Kew

Welcome to another trip to Kew. 

the beds are ready for replanting for summer - I assume that will start soon (the planting, not necessarily summer!)

still some colour in the pots on the pond edge 

the babies were huddled on the path, but got up by the time I'd changed lens... 

then followed Mum along the path 

heading for some grass!

so cute!! 

as we watched they suddenly all stood up and raced along the grass to the round bed at the end of the path.

the gorgeous anemones in the bed at the top of the Broad Walk are still going strong 

walking down the Broad Walk 

my favourites 

further along they are bigger varieties 

the bees liked the white ones 

a Henry down near the Orangery

more irises 

round towards the grass garden.

no sign of the fox cubs today 

echiums in the rock garden 

iris in the bed along the side of the evolution garden 

the roses are really coming out now

poppies in the evolution garden

wish you could get closer to the white ones but they are at the back of a bed 

another rose

peonies

we went for an early cuppa and met some regular members so chatted a while 

8.50 am isn't too early for cake.... surely? 

heading past Henry at the Palm House on our way to the lake

where we found some goslings

sat on the bench a while 

the sun was trying to shine

on the grass behind us some more babies - they'd been hiding behind mum before

the tree trunk next to the bench had a load of fluffy feathers stuck to the base 

by the lake crossing a few yards along the path we found the swans

under the swamp cypress tree the other side of the crossing was a squirrel

carried on walking along the path 

then cut across the grass  past a Henry

climbed the bank on the other side

to the path along the river

rhododendron dell 

we took the path through the rhododendrons for a bit 

there were lots of bees out 

they were still looking fabulous, and although some looked as if they'd been battered by the hail storm on Wednesday most were ok 

we cut through the bamboo garden back to the lake

this time we crossed the lake 

and walked along the other side.

this tree has moss in the bark looking like paint

by the small lily pond

we headed for the woodland but no sign of Goldie, just Peter so we stopped for another chat... 

lots of crows and magpies but not a lot else

sweet chestnut flowers 

the Henry at the Pagoda

by the Temperate House, but had the wrong lens on 

Mediterranean garden 

I decided to head home from here, to get this written and posted before the cup final starts - very soon!

part of another Henry

by the wild rose garden 

the palm house through the wild rose garden 

I wanted to catch the Henry by the Victoria entrance which I am sure I missed before 

I changed lens to get it all in,  there were lots of people so had to wait turn to get it de-peopled!! 

thanks for looking - made it to publish this just in time for kick off!

don't really care who wins, as I don't support either team playing so we'll see....  

hope you'll come back next week when currently the forecast is set to get very warm!!