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I couldn't take a trip to London without seeing Kew Gardens, the world-famous botanic garden. I planned to use the whole day there, and it definitely was not enough. Of course by this time, after four full days of walking around, my feets were killing me, so I was walking slower than normal. This garden is absolutely huge. There are at least three large greenhouses, a few lakes, different types of forests, everything you could want, assuming you dig plants. There is currently an exhibition throughout the garden of Dale Chihuly's sculptures. They were interspersed with the plants all over the place. At first I thought they would be distracting, but they turned out to be very cool. (As you can see by all the pictures I took). They are on display through January, if you should happen to be in the London area. On to the photos.... (Don't forget to see page 2 after you are done) |
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 There was a whole valley of these. Unfortunately, parents were letting their kids go wild picking them... |
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 These desert plants seemed a bit out of place! |
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 This greenhouse had several different biomes. |
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 The sculptures were sort of like alien plants. |
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 Queen's Garden |
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 Pagoda was built in 1762 |
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 Redwood tree in England. |
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