- Plant specimens are preserved at the Kew Garden Spirit Collection. Photography by Peter Macdiarmid.
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- Built in 1852, the Waterlily House features a wide range of exotic aquatic plant species. Photography by Peter Macdiarmid.
- Paola Navone for Barovier & Toso
- Photography by Peter Macdiarmid.
- Paola Navone for Barovier & Toso
- Paola Navone for Barovier & Toso
- Paola Navone for Barovier & Toso
- Photography by Peter Macdiarmid.
- Paola Navone for Barovier & Toso
- There are more than 14,000 trees planted in Kew Gardens. Photography by Peter Macdiarmid.
- An 18m-high Xstrata Treetop Walkway, which gives visitors the opportunity to explore the tree canopy and provides a bird’s-eye view across the gardens to the London skyline. Photography by Peter Macdiarmid.
- A rare 18th century book containing nature prints is displayed at the Herbarium library. Photography by Peter Macdiarmid.
- There are about 220 scientists working for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Photography by Peter Macdiarmid.
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- Conservator Eleanor Hasler (left) restores a painting at the Marianne North Conservation Studio. Photography by Peter Macdiarmid.
- The garden’s Herbarium holds more than 330 specimens collected by Charles Darwin. Photography by Peter Macdiarmid.
- The garden’s DNA Bank contains more than 22,000 samples of plant genomic DNA.
- Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank Partnership has trained more than 1200 people in seed conservation. Photography by Peter Macdiarmid.
- Photography by Peter Macdiarmid.
- Photography by Peter Macdiarmid.
- Dried and pressed plant specimens fill the shelves in the garden’s Herbarium facility. Photography by Peter Macdiarmid.