The crocuses (croci?) are looking splendid at Ham House.
And at Kew Gardens on Sunday the magnolias against a blue sky had more 'wow' than the showy orchid festival. (Where I was sorely tempted to push a couple of preening, pouting Instagrammers into the pond! Wouldn't that have made a photo opportunity!)
First chilly picnic of the year - if a sandwich and a hunk of fruit cake on a bench counts as a picnic. Kew Gardens Orangery serves the nastiest cup of lukewarm tea in London.
The croci look amazing!
ReplyDeleteMy cousin and I had a cream tea in the cafe with tables outside and it was delicious.
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You got lucky, Vronni! When I sat down with my horrible tea, I remembered that it was just as horrible last time I was there. No hot water - dirty mugs.
ReplyDeleteThere's a posher cafe opposite the Palm House - maybe that's better?
Yes that was the one!
ReplyDeleteI thought about walking back to that one- but it was quite a way and I was flagging! Next time.
ReplyDeleteIt does count as a picnic. I take my own provisions and sit by the witch hazels behind the Mediterranean garden at this time of year.
ReplyDeleteI much preferred the Pavilion cafe up by the Pagoda before they messed around with it.
That's a nice sheltered spot - and the witch hazels were loooking lovely, Lucille.
ReplyDeleteLove a Crocus! Emily Bronte said that the crocus was always the first spring flower at Wuthering Heights.
ReplyDeleteThey're very cheering when you see a great mass of them, Nicola.
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