Kew Gardens


Kew Gardens



Monday 25th August 2008

An August bank holiday day out to visit Kew Gardens.

John's Pictures
Maison de Stuff

09:50:33 This is what I look like first thing in the morning.11:57:27 Just after arriving at Kew, this is a nice bit of momiji - Japanese maple.11:57:49

11:58:12 ...to prove we weren't making it up.11:59:03 A pheasant!12:00:05

12:00:26 A nice old folly here.12:00:39 12:00:50

12:00:56 12:01:34 12:10:19 Lunch! I had the tomato soup, Chie had the sweet potato soup.

12:16:34 Note the napkin stuffed into my shirt. Very fetching.12:20:26 12:38:24 The famous pagoda.

12:38:45 12:39:03 Giant Japanese woman spotted at Kew Gardens!12:39:20

12:40:28 12:40:31 Chie larking about.12:40:38

12:40:40 12:43:12 12:43:17

12:45:18 Chokushi-mon - the Japanese gate near the pagoda.12:45:25 12:45:55

12:48:28 ...and there was even a Zen garden to boot.12:48:41 12:48:54

12:49:00 I could very easily be in Japan here!12:49:35 12:50:53

12:57:37 The walkway around the tree canopy - we actually found this a bit unnerving!12:58:19 12:59:34

12:59:39 12:59:58 13:01:09

13:02:41 13:03:19 13:04:11

13:04:34 13:10:56 One of the glasshouses.13:11:36

13:13:03 13:14:49 13:14:57

13:17:52 13:18:32 On the walkway up in the eaves of the glasshouse.13:18:53

13:19:32 13:19:45 13:19:52

13:21:39 Nice spiral staircase here.13:22:02 13:22:06

13:22:16 13:24:23 13:24:39

13:34:21 13:35:50 An interesting modern bridge.13:36:03

13:36:34 13:36:39 13:36:41

13:36:43 13:39:35 13:39:42

13:40:53 13:53:34 ...and another Japanese building!13:54:21

13:54:25 13:55:10 14:05:42 I found these two funny birds quite entertaining.

14:05:46 14:05:59 14:06:06

14:12:16 Chie at the "tree listening" place - quite a bizarre concept.14:13:38 Chie listening to a tree. How odd.14:17:44 I rather like this self timer shot - although my camera took a battering in the process (just after taking the shot, it fell off the sundail I had perched it on).

14:19:52 I think this building was called The Orangery - quite reminiscent of the tearooms of the same name in Kensington Palace Gardens.14:19:57 14:21:48 Chie was mildly fascinated by the monkey puzzle.

14:21:55 14:22:03 14:27:46 This was quite a nice spot, a little sheltered area completely covered by these climbing plants.

14:34:09 Yet more glasshouses - this one was particularly humid.14:35:14 Cactuses!14:35:50

14:41:28 Erm, is that Kew Palace, or was that the red building?14:41:45 14:42:16

14:42:18 14:42:23 14:42:25

14:44:56 Lavender.14:45:34 14:46:34

14:46:48 14:47:50 14:48:26 Taken just before leaving - if my fat head wasn't in the way you'd have been able to see the famous pagoda in the background here.