Kew Gardens - Magnificence

Well we made it to Kew Gardens and it was worth the wait...fantastic and a great walk with lovely surprises along the way. Anna, who know it well, took me along the many walkways to show me the extent of this hugely popular and valuable public garden

There is  no way this historic park is not in the pantheon of botanical masterpieces and the Gallery built by Marianne North, botantist, artist and traveller extraordinaire, was an experience in itself! What an amazing woman she was, and also was the namesake of my good friend Mari North in Wellington.

King George III country house

Majestic waterways...

Outside the Conservatory..

Anna posing...

...in front of Conservatory

Marianne North Gallery...magnificent!