Still dull (till I left to come home of course, but my feet were starting to protest)... but you can't order the weather sadly.
The Easter event this year (it's been on for a couple of weeks actually) is The Moomins. I loved these stories by Tove Jansson as a child, and so it seems to children today because when I got there just before 10 there was a great long queue waiting to go in.. However, I wasn't particularly going to look for them (which was as well, because I didn't come across them)
I was quite surprised to see that the big beds of red and white tulips I loved so much 2 weeks ago, have already finished - I know tulips aren't the longest lasting of flowers but thought there'd be a few left.
I did find some other varieties though
heading for the Woodland Walk and the bluebells, I came across this - accessed by a wooden ramp - this is new, temporary I think, and is an area where you can meet the Kew scientists. It wasn't open yetI love the look of it though
Didn't spend as long today, partly because the trains were only half hourly (instead of 4 an hour) and my feet and legs were starting to protest after yesterday.
8 comments:
Such a wide variety of flowers & they're all stunning. I love the tulips, especially the white ones & the pink & orange ones. The tiny white flowers - in the photo above the building on stilts - are gorgeous, as are the bunches of sunshine yellow ones hanging from the tree. Just gorgeous.
Well that was a very pink and purple post. Glad you had a nice day x
Fab post Helen, I love tulips but it is such a shame they don't las longer. Those orange ones are just stunning xx
Beautiful Helen, I swear I can smell that viburnum from here lol!
Wonderful photos as always. I loved the pink and purple tulips together but especially like the shape of the white and pink ones with the curved out petals. Beautiful pics of the heavy blossoms but the best bit for me would be the woodland walk and all the wild planting under the trees. I love the natural look of it compared to the structured more formal gardens.
I have to say we have a lot more bluebells driving past Clumber Park on the A614. Its a thick carpet of them for at least half a mile.
Hugs
Lesley Xx
My tulips are nearly gone, too, so I can empathize. I do like the pinks and purple ones, though.
Not sure what those wooden circles are, but it's nice you can visit with Kew scientists (and maybe landscapers?).
OMGosh. Those cherry blossoms are out of this world. Incredible colors and so delicate, too.
The woodland walk looks almost out of place. I bet once it "ages" a bit, it won't look quite so stark.
I admit, those white tulips don't look much like tulips I'm used to . Mine look more like the ones you found in urns.
You may have bowed out early, but the colorful post was no less inviting and beautiful. Really GREAT photos, Helen.
Goodness, where are my manners? Happy, happy Easter.
Spring has most definitely SPRUNG hasn't it. Such beautiful photographs Helen. You really do do those gorgeous blooms every justice. Breathtaking! Lx
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