Kew Gardens and Palace

Tuesday found me at Kew Gardens and Kew Palace. The Gardens are the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens and the location of the palace where mad King George III lived. The gardens were beautiful and many plants and flowers were in bloom. I walked forever as the gardens are huge and I still didn't see everything in five hours.

Front of Kew Palace
Back of the palace

Chinese Pagoda in the park
The Temparate House, location of one of the largest palm trees in the world
Looking over Temparate House
Inside Temparate House, the large palm tree is in the center
The Palm House
A folly created in the 1700s to resemble an ancient Roman arch
A yellow English Rose
A pink English Rose
A Lake in the gardens
Another view of the lake
Queen Charlotte's Cottage, built in the 1700s for picnics
A Wallaby that resides at the park
Hard to see, but there were several colorful exotic birds who live in the park, in honor of the former royal menagerie
A group of British school children in front of Palm House
A Group of English schoolchildren sketching in Palm House
Another former residence in the gardens
A cottage built in the Gardens
Plane flying overhead