‘Sad moments ahead’: Kew Gardens to fell rare trees in race to save Victorian greenhouse
The team have already begun emptying out the beds around the site. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The GuardianView image in fullscreenThe Palm house at Kew Gardens. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The GuardianThe ornate ironwork is rusted and the 16,000 panes of glass it is comprised of are warped and damaged, making it difficult to maintain the hot, humid conditions its rare plants need.
- ▪The team have already begun emptying out the beds around the site.
- ▪Photograph: Sarah Lee/The GuardianView image in fullscreenThe Palm house at Kew Gardens.
- ▪Photograph: Sarah Lee/The GuardianThe ornate ironwork is rusted and the 16,000 panes of glass it is comprised of are warped and damaged, making it difficult to maintain the hot, humid conditions its rare plants need.
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The Palm house at Kew Gardens. The team have already begun emptying out the beds around the site. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The GuardianView image in fullscreenThe Palm house at Kew Gardens. The team have already begun emptying out the beds around the site. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The GuardianKew Gardens‘Sad moments ahead’: Kew Gardens to fell rare trees in race to save Victorian greenhouseHorticulturalists begin moving and propagating plants before the rusty and warped Palm House begins renovation – but some are too tall to saveHelena Horton and George Francis LeeThu 27 Aug 2026 01.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleIt will be a gut-wrenching moment for the horticulturalists at Kew Gardens when some of the magnificent trees in the Palm House have to be felled.“There are some sad moments…
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