Kew turns 250


As the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew celebrates its 250th birthday, we take a look at some of the splendours the tourist attraction has to offer.

The water lily house is the hottest and most humid of all the houses at Kew and contains a large pond with varieties of water lily, surrounded by a display of economically important heat-loving plants.

The water lily house is the hottest and most humid of all the houses at Kew and contains a large pond with varieties of water lily, surrounded by a display of economically important heat-loving plants.


As the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew celebrates its 250th birthday, we take a look at some of the splendours the tourist attraction has to offer.

8:23am Mon 16 Feb 09

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