Kew Gardens

I thought taking the kids to Kew Gardens for the day would be a great way for the new nanny Nicola to get to know the kids before Christina and Max flew to Germany for the week. I also wanted to check out the Harvest displays, and thought the kids would enjoy it too.

A replica of how cranberries are harvested. Over 5million cranberries were floated in the lake near Victoria Gate, plus there was a whole display about everything there is to know about cranberries.

The is the main entrance to the Palm House. Inside this massive greenhouse are planted various gardens depicting the different tropical regions of the world. Unfortunately the Frangipani trees were not flowering.

The worlds oldest pot plant.

20 foot pumpkin man, and the kids with Nicola.

This is the herbal remedy hut in the Queen's Garden. There are inscriptions on the walls, books to read, and the herbs planted in the garden all have notes about what they were used for in ancient times. There was also a blank book for you to write your own remedies, to be collated by the staff.

Annemarie, Carl and Christina rolling down the hill just before we left for the day.