21st September photo - Kew Gardens

Today Steven & I visited The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew - which was really the whole point of our trip to London. Today's photo is this one of this green dragon. I know it should have been a plant or flower, but this one came out so well that I just had to use it.

There are lots of glass houses here at Kew - the famous Palm House.

It was so hot & humid in here that we struggled to climb the spiral staircase to get to the top to get a birds eye view of all the palms.

Next is the Temperate House - another Victorian build, but thankfully not so humid.

The other glasshouse we visited was this modern one - which was opened by Princess Diana in 1987

It was in here that we took the dragon photo and met this little black & Yellow puffer fish!

This year is the 250th anniversary of the Gardens so there were lots of celebrations going on and information showing their future plans - it all seems very exciting.

Just a few shots around the grounds.

The bark on these tress was really pretty.

This Japanese Pagoda used to be open to Visitors but is now closed on health & safety grounds! I was secretly glad as there was no way I could have climbed up that.

There is an 18 metre tall woodland walkway - so visitors can appreciate the tall tree high up - it was good fun - even if the structure did sway a little bit making me feel a little nauseous!

A great day out - but we only saw a little of what was available - so we must really return. To visit in a different season such as Spring is the plan.