When
24 May 2008 -
28 September 2008
09:30-18:30
Where
Kew Gardens
Cost
£12.00-£13.00
Age Restrictions
n/a
A Tree Festival at Kew Gardens takes place throughout summer 2008 giving visitors the chance
to see things from up on high as well as learn more about our oxygen providing and eco
stabilising friends. With a fabulous tree top walkway and plenty of opportunity to learn more
about biodiversity, the Tree Festival at Kew is the greenest exhibition around.
Walking amongst the tree tops and seeing things from a completely different perspective, the
highlight of the Year of Tree Festival at Kew Gardens is the Xstrata Treetop Walkway. Designed
by the same architects as the people behind the London Eye, the tree top walkway takes you
right up to the very top of the tree canopy and allows you to experience the views that are
normally ony seen by birds.
18 metres high and built into the canopys of several of Kew's biggest trees, the walkway takes
you up into the branches of sweet chestnuts, limes and oak trees. Full of bird life, insects and
lichens, the tree tops visible from this 200 metre long platform give you stunning views of not onlt
the trees at Kew, but the London skyline, with it's many famous landmarks.
Not only will you be able to experience the thrills of being right at the top of the tree, the Tree
Festival also features the innovative Rhizotron, which takes you right down into the earth to
explore the root systems and the micro organisms that live at the bottom of the tree itself.
Entered Hobbit style through a crack in the ground, the Rhizotron gives you an amazing look at
the roots and how they interact with the earth and other plants around them.
A more high tec inclusion into the proceedings allows you to literally hear a tree growing.
Attached to the Rhizotron and the tree top walkway is a Tree Listening Installation designed by
Alex Metcalf. With this unsual contraption, you can hear the sound of water being sucked up
the tree roots and listen to the sound of the trunk and branches rumbling in the wind.
More tree festival fun comes in the shape of the many attractions around the grounds of Kew
that give you the chance to expore the importance of trees to our landscape and how they
benefit the environment. Displays on biodiversity, an exhibition of the flora and fauna of the
woodland floor, and a special section of the Garden Photographer of the Year exhibition devoted
to trees make up the rest of the Tree Festival at Kew.
Running throughout the summer, the Tree Festival at Kew Gardens finishes on 28th September
2008.
Summer in London
Regents Park Open Air Theatre
Photographic Portrait Prize
Free Summer Festival in London
Amazing Rare Things London
London Parks
Globe Theatre Tickets
Tree Athlon Lodnon
Other Events at Kew Gardens
Mar 3, 1.30pm, 2pm, 2.30pm, booking essential
From Feb 4, Sat 1.30pm, 2pm, 2.30pm, booking essential, ends Feb 25
From Feb 7, Tue, Thu 1.30pm & 2pm, 2.30pm, demonstration, booking essential, ends Mar 1
04 February 2012 - 04 March 2012
Mon-Sun 11am & 1.30pm, closed Dec 24 & 25
Jan-Dec, Mon-Sun 9.30am, closed Dec 24 & 25
What's near Kew Gardens?
Below are the nearest 5 venues within 500 metres of Kew Gardens.
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Little Bay
228 Belsize Road, Kilburn, London, NW6 4BT
Rose
23 Orchard Street, Marylebone, London, W1H 6HL
Dstrkt
9 Rupert Street, Piccadilly Circus, London, W1D 6DG
55 Club
55 New Oxford Street, Covent Garden, London, WC1A 1BS
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