ELG 5 visited Kew Gardens at the beginning of July 2022.
All photos by Liz Cooper, unless indicated.
Here is the REPORT
Little plane, big monkey-puzzle
The Hive
Inside the Hive
Inside the Hive
Buzzing!
Branch supports
The Breach: subtle use of lines and mirrors
Bees at work
The tree of life
Tree top walk: The death of one 70 year old tree woould return over 3 tonnes of carbon to the atmosphere.
Tree top walk: Wembley Stadium... it came home!
Tree top walk view
Tree top walk: Dirty city air is cleaned by the leaves and bark of the London Plane
Tree top walk view: a different sort of London Plane
Tree top walk: those who made it to the top
Tree top walk: posers! Photo courtesy of Rada Smith
Tree top walk view of the Palm House
Tree top walk: trees grow outward adding a new ring of wood every year
Tree top walk view: The Temperate House
Tree top walk view: Temperate urns and all that glass.
Tree top walk: Where bees come to feed, flowers can make seeds.
Tree top walk view of the massive Temperate House
Tree top walk from the ground.
The lake
Kew Tufted Duck
A place to rest in the shade.
The Japanese Garden
The fabulous Chinese Pagoda
Fancy seeing you here!
Matt (Danish Troll)
Helen (Danish Troll)
Matt and Helen (The Danish Trolls) protecting nature
True Victoriana
The Waterlily House
The Palm House
The Princess of Wales Conservatory
Inside th conservatory: check out those prickles!