As the name implies, it houses plants from the world's temperate regions, laid out geographically including plants from Asia, Australasia and the Pacific Islands, Mediterranean region and Africa.

There are spiral staircases in the Temperate House where you can walk up and get a view from above.

The Kew Palace, although not currently open to the public, you can take a walk around the building to the Queen's garden. Kew Palace was built in 1631 as a private house and used by the royals, notably George III and his family, from 1729-1818. It's currently closed for restoration work and will hopefully be open to public sometime in 2006.

Behind Kew Palace is this well manicured garden, designed to look and have the same plants and flowers as a 17th century garden. It does not actually date back to the 17th century or to when a queen lived in Kew Palace as the Thames River routinely flooded the grounds. Work on the garden began in 1963 and the gardens were opened in 1969.

Palm house is one of the glashouses in Kew Gardens. The Palm House was built between 1844 and 1848 and was constructed to house tropical trees, shrubs and palms. Be prepared to extreme humidity and high temperatures in the house. Every few minutes water in small raindrops is poured from the top of the house.