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Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, with the Temperate House at center.

Kew Gardens

park, London, United Kingdom
Also known as: Royal Botanic Gardens
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Kew Gardens, botanical garden located at Kew, site of a former royal estate in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames. In 2003 Kew Gardens was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. Privately owned gardens were tended at Kew from as early as the 16th century. The site was acquired from the Capel family in 1731 by Frederick Louis, prince of Wales, and by Augusta, dowager princess of Wales, who established a garden for exotic...

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