It takes me some weeks to adjust to leaving for Kew at a sensible time after the early opening ends, but at least today it was dry.
Thanks to the train timetable I was early so had time to walk to my "early" gate so we start ....
at the Palm houseI headed round the far side of the pond..
past the beautiful sculpture nestling in the greenery
past the big trees at the end of the Broad Walk..
into the evolution garden
well, raindrops... gotta be shared
whilst the flowers are starting to fade, the colours are still vibrant
whilst the flowers are starting to fade, the colours are still vibrant
although they look as if they are faces drooping in sadness at the end of the season...
but raindrops.... gotta be shared!
I walked into one of the central squares to capture these - last week they were dripping with rain
dahlias in the background
but raindrops... gotta be shared....
the leaves of the physalis are dying back (and they've been well battered by rain) but still no webby skeletonising yet
some huge rose hips on one of the roses on the pergola down the central path
the pumpkins and squashes have been harvested and are on display
made me smile to see the "kew" scratched on the biggest one
towards the end of the path that cuts through to the rock garden, a large clump of beautiful nerines,
the huge acer (under which the snowdrops bloom in spring)
love the way the flowers fade upwards
it was hard to leave anything out...
I walked back along the path at the top of the rock garden, to get back to the entrance tothe Princess of Wales glasshouse...the acer from the path - it is huge
agave inside the POW
but not much grabbed my attention today and the contrast of cold outside and humidity inside played havoc with condensation
raindrops, gotta be shared...
cut across the grass to see
at the end of the Broad Walk, I happened to see my friend who I often wait at the gate with, she'd come in a different way today
last week it was dripping with rain - as we stood there, a few drops fell again today, but didn't last long
I headed into the Waterlily house
around the edges, in the raised planted area. at first I wasn't sure if these were flowers or funghi!
(phone for this, camera just fogged up)
I think this is a passionflower, will check progress next week
I always share a few photos to FB as I walk round...
even an awful selfie - I have to take one when my hair is so red (Elizabeth it's not darker you see, it's the light that makes it look different colours.) This is my favourite red I have done.
I'd still got my mask on from the waterlily house... you don't have to keep them on all the time you are in the gardens, only inside the buildings; although some people do.
before walking up the grass (very wet) to the Temperate House
so many colours!
the flowering cherries from the top of the steps at the entrance
inside, the path to the left today
I got a bit huffy behind my mask as people were ignoring the one way signs and doubling back ad stuff, so i didn't linger inside much (although there was plenty of room)
these are the trees the other end of the TH, the ones that are underplanted with tulips
I cut across the grass towards the gallery
there were even some leaves dry enough to scuff through! the funghi from last week have grown
ok, into the gallery now!
this is the pattern that is on my scarf, near enough
(which I wore today)
the exhibition is called Paradise Lost, so these are pages from Milton's work of that name, decorated.
the exhibition is called Paradise Lost, so these are pages from Milton's work of that name, decorated.
I got carried away!!
it was fun taking pictures inside through the gaps
and from just outside
the hanging on the wall - it's done on black silk
I love it! (can you tell?!)
I decided to head for the lake but on my way...
it's all the rain we had recently
there was a couple with a small baby and a toddler having some family photos taken under this tree
poor things they've suffered in the wind and rain
bracket fungus at the bottom of a tree trunk
I diverted up the path to the Japanese landscape to see how the colours were going...
before walking up to the lake
there was a couple with a small baby and a toddler having some family photos taken under this tree
poor things they've suffered in the wind and rain
bracket fungus at the bottom of a tree trunk
I diverted up the path to the Japanese landscape to see how the colours were going...
before walking up to the lake
but still plenty of colour in the trees!
this is the tree that the Lockerbie bench sits around
I haven't been this far along this side of the lake for a while so not sure when this branch was lost.
these trees are so pretty in spring and now in their autumn colours
as I walked round to them, there were some more family photo sessions going on!
a different couple with a not quite so small baby this time!
and also 2 girls - no way would i have sat on the wet muddy ground today
I headed back
the queue to go inside the Palm House was too long to bother
so I joined the queue for the ladies loo instead!!
can you see the gull flying across the shot? a white blur,
to the left just above the flower bed
4 comments:
Very pretty H! What fabulous pictures you take! Did you ever get your cake and a sitdown? Hugs! deb
I was taken by the purples, oranges, and reds in the evolution garden. Gotta love the pumpkins and squashes display. Very colorful. I've never heard of red hotpokers, but I truly LOVE how they look. I even like the long slender leaves.
From the leaves, it appears that pink cactus may be a Christmas cactus. Makes sense it would start blooming now.
I love the selfie and I see what you mean about your hair color.
Amazing find on the fungi. And autumn has truly entered in the world of Kew. Thanks for taking me along and I'm only a day late this time!
The colours that Mother Nature gives us really did make up for the dull day - it looked awesome. Hope you are keeping well hun xxx
Beautiful exhibition, and yes Passing Through (if that's what it is - seems likely) is wonderful. Love those leafy veins. Magical panoramic piece too.
Lovely to see the bold colours of the leaves, and lots more fungi. Hope you get to keep visiting!
Alison x
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