Kew Gardens is located in the charming, quiet town of Richmond. It's 300 acres of land dedicated to Queen Victoria, like everything else in England. It was so overwhelming to go through the grounds. It seems as if you could go forever and keep running into the most enchanted places. A nickname of the Kew Gardens is The Secret Garden, making it all the more magical and mysterious. So, here we go!
The next few pictures were taken after I had climbed a little spiral staircase up to a walkway that circled the conservatory up by the roof.
I had no choice but the climb inside what ever that thing was.
What I found was a cocoon of branches and leaves surrounding me on each side.
Can you find me?
There I am! Acting like a frolicking food. As usual.
Here is a lovely Japanese garden that just kind of pops out of nowhere taking you completely by surprise.
This is what they called the tree climb! It's basically what it sounds like. You climb up the stairs to the very top of the trees! The only thing that would complete this experience was a roller coaster or a waterfall at the end.
This is the story of the peacock that we had the pleasure to meet on the street. He just came walking towards us as if we weren't there. We had no choice but to clear the street and let him pass through!
However, once he actually got to us, he stopped, sounded his loud calling noise, startling us all to death . . .
And continued walking on his pompous way, tail wagging left and right like an 1800's lady's gown.
Right as we approached this lovely pond, England finally acquainted us with their famous rainfalls. We all thought it was amusing that the one day it actual rains, we are out all day visiting on of the most famous gardens in England. Perfect!
Naturally, we spotted a thick tree with a nice park bench right under it, and ran for cover before it really started to come down!
It's hard to tell from the picture, but it was coming down pretty strong. But that sturdy little tree only let a few drops here and there come in. After we felt confident we could endure the rain, we left the comfort of our shelter.
Here is a green house of tropical plants.
This is a roof to one of the walk ways.
A lovely lily pond.
Complete with carnivorous plants.
Nope. I'm not kidding. Those are legit Venus fly traps!
Here is Casmin attempting to provoke one of them :)
This is in the Palm House. The reason for my shocked, sweaty face was the amount of humidity in the air. This is not an exaggeration, but two seconds after Casmin walked in the greenhouse, her glasses were completely fogged up! Two seconds.
My futile attempts to cool myself off.
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Of course there was a bench tucked under a huge enveloping tree! So cool.
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