Kew in another heatwave

 It was already low 20's  when we arrived at Kew. It was a day for finding shade wherever possible and there were significantly fewer pictures taken than usual 

the duck that was nesting in one of the urns has gone, hopefully her chicks are safe somewhere 

round bed at to of Broad Walk

there were event staff clearing barriers from last night's Kew the Music event from around the bed 

heading down the Broad Walk 

the Hive

it was relatively cool here 

went round to check on progress on the new Carbon Garden... coming alone,  due to open 25 July 

planting is well along

grasses by the alpine house

top of rock garden 

evolution garden 

so many roses on this stem it was nearly on the floor 

sunflower in the veg garden

vine along the fence of the veg garden

still some white poppies in the evolution garden

it was nearly 9 so time to head for breakfast before heading for the cool of the woodland

we managed to find a shady table

and shortly joined by regular members Patrick and Joyce who we've not seen for ages. 

I managed not to spill chocolate brownie on the new white trousers, result!

heron sitting on a tree trunk keenly searching below for snacks!

sat by the lake in the shade for a bit 

the lake was much greener than the grass!  

we sat in the woodland for a bit, but there wasn't much in the way of wildlife and no sign of Goldie

so we moved on to the new bench near the Redwoods, another shady rest

then off to the davies exploration house 

there was a bit of a breeze blowing through

the big central doors to the Temperate House were open

would have been so nice to sit in the water at the foot of this

lotus flower time 

as we came out of the Temperate House we decided it was too hot to walk round any more open areas

so headed back to the lake for some more shade

great patch of daisies in what remains of grass

we found a seat on the edge of the lake in shade and sat for a while

before calling it a day - we did make it to nearly noon, which isn't bad in the heat (it wasn't as bad as earlier this week, or we could have given up a while before)

Thanks for looking,  see you next week.