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kew tropical nursery open day
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| The Cullens went down to Kew by the 1st Capital Connect and the Overground, apart from having to |
| change trains at Willesden Junction all went well. The gps map above enlarges |
 Seagull on the Dog of Foo |
 Look at the perfection of the beds ready for the spring bedding |
 The weather did not look promising on arrival |
 The Falcon of the Plantagenets was first used by Edward III as his badge. It descended to Edward IV, who took it as his personal badge, the falcon being seated within an open fetterlock or padlock. The slightly open fetterlock (which can be seen on the shield) is supposed to refer to the struggle Edward IV had to ascend the throne - he forced the lock and won the throne. |
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The Queen's Beasts - Each of these ten beasts was once used as an heraldic badge by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth's forbears and together they symbolise the various strands of the royal ancestry. The plaster originals were made by Mr. James Woodford OBE RA and placed in front of Westminster Abbey annexe for the coronation of her Majesty in 1953. These replicas in Portland Stone are by the same sculptor and were presented in 1956 by an anonymous donor. |
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 Wonderful display of pumpkins |
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 This enlarges enough to read the names - these are the pumpkins featuring in the Pumpkin pyramid on the right. The recipes below also enlarge enough to be read |
 Pumpkin pyramid
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 It's a small fox! |
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 Crown of thorns |
 Cool Pumpkin |
 Crocus speciosus - autumn crocus |
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 George 111's house |
 Turks cap |
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 Solarised chanterelle |
 solarised morels |
 Fairy ring of assorted British fungi |
 On the hill |
 The fairy ring - morels in front |
 A Parasol and friends |
 Is it a lion? |
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| Orchids in the tropical nursery behind glass which caused problems | |||
 Vase plant |
 Habenaria -detail below  |
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 Cattleya |
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 Anthurium |
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 Abutilon striatum |
 Nepenthes |
 Nepenthes bicalcarata |
 Nepenthes bicalcarata |
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 Apricot shades |
 Rosa 'Jubilee Celebrations' |
 Encephalartos ferox |
 Condensation |
 Palms in the Palm House |
 Iridaceae |
 Zingiber spectabile |
 Palm |
 Pipe fish |
 Tang |
 Heteroconger hassi - Spotted garden eel |
 Sea horse |
 Upside-down jelly fish |
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 Sea cucumber |
 Towards the glass house |
 Prunus leaves |
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 Drake |
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 Raised walkway |
 Temperate House |
 Japanese garden |
 Pagoda with raked gravel |
 Sugar maple leaves |
 Sugar maple |
 Tricyrtis - toad lily |
The weather improved over our visit, being lovely by the end of the day |
