KEW GARDENS

GO WILD, GO KEW GARDENS

I will always remember the Kew Gardens as it was one of the few places I visited on my first trip to London, in 2003. It was Summer Time, I was lucky to see a wide range of full bloom wild flowers and orchids, and all kinds of animals and small mammals, here. Located in West Sussex.

The Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew offers glasshouses, formal gardens and woodland walks on the banks of the river Thames. Kew is home for hundreds of species of British wild plants and animals. Small mammals. Colorful birds, butterflies, dragon-flies, beetles, bees and countless other species make their homes in the wilder areas of the gardens, often unseen by visitors. 

Go Wild is Kew's annual summer festival, turns the spotlight on the splendor of Britain's wild species. 

 

Visitors can now view the interdependence of plants, animals and humans upon one and other, and shows the irreplaceable beauty of Britain's biodiversity. There is a special display of orchids and rare tropical flowering plants, here.

Besides, there is an evocative display of rural landscapes, hop gardens, barley fields, traditional malting and brewing industries and their produce – free beer tasting day on September.

There is also the Stella Ross-Craig Drawings - Beauty in Detail Kew Gardens Gallery showcase an exhibition of original work from “drawings of British Plaints”, recognising the achievement that Kew's longest surviving botanic artist has med in illustrating British plants.

Named “Blooms, Birds, Bugs & Bees” is an area of beautiful floral plantscape highlighting the importance of domestic gardens as havens for wildlife.

Other interesting happening in Kew Gardens are areas like – Self-Raising Flowers, Carbon Light Life, Field Hospital, Wild Harvest, Defra Biodiversity Garden, Wild Community , Vegetation Option, Flying Pollen, Treetop Walkway, Chainsaw Sculptures and Emily Young Sculptures and Be a Badger.

A must visit is the Defra Biodiveristy Garden by Chelsea Flower which showoff the gold medal winner Mary Reynolds.

The Hanoverian Royal Family enjoyed life at Kew and were closely associated with St Anne's Church where the artists Gainsborough and Zoffany are buried. Walk around Kew Garden and the river side. Visitors can sign up for the Kew Walk Heritage Walks & Talks.

JULY 2003

KEW GARDENS