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 …
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 …
Around the World in 80 Trees
Yes, more trees – but this time not my trees but Jonathan Drori’s trees – or at least 80 of his favourites. A trustee or past trustee of the Eden Project, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and the Woodland Trust and a documentary film maker, Jonathan Drori is above all a lover of trees. …