Kew Gardens

We have been trying to think of different places to take our daughters during the summer holidays and yesterday we decided to take them to Kew Gardens. It's a place that I have never visited before (even though it is only a forty five minute drive from where we live) and I did not really know what to expect. To be honest, I thought it was just going to be loads of plants in a few large greenhouses and I was a little worried that my daughters might soon get bored. How wrong could I be? There are various different entrances to Kew Gardens but we entered through the Main Gate which is the nearest entrance to Kew Bridge Station. There are not any parking ...  Read the complete review

Kew Gardens, in west London, are probably the best and most famous botanical gardens in the world and the model on which many others are based. There are several interesting buildings including a royal palace and large glasshouses ranging from a few years old to several hundred years housing tropical plants and even the world's oldest pot-plant, which lives in the Palm-House. Outside there are plants and trees from all over the world. There are indoor and outdoor restaurants including one in the Orangery, another historic building in the park. Kew Gardens is also used as a venue for summer concerts, including Jools Holland who frequently plays there. The main ...  Read the complete review

Kew Gardens is one of my favourite places to spend a day, especially in summer when we can take a picnic, spread out on the grass by the lake and just enjoy the relative peace and tranquility of it all (I say relative because it's on the flight path so you do get some noise from the planes passing overhead). We go every couple of months, sometimes more often, as we are 'Premier Friends' and so can get in for free. Getting there Kew Gardens is located just south of the River Thames in Kew, south-west London. It is accessible by tube (District Line), national rail or bus and it is also possible to park for free on the surrounding streets from 12pm each day. ...  Read the complete review

I am just back from a trip to Kew Gardens, not my first by a long shot, but each and every time I go I find something new to see. I have been visiting Kew for over ten years now. I used to live nearby and visit on nearly a weekly basis but now that I live farther away I still like to pop back to this little oasis of green in South West London, which has more to offer than you might imagine. It is more than just a garden and there are a wealth of things to see and do. Kew Gardens is celebrating 250 years of existence in 2009. Its history is long and chequered and started with Princess Augusta employing one William Chambers to develop the gardens. Today, as ...  Read the complete review