Kew: A year at Kew: Places: North Eastern Zone


	• Princess of Wales Conservatory • Rock Garden • Alpine House • Grass Garden • Duke's Garden • Cambridge Cottage • Aquatic Garden • Jodrell Laboratory • School of Horticulture • Bonsai House • Order Beds • Student Vegetable Plots

North Eastern Zone

From the Aquatic Garden to the Princess of Wales Conservatory

This is essentially the north-eastern corner of Kew Gardens, nearest to Kew Bridge. It was originally a series of small houses with long gardens extending from Kew Green, and square plots along Kew Road. These were mostly incorporated into the Gardens during the 18th-20th centuries. Currently most of the buildings around this area - many of them of architectural interest - are used for administrative and residential purposes.

The historic garden plots are now the small discrete garden areas which in the main represent particular elements of botanic interest, such as the Aquatic Garden, the Grass Garden, the Duke's Garden, the Specimen Beds and the Rock Garden.

The main focus of the entire area is the architecturally stunning Princess of Wales Conservatory, one of the most advanced glasshouses at Kew.

The gardens here are generally open to the public, but the yards and some buildings, including the scientifically renowned Jodrell Laboratory, are accessible for Kew staff and official visitors only.