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20 April 2010

Kew Gardens without planes

Despite the volcanic ash cloud that is causing havoc with air travel, the UK is having some glorious spring weather - and where is spring more glorious than in the UK - and in particular at Kew Gardens, which usually has a plane a minute passing overhead, about to land at Heathrow only a few miles away!

We got to the gardens as soon as they opened on Sunday and the first thing we saw were the wild parakeets -There was blossom everywhere, and still a few daffodils in the grass. Not quite time for bluebells yet.
This is part of the view from the treetop walk -
Other delights of the day were hearing swans flying overhead, seeing the botanical drawings and of course lunch - and the lily house is always a favourite stop -The cast-iron architecture dates back to the 1860s.
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2 comments:

  1. Cate Rose20 April 2010 at 14:36

    I've been to Kew Gardens -- totally fantastic!

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  2. magsramsay20 April 2010 at 16:38

    In the conservation area there's a feeder set up so you can see the parakeets really close. There's just been doing a survey with cameras mounted on long poles to look into their nests!

    Working here, we're so used to the planes that don't notice them tho' I'm sure we will when they start up again.

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