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Government Report 2015
This government report which has just come out provides a lot of factual history about the Garden. Dolphonia (talk) 15:16, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

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The Imperialist Roots of the Botanical Gardens
This article may be of interest: The Imperialist Roots of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, by Stephen Basdeo

It discusses how the botanical gardens were instrumental to the British Empire and their historical impact on international agriculture. If you think it makes any relevant points, they could be included in the article. 121.7.103.204 (talk) 02:57, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

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Underground railway
Maybe worth mentioning: Kew Gardens private underground railway. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 10:22, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

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Kew Gardens Constabulary
Hi, I just found a source regarding the constabulary which suggests that it was set up in 1845 but the article suggests a date of 1847. I couldn’t find a source for that so what do you suggest?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42634851 Encyloedit (talk) 21:01, 24 April 2022 (UTC)