Kew at Work Collection

History Collection
239 items

Economic Botany Collection
10 items

Under the microscope Collection
10 items

Kew abroad Collection
15 items

Kew Science Collection
32 items

In the gardens Collection
16 items

Seed Bank Project by Pupils at School

Horticulture student with Victoria cruziana

Wardian Case from the Economic Botany Collection, dated ca. 1870s
Photograph of the Wardian case from ca. 1870s. The Wardian case was a portable airtight greenhouse developed by Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward to protect live plant material during transportation

Swietenia mahagoni
longitudinal section, block

Swietenia macrophylla
transverse section, block

Horticulture student with Victoria cruziana

Gardening equipment, RBG Kew
Wheelbarrow and gardening equipment, RBG Kew

Rose garden refurbishment, preparing the ground, RBG Kew

Edible plants, with tools

Planting out bedding

Watering cacti, RBG Kew
Watering the cacti collection in the nursery, RBG Kew

Planting out bedding, RBG Kew
Planting out summer bedding on the Palm House Terrace, RBG Kew

Hedge trimming, RBG Kew

Preparing the soil for Palm House bedding plants
Gardeners prepare the soil for the Palm House bedding plants, RBG Kew

Hedge trimming, RBG Kew
Using a cherry picker for hedge trimming, RBG Kew

Hedge trimming, RBG Kew

Hedge trimming, RBG Kew
Hedge trimming with safety equipment, RBG Kew

Planting in the Rock Garden, RBG Kew

Tree surgeons, RBG Kew
Tree surgeons at work, RBG Kew

Kew gardener with wheelbarrow. Verbena bonariensis in the foreground, the Orangery building in the background, RBG Kew

Planting out bedding, RBG Kew

Planting out bedding, RBG Kew
Planting out bedding on the Palm House parterre

Planting out a lettuce, RBG Kew
Planting out a plug plant of lettuce, RBG Kew

Vegetable plot
Detail of horticulture students vegetable plot, with pansies, RBG Kew

Women Gardeners (drinking tea) 1939
Women Gardeners (drinking tea), RBG Kew, 1939. A tea break was only instigated at Kew after Minnie Hill made a personal appeal to the director, Sir Arthur Hill

Women gardeners at Kew, 1939-1945
Female gardener in springtime, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, WWII (1939-1945)

Kew at Work
Kew B2B Kew at Work

Wardian Case from the Economic Botany Collection, dated ca 1870s
The Wardian case was a portable airtight greenhouse developed by Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward to protect live plant material during transportation

Wardian Case from the Economic Botany Collection, dated ca 1870s
The Wardian case is a portable airtight, glass-lined greenhouse that was developed by Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward (1791-1868) for the transportation of plants

Wardian Case from the Economic Botany Collection, dated ca 1870s
The Wardian case was a portable airtight greenhouse developed by Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward to protect live plant material during transportation

Swietenia macrophylla
Radial longitudinal section, mag x 5

Swietenia macrophylla
transverse section, mag x 5

Swietenia macrophylla
Intervessel pits, mag x 40

Swietenia macrophylla
prismatic crystals in axial parenchyma, mag x 40

Dysoxylum fraserianum
Intervessel pits, mag x 40

Dysoxylum fraserianum
Prismatic crystals in axial parenchyma, mag x 20

Dysoxylum fraserianum
transverse section, block

Dysoxylum fraserianum
longitudinal section, block

Cissus rhombifolia
cross section

Betula lenta
tangential longitudinal section, mag x 5

Palm House interior
a good days work

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