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Kew Gardens

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Widowmaker?

    These oversized cones are perched on poles along one of the paths in Kew Gardens.  Some of the real cone-bearing trees in Kew are known as widowmakers – the […]
Widowmaker?

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Treetop Shadows

  Looking down from the Treetop Walkway gives a great view of the structure, in shadow form.   Copyright Debbie Smyth, 16 July 2016     Part of Shadow Shot Sunday  
Treetop Shadows

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Bee Happy

Kew Gardens  has a stunning new structure on site this summer.  It measures 17 metres in height and  40 tonnes in weight, but its significant stature is not simply based on its impressive […]
Bee Happy

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Dragonless Pagoda

Kew Garden’s ten-storey, 163 ft tall, Pagoda was constructed in 1762, at the time when Chinoiserie was all the rage. It was a bright, colourful building with varnished iron plates on the roofs, and 80 gold covered dragons, one […]
Dragonless Pagoda