THE WATERLILY HOUSE

The Waterlily House is the home of the huge attraction, the giant Amazonian Water Lily Victoria amazonica. This giant can grow to two metres across and have enough buoyancy to support a baby. This houses the warmest and most humid environments at Kew Gardens.

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The Palm House and Palm House Pond

Two white marble Chinese Lions (Also called Fu, or Foo Lions: Lions of Foo are always created in pairs, with the male playing with a ball and the female with a cub.) can be found "guarding" the Victoria Gate side of the pond.They are thought to date from the Ming Dynasty of AD 1368-1644 and were presented to Kew by Sir John Ramsden in 1958.





The Palm House Pond

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THE PALM HOUSE

The Palm House creates conditions similar to tropical rainforests; about a quarter of the palms planted here are threatenedin the wild. Comprised of three distinct sections housing species from The Americas, Africa and Asia, Australasia and The Pacific.

THE QUEENS BEASTS

Ten stylised heraldic figures stand in front of the Palm House; replicas of those which stood at Westminister Abbey during the1953 coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II.

The Falcon of the Plantagenets

The Black Bull of Clarence

The Griffin of Edward III

The Unicorn of Scotland

The White Lion of Mortimer

The Lion of England

The White Horse of Hanover

The Red Dragon of Wales

The Yale of Beaufort

The White Greyhound of Richmond