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On 10 August 2003, a temperature of 100.6F was recorded at Kew, which is considered by many to be the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK.
No, the UK Met Office site says at http://www.met-office.gov.uk/climate/uk/extremes/index.html that it was at Brogdale, near Faversham in Kent, at 38.5C on 10 August 2003. 38.5 is an English and UK record. So I have removed that sentence - Adrian Pingstone 11:19, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
I thought that Kew didn't have anything with the Bedgebury Pinetum to do since they "got" Wakehurst Place in 1965. It is certainly not mentioned on the RBGK-website... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.89.71.9 ( talk) 09:45, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
What is the annual operating budget? Badagnani 07:03, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
How about adding some of this?: The Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is responsible for the world’s largest collection of living plants; ... The organisation employs more than 650 scientists and other staff. The living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants, while the herbarium, which is the largest in the world, has over 7 million preserved plant specimens. The library contains more than 750,000 volumes, and the illustrations collection contains more than 175,000 prints and drawings of plants. The Kew site includes four Grade I listed buildings and 36 Grade II listed structures in an internationally significant landscape --- from [1] Malick78 16:27, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
Why are there two portal things on the article page up the top just underneath the infobox? De Mattia ( talk) 09:27, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Three templates have been added. One (travel guide) specifies the particular areas of concern: telephone numbers and prices have been removed. Another states that there are too many sections which is probably correct: the plant collections have now been reworked so that those with no details are in a simple list. This has cut down the number of sections substantially. The third is rather non-specific and talks about style directing the editor to the talk page - however, nothing has been added so it's unclear what the problem is. As (I hope) the problems mention in the first two templates have been addressed I've removed these. If anyone feels they are still needed could they elucidate the problems here? As it's unclear what particular problems third template is refering to it doesn't seem appropriate to remove it yet so if anyone can spot any problems it would be helpful if they could mention them here. PRL42 ( talk) 16:16, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
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There ought to be mention of the one penny - or was it a happenny or farthing? - old money entrance fee. This continued unchanged from Victorian times, until in recent years it was increased, probably by an Act of parliament I imagine. 92.28.244.31 ( talk) 13:46, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
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Why under the section 'Seedbank' does the article then comment on the unfavourable growing conditions for the living collections? Surely this info about Wakehurst and Bedgbury belongs elsewhere in the article?
Also, there is a contradiction between the statement here that "Kew remains one of the most comprehensive plant collections in Britain" and the statement in the leading section which claims "The Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is responsible for the world's largest collection of living plants" - so it's the largest collection in the world, but only one of the most comprehensive in Britain? PaleCloudedWhite ( talk) 05:14, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
The lift for the treetop walkway is out of order and looks like it will continue to be for the foreseeable future. I see from the Article history someone made a (rather clumsy) edit to mention that in the Article. However, I think it probably would be worth rephrasing that access is available by the lift. If citation is required that it's out of order for a long time then http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/garden-attractions-A-Z/treetop-walkway-FAQs/ mentions it several times. 62.25.109.195 ( talk) 14:46, 4 April 2011 (UTC)