Press Release
Climbers & Creepers offers huge fun!
UK's First Interactive Botanical Play Zone to open 29 June 2004
Children visiting Kew Gardens this summer will be able to learn about plants through play in a unique new interactive learning area.
In Climbers & Creepers kids can:
- Climb into a plant to pollinate it
- Get 'eaten' by a giant Venus Fly Trap
- Crawl through a bramble tangle...
...and have a lot more fun while discovering the importance of plant
and animal relationships.
This major new facility is an innovative indoor/outdoor place for children
between the ages of 3 and 9 to explore with their parents, grandparents
and carers. It consists of 16 attractions that provide an exciting encounter
with a magical landscape of super-sized plant adventures. It marks a
new commitment by Kew to learning through fun and engaging children
in the pleasure and interest of plants.
Climbers & Creepers occupies about 1,000 sq. metres in a glass structure within the Gardens, offering shelter in the winter months but opening up to the air in good weather. Above the exploration zone is 'The Lookout', which is a rest and observation area with snacks and information.
Admission is free. (Accompanied children pay no entrance fee to the Gardens.)
Kew Gardens is just 25 minutes from Charing Cross by District line
tube and 20 minutes by overland train from Waterloo. Free parking is
available on Kew Road and Kew Green after 10.00am. Entry is £8.50
for adults, £6.00 concessions, children 16 and under are free.
Kew Gardens is open daily from 9:30 am and closes at 6:30 pm (7:30pm
at weekends and bank holidays) until Sunday 5th September. From Monday
6th September closing is 6:00pm weekdays. For details on visiting Kew
call 020 8332 5655 or visit www.kew.org.
For further information and images please contact Ali Cuthbert or Hannah
Rogers at Kew Press Office: tel. 020 8332 5607 (please note: not for
publication) or email pr@kew.org
For further Press information please contact:
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Kew: Public Relations Tel: +44 (0)20 8332 5607/5619 |
Wakehurst Place: Public Relations Tel: +44 (0)1444 894018 |
