Happy New Year, Kew....

 It was a frosty start today, but plenty of layers kept the worst of the cold out.

waiting outside... at least there was no wind to make things worse.

the pond was frozen 

this weekend is the final of the Christmas Lights, so these will be going down during the week

the sun was trying to come out!

I'd been hoping for lots of frosty shots...

sun on the pond

heading down the Broad Walk,  frosty leaves

needless to say Blogger wants you to see them in a different order to mine!

we went round by the Hive - but couldn't get access to it (probably too slippery with the frost)

melting frost dripping off a yukka outside the POW

lots of fogging problems inside the POW but I liked the misty background effect!

upper level ; love the pink!

water drops - most of the shots were blurred sadly

I didn't think any of these had come out.

orchids in the cool orchid room

with all our layers on, we were very hot inside, and quite glad to get back outside... but it was cold!

more frosty shots in the rock garden 

agaves outside the alpine house 

alpine house -  in reverse order 

nerine

iris

narcissus

lots of these were too blurry to use...

the snowdrops were drooping ! 

I know it's a bit out of focus but I love the patterns

more water - melting frost

frosty agapanthas leaves

sorry, blogger is at it again.

through the evolution garden....

frosty sedum, but we couldn't get close to them

there were frosty tops to the hedges dividing the sections of the EG.

the camera didn't like trying to focus on it though!

the phone captured it slightly better

another frosty hedge

frosty bark in a flower bed

mahonia berries

witch hazel in the woodland garden

funghi

bed at the top of the Broad Walk again

pretty pink frosty flower

the frozen pond behind the gorgeous dogwood

heading towards the lake 

parts of the lake were frozen too, the gulls were standing on the frozen surface

we decided the gulls are going to really miss the curves when they dismantle the Lights

no splashdown today, but it stayed on it's feet!

the other side of the crossing wasn't frozen at all

into the Temperate House now

then we went to the Pavilion cafe for refreshments

we managed to sit outside... Kim searching for something in her bag..

my cake was much nicer today (still the spiced apple cake)

still well wrapped up though!  

we didn't linger though 

on the way to the Winter Garden were a group of geese - mostly greylags who came running when Kim threw down some food

the colours of the dogwood on the slopes of the Winter Garden are stunning

frost melting on the euphorbia

hellebores

the witch hazel are really coming through now.

Thanks for looking, hope you kept warmer than we did, although it wasn't too bad once we got walking. 

See you next week.