The weather forecast promised rain at 11am on Bank Holiday Monday and then for the rest of the day. So, I thought, if I get to Kew as the gates open at 10am, not only will I miss the rain but the bank holiday crowds. Great theory – and I did miss the crowds, but …
Hive installation at Kew Gardens
Daisies, swans, bees and a Paulownia tree
Yesterday I headed off across the heath to catch the Overground to Kew Gardens, meeting on my way… First this splendid random patch of daisies growing at the bottom of the meadow running down to Millfield Lane. How did they get there? Who knows….. And then, down on Hampstead Pond 2, the swan family. Our …