The Queens Garden, Kew Palace, Kew, London, UK

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The Queens Garden, Kew Palace, Kew, London, UK. Kew Palace is the smallest and most intimate of the royal palaces. The four-storey red brick house was built c. 1631 by Samuel Fortrey, a merchant of Dutch origin. The Queen's Garden is a seventeenth-century-style garden situated behind Kew Palace. At one time, the site was not cultivated because the area was regularly flooded by the River Thames. In 1959, Sir George Taylor, then the Director of the Gardens, decided to create a garden whose style matched that of the palace. Work began in 1963 and, in 1969, the Garden was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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Size: 5121px × 3414px
Location: Kew, London, UK
Photo credit: © Travelpix / Alamy / Afripics
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