Kew Gardens: Royal Botanical Gardens in London, England

Kew Gardens are probably the best and most famous botanical gardens in the world and the model on which many others are based. There are several interesting buildings including a royal palace and large glasshouses ranging from a few years old to several hundred years housing tropical plants and even oldest pot-plant, which lives in the Palm-house. Outside there are plants and trees from all over the world. There are indoor and outdoor restaurants including one in the Orangery building. Kew Gardens is also used as a venue for summer concerts.

Kew is located about 10 miles from central London, in the beautiful, historically fascinating London borough of Richmond upon-Thames, formerly in the county of Surrey, just a couple of miles from Richmond town, with it's theatres, restaurants, shops and pubs and the enormous Richmond Park, formerly the royal hunting grounds and still home to hundreds of wild deer. The beautiful Richmond Hill is also just 2 miles away. Wimbledon, the home of British tennis and venue for the most famous tennis tournament for two weeks each year in June is less than 10 miles away and Twickenham, the home of Rugby football is just 2 miles away.