Route: Kew Gardens
Area: London
Date of walk: 1st and 2nd June 2013
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 6 miles
After arriving at Kings Cross, we made our way across London and arrived at Kew Gardens just after lunch. We spent 4 hours or so walking around the gardens, which comprise over 300 acres, and are a paradise for anyone interested in gardens and plants. We barely scraped the surface and wished we’d had more time to spend
Inspired by what we’d seen, we decided to visit another of London’s gardens the next day – Chelsea Physic Garden. We cycled there on ‘Boris Bikes’, which was great fun!
The Physic Garden is much smaller than Kew, but this gives it an intimate atmosphere and we enjoyed our visit just as much
We’ve been to these gardens before and will return again – they are both fantastic in different ways, and there’s always something new to be seen
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The Palm House, Kew Gardens
Inside the Palm House
The Syon Vista from the walkway round the top of the Palm House
The Waterlily House
Rose pergola
The Stone Pine, one of Kew’s ‘heritage trees’, planted 1846.
Cacti in the Princess of Wales Conservatory
Primula in the Rhododendron Dell
The Thames at the bottom of the garden
The Treetop Walkway. Slightly disconcerting as it sways around, and you can see the ground below through the mesh floor
The Temperate House from the walkway
The Temperate House, the world’s largest surviving Victorian glass structure
The Pagoda - click here for a larger version of this photo
Japanese Garden
All too soon we had to leave the garden. This is looking back to the Pagoda from the adjacent cricket ground
Next day, we hired a couple of ‘Boris Bikes’ and cycled along the Embankment .....
......to Chelsea Physic Garden. What a great way to get here!
All too soon it was time to go home
