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The flowering of Kew
 William
Chambers
Decimus
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Pagoda Vista zone
Both historically and today, the area around the Pagoda focuses,
naturally enough, on the structure itself. The Pagoda is the most
important surviving architectural element of William Chambers' designs.
Pagoda Vista was also a major axis for the Nesfield/Burton landscape
design, lined by paired plantings of broadleaved trees, flanked
externally by paired evergreens.
Decimus Burton's Temperate House is another keynote building in
this area and its splendid glass, stucco, iron, timber and stone
structure dominates the western half of the entire area. The Temperate
House is the largest public glasshouse at Kew and the world's largest
surviving Victorian glasshouse.
Opposite, nestled in woodland near the garden wall by Kew Road,
is the Marianne North Gallery, which houses an important botanical
art collection and serves as a reminder of the importance of not
only the exceptionally talented Marianne North, who donated all
her paintings and the gallery to house them, but also all the other
botanical artists who have contributed their work during the history
of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
The area around the Pagoda Vista is well-liked by visitors, some
of whom come into the Gardens through the Lion Gate. Most, however,
come to see its attractions from either the Palm House, walking
along the Pagoda Vista and 'Augusta's Walk', or from Syon Vista
by walking the attractive length of the Cedar Vista.
In the Pagoda Vista Zone:
 Temperate
House
Evolution
House Marianne
North Gallery The
Pagoda
Pagoda
Vista
Chokushi
Mon - Japanese Gateway King
William's Temple Flagpole
Lion
Gate
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