1841 - 1885: The expansion of the Royal Botanic Gardens
These forty-five years saw the renaissance of Kew. The two now-iconic
glasshouses, the Palm House and the Temperate House, were built;
the National Arboretum was laid out and the Herbarium collection
was founded. The Gardens were extensively restructured. Scientific
research expanded and Kew became essential to the developing Empire,
supplying seed, crops and horticultural advice to the colonies.
Under Queen Victoria's patronage the Gardens flourished and with
the arrival of the railway Kew's role as a public attraction also
grew.
All this took place under the first two Directors, Sir William
Hooker and his son, Sir Joseph Hooker, together with the landscape
designer and artist, William Nesfield, and the architectural consultant,
Decimus Burton.
Find out more.....
 The
role of William and Joseph Hooker
Consolidating
the gardens
The
Palm House
Decimus
Burton
William
Andrews Nesfield
Nesfield's
parterres
The
National Arboretum and the Pleasure Grounds
Syon
Vista and Lake
Small
Formal Gardens
The
Temperate House
The
boundaries to the gardens
Riverside
screening
The
landscape legacy of Hooker, Nesfield & Burton
The
Museums and Herbarium
Joseph
Hooker, Director 1865-1885
Water
Supplies
Royal
Developments
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