In which the Temperate House is reopened after five or so years, and we finally make it over to the Princess of Wales Conservatory. My adventures in transport getting either to or from Kew also continued. This time, there was a fault on the line after Earl’s Court, so we ended up taking a […]
England 2018, Day 4 – Kew Gardens Read More »
In which we were poured upon. But it was the only day of rain, so I’ll take it.
England 2018, Day 2 – Hampton Court Palace and Gardens Read More »
Our bank holiday day trip. In which I am totally distracted by medieval stonework.
England 2018, Day 1 – Oxford Read More »
I was in the Boothbay region last week from Tuesday to Thursday while I took a class at CMBG (Native plants in the Maine landscape – with a heavy dose of plant identification). It was a great class – made me wish I was retired so I had time to do more of
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This is a neat place to visit in Cape Cod – not only are there gardens, but there’s a collection of antique cars, and a few art galleries scattered about the grounds. They also have a really cool hidden children’s garden, and some great programs, even if it does mean that the adults are being
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The botanic garden also has a fantastic conservatory, which just kept going, and going, and going. There was an orchid room, and a fern room, and a begonia room, and a Spanish hacienda garden, and a bonsai room. And more. I really enjoyed our visit there, and absolutely must go back, because
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On Saturday (6/17), we headed out to the botanical garden, which was an easy subway ride from our hotel. The place is huge – there’s also an insectarium and a biodome you can visit – I don’t know how people do it. We managed maybe a quarter of the outside gardens, and
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