KEW Royal Botanical Gardens is the
mother of all botanical gardens! I visited in 2016. More photos.
The huge area
compiles watergardens
formal gardens, taxonomic collections
colorful flowers, rockery, alpine and way more.
Part of the systematic beds.
Tiny part of the
huge and fantastic rockery.
The great Alpine
house.
How to display these
small Alpine plants.
Princess of Wales Conservatory.
Temperate rainforest
house.
Orchids, ferns and bromeliads.
Bromeliads.
Tropical pond.
This huge beast is a
Grammatophyllum speciosum: Queen of Orchids.
They even have collections of caudiciforms - out back.
Small part of the
vast cacti
collection - out back.
The palm house.
It is huge, packed
with plants
and neatly maintained.
What might be the oldest potted
plant in the world: Encephalartos
altensteinii from 1775.
A part of the formal
garden.
Cacti and nice flowers mix?
The desert house.
Cacti, caudiciforms and succulents.
One of many houses.
The garden is fantastic too.
I especially enjoyed
the rockery. |