What's Kew with you?....

Kew Gardens....one of the loveliest places in London. Gardens aren't everyone's cup of tea. But Kew, I think, has a little of something for everyone. While not a traditional "garden", but more of a park, it has different areas to explore. Mostly people know of the architectural marvels of Kew, such as the Japanese pagoda, and the victorian greenhouses. I found the Palm House and the Temperate House very interesting indeed.

Yeah, yeah...the plants are lovely. But I leave that to hubby and get more enjoyment out of the man-made creativity. Don't get me wrong...I enjoy some good planting as well. But in this amazing structure they are overshadowed , or at least work well with the building.
Part of my ploy to get hubby to Kew was the royal palace at Kew. Since we are members of the Royal Historic Palaces, we get free entry into all 5 palaces. This would be our 5th one visited (thus all of them) and I could feel happy n achieving a full success record. Oddly, entrance to the palace does NOT include entrance through Kew Gardens, so one has to pay a somewhat hefty fee to walk across the grass to the palace. But it is really great. My sort of place. I was never a "fan" of George III due to the fce that he was the British ruler during  our break from England. But, since being here this time I have learned more about him, his family and that parliament was more to blame than the king. Let's blame parliament for everything.  actually, the royal control over the government was waning by this time. OK I'd better stop with the history class and get onto the photos....

The grounds of the Gardens are quite exhaustive and one could spend  more than a full day there, roaming the terrain. We did make it into the Palm House, Temperate house, Princess of Wales conservatory, but never made it to Queen Charlotte house, the Japanese pagoda or many of the other outlying areas.