Kew Arboretum in spring

Garden attractions at Kew

Find out more about the many features of Kew and everything you can see during your visit. To help you plan your day we have picked out the top four most popular attractions, but there is lots more to see amongst Kew's 300 acres, and a wealth of history to explore.

Top attractions

 

Palm house and waterlily house
 

Palm House

Experience a tropical rainforest environment inside Kew's most iconic building.

Treetop walkway

Xstrata Treetop Walkway

Climb 18 metres into the tree canopy for a spectacular bird's-eye view of Kew.  

 

Temperate House summer
 

Temperate House

Our biggest public glasshouse, and home to the world's tallest indoor plant.

Princess of Wales Conservatory

Princess of Wales Conservatory

Containing ten climatic zones and a huge variety of plants, including orchids and cacti.

 

Kew Gardens attractions

Glasshouses  |  Kids' Kew  |  Kew's iconic plants   |  Museums, galleries & historic buildings  |  Formal gardens  | 
Gates, restaurants & visitor facilities  |  Themed plant collections  |  Vistas & landscape features  |  Water & wildlife  | 
Decorative structures  |  Behind the scenes at Kew |

A-Z listing

Explore our A-Z guide for more information on everything there is to see at Kew Gardens.

A B C

Aquatic Garden | Arboretum | Arboretum Nursery | Azalea Garden | Badger SettBamboo Garden & Japanese Minka House | Bee Garden | Berberis Dell  | Bonsai House | Brentford Gate | Broad Walk | Cambridge Cottage | Caucasian elm | Cedar Vista  | Cherry Walk | Chestnut-leaved oak | Chilean wine palm | Climbers & Creepers | Compost Heap | Conservation Area | Corsican pine | Crocus Carpet

D E F

Davies Alpine House | Duke's Garden | Eastern Cape giant cycad | Evolution House | False acacia

G H I

Giant waterlilies | Glory of the snow  | Grass Garden | Holly Walk | Herbarium | Ice House | Indian horse chestnut

J K L M N

Jade vine | Japanese Gateway | Japanese Landscape | Japanese Minka House & Bamboo Garden  | Jodrell Laboratory | Joseph Banks Building | Kew Palace | King William's Temple | Library, Art and Archives  | Lion Gate | Lucombe Oak | Maidenhair tree | Main Gate | Marianne North Gallery | Marine Display | Mediterranean Garden | Minka House | Monkey puzzle treeMuseum No. 1 | North American Tulip Tree |

O P Q R

Orangery | Order Beds & Rose Pergola | Oriental plane | Pagoda | Pagoda panorama | Pagoda tree | Pagoda Vista | Palm House | Palm House Parterre | Princess Walk | Princess of Wales Conservatory | Queen's Garden | Queen Charlotte's Cottage | Redwood Grove  |  Rhizotron & Xstrata Treetop Walkway | Rhododendron Dell | Riverside Walk | Rock Garden | Rose Garden | Rose Pergola | Ruined Arch |

S T U

Sackler Crossing | Secluded Garden | The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical ArtSir Joseph Banks Building | Stable Yard | Stag Beetle Loggery | Stone pine  | Sweet chestnut | Syon Vista | Temperate House | Temple of Aeolus & Woodland Garden | Temple of Arethusa | Temple of BellonaTemple of Imagination  | Titan arum | Treehouse Towers | Treetop Walkway | Tropical Nursery | Turner's oak

V W X Y Z

| Victoria Gate | Waterlily House | Waterlily Pond & Woodland Glade | Wollemi Pine | Woodland Garden & Temple of Aeolus |