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Spices, Kew Gardens

23 May 15 – 06 Sep 15, 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM

Add some zest and flavour to your summer at the Kew Gardens SpicesFestival

By CW Contributor on 2/3/2015

2 CW readers are interested
Courtesy of Kew Gardens
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Spices, Kew Gardens Spices, Kew Gardens Ali Godwin
Do you know your mace from your cloves? Your turmeric from your cardamom? Kew Gardens’ fiery Spice Festival opens up a whole world of zingy flavour and colour this summer.

Kew Gardens Spices Festival 2015

Spices at Kew Gardens, London explores the mysterious world of spices: from the exotic climates where they grow to the bustling Spice Exchanges where they are sold. Discover what makes a spice a spice, why they can be so incredibly valuable, and how they are prepared before they turn up in our peppermills and vanilla ice cream.

Spices Festival highlights

If you’re interested in a spot of spice history, check out the intriguing and treacherous tales of 15th century spice hunters and traders, brought to life in The Marianne North Gallery through diary entries and original artefacts. Kew played a central role in the spice trade at this time, as a highly respected centre for authentication, and a base for talented botanists who travelled the globe in search of zesty treasures.

Make sure you try your hand at ‘bartering’ in Kew Gardens’ very own Spice Exchange, and don’t forget to concoct a spice mix of your own to take home.

Complete your visit with a taste explosion of spiced food and drink from around the world, sold from street food vans in the Orangey, the Pavillion, and a pop-up bread kitchen.

This tasty and enlightening festival at Kew Gardens will add some zest to your summer.





What Spices, Kew Gardens
Where Kew Gardens, Kew, Richmond, , Surrey, TW9 3AB | MAP
Nearest tube Kew Gardens (underground)
When 23 May 15 – 06 Sep 15, 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Price £Prices not yet released
Website Click here for more details



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    In the middle ages, pepper and other spices were so valuable that they were used as currency and even to bribe court judges! 

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