Kew - more blossom

Another lovely day at Kew, although no blue skies today. Enjoy! 

but it was mild 

I was wearing a fleece, as there was a chance of rain (didn't happen) 

the beds in front of the Palm House look bright and zingy this year 

we could see that the Yoshino cherry trees round the Rose garden were out, so that was our first visit 

it so would have been better with the blue skies of last week 

we knew these would be busy so headed there next, 

definitely better with blue sky but at least it wasn't raining 

lots of cherry blossom 

looking from the other side of the glade,  

managed to cut out the man in the bright orange jacket.  

next we headed along rhododendron dell

lots of hellebores

from there we headed round to the woodland

the wild garlic is growing, although no flowers yet, but smelling delicious!  

I managed to catch the robin but the blue tits flashed in and out for the food and I missed them

a fox came by - Dave turned up to film the birds and said it's the young one called Autumn 

jay

Kim had some walnuts which he loved

when Kim was at Kew on Tuesday she came across this new bench near the giant redwoods..  it's beautiful!

it's huge.....

room for 2!  

blossom again, Pagoda in the background

cherry walk with music (sounds of spring again at Kew, gentle music in certain areas)

grey sky still....

we headed for snacks... they don't often have the shortbread sandwich at weekend (yummy caramelly filling) 

but it was lovely sitting outside  in almost sunshine.  time to take the coat off

then it was back to the Temperate House  - people were doing a me and lying on the ground for their photos...

not me today

we walked through the temperate house but blogger is reversing orders  

rhododendrons inside

then it was the daisies in the Davies exploration house across the path

I even like the backs of them

there's some kind of bug or bit of leaf on this one 

I got onto the wall again 

and was caught in the act

at the lake, (out of order thanks blogger)

the geese were chasing around (and we won't mention what one pair was doing the other side of the crossing)

tree near the treetop walkway on way to the lake

then back to the rose garden yoshino cherry trees

looking glorious

heading past the bed at the palm house

and the round bed at the end of the Broad Walk

the tree outside the POW is starting to grow again

inside the POW 

jade vine

rhododendron in the fern corridor

bottle brush

orchid cabinet.

the corpse flower has been removed now so it's obviously finished flowering

trying to avoid reflections

these aren't in the cabinet

a quick walk through the rock garden 

gorgeous zingy euphorbia

alpine house

as we passed the bonsai house we saw that one was flowering 

from the side so you can see the scale 

then magnolias in the evolution garden 

small flowered pinky ones

and slightly bigger white ones

gorgeous stripy tree at the other end of the evolution garden 

walking round the temple at the top of the hill

back to the exit

as we walked round the pond I can't believe I had forgotten about this beauty.

it's been slightly fenced off to keep people from trampling under it (and getting selfies) 

it's so beautiful

Kim was a little ahead of me and so noticed these before me...

Egyptian geese babies!

6 cute little goslings.  

I tried to get zoomed in on the phone 

Thanks for looking, hope you enjoyed,

see you next week.