As if I hadn’t waxed lyrical enough in my last blog post about the extraordinary orchid festival I had the pleasure to visit this month, having taken so many pictures of the blossoms I feel compelled to show off just a few more!
I don’t have the words to describe how I feel about this vivid blue blossom - I’ve never seen anything quite like it before and it was such a contrast to the pinks and oranges and whites that it completely knocked me off my feet…
In every direction I turned, I saw beauty I could not imagine in my wildest dreams. And flowers so delicate that I was almost too afraid to touch the petals (though touch a few - very carefully - I did…)
And, again, I salute the staff at Kew Gardens for pushing the boat out - the festival has been running for 25 years now but this February, by all accounts, was particularly wonderful…
It’s not just the skill and care the staff possess but the love they show for the place really makes Kew unique - I’ve been to a few botanical gardens in my life, but this one still tops my list, decades after I first came here…
It makes you wonder - shouldn’t this much beauty be illegal?!
