16], Palm House[17], Japanese Gateway (Chokushi-Mon)[18], Queen's Beasts[19], Museum Number 1[20], Museum Number 2[21], Water Lily House[22], The Queen's Cottage[23], Ruined arch, including fragments of masonry at the base of the arch[24], Marianne North Gallery[25], Campanile[26], Temple Of Bellona[27]
- OS grid reference: TQ1793776087[28]
- Official website: http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/[29], http://www.kew.org/[30], https://www.kew.org/[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew[32]
- Has facility: accessible toilet[33]
- Commons gallery: Kew Gardens[34]
- Described by source: Anglické listy[35]
- Heritage designation: Grade I listed park and garden[36], World Heritage Site[37]
- Native label: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew[38]
- Different from: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew[39]
- Area: 272.32 ha[40]
- World Heritage criteria: (ii)[41], (iii)[42], (iv)[43]
Why It Matters
Kew Gardens has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Works attributed to it include Curtis's Botanical Magazine[46], a scientific journal[47], founded in 1787[48], written by Joseph Dalton Hooker[49].