As you enter the Main Block there is a 'wow factor'. It has a stunning high ceiling and the plants are huge. It is not uncomfortably hot, like the Palm House. In the center see the world's tallest indoor plant, a Chilean Wine Palm.
Temperate House Kew Gardens
By Laura Porter, About.com Guide
The world's largest surviving Victorian glass structure. It took 38 years to build.
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