The Japanese Landscape at Kew Gardens

There’s an impressive 250 years (and counting) of history in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, but they’re also paving the way for the future with not one, but two national bases for research into botanical studies. While you’re strolling through the Victorian Palm House or seeking out the luscious flora, scientists are working away in offices and laboratories behind the scenes.

Nowadays the Gardens stand at a whopping 300 acres. There are many things to see here. Besides grand Victorian glasshouses and the Chinese Pagoda, you can go to east Asia with the perfectly sculpted Japanese Landscape at Kew Gardens. Take a mindful moment in the tranquil Japanese gardens. The neat bonsais and shrubs make for a scene straight out of a willow pattern plate. Take in the ornamental Japanese Gateway, a replica of the Karamon gateway at Kyoto’s Nishi Hongan-ji temple, the stone baths, rustling bamboo, rocky outcrops, and spring-time blossoms. So who needs Kawachi Fuji Gardens?

• Address: Royal Botanic Gardens, London, TW9 3AB
• Transport: Tube (Kew Gardens/Kew Bridge rail)
• TripAdvisor Rating: 4.5/5
• Website: https://www.kew.org/
• Contact: 020 8332 5655