Kew Gardens or to give its proper title “Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew”, is a place we have surprisingly never visited. Located in London on the south bank of the river Thames, Kew Gardens started in 1759 as a nine acre royal garden founded by Princess Augusta and has grown into a world renown Botanical garden and research housing the “largest and most diverse botanical and myological, yes I had to look up that word, “fungi” in the world and is also another World Heritage site to add to our list.

At over 330 acres today, Kew offers an amazing range of plants to see. Again the weather has been beautiful: in all our time in the UK, we have hardly seen a rainy day wherever we have been. We are lucky to see spring unfolding before our eyes as we walk around the gardens.

If you visit before the end of January 2027, you can see 30 of Henry Moore’s sculptures in an exhibition called “Monumental Nature” which we were lucky enough to enjoy seeing being setup during our visit. Opening on May 9th for eight months, these amazing sculptures are on display. Go and enjoy.

Hint. Note that it is worth getting an annual membership for not much more than the price of single entry and allow for multiple visits.

– Anthony