- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (near London): A delight in any season, everything blooms in profusion in this 121-hectare (300-acre) garden, from delicate exotics to commonplace flowers and shrubs. An easy trip from London, Kew Gardens, as it's known, possesses the largest herbarium on earth. Famed landscape architect Capability Brown helped lay out part of the grounds.
- Sissinghurst Castle Garden (near Maidstone, Kent): A notorious literary couple, Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson created this garden. Its flamboyant parentage, unusual landscaping (the grounds were laid between the surviving parts of an Elizabethan mansion), and location just 34km (21 miles) northeast of Cranbrook make it the most intriguing garden on London's doorstep. Overrun by tourists in summer, it's best in autumn, when the colors peak.
- Wisley Garden (Wisley, Kent): Wisley Garden sprawls across 101 hectares (250 acres), filled with an abundance of flowers and shrubs. Maintained by the Royal Horticultural Society, it ranges from alpinelike meadows to summer carpets of flowers. In early summer, the gardens are brilliant with flowering rhododendrons. The landscaped orchid house alone is worth the trip here.
England Travel Experiences
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Left is Right - Driving in the UK (by David)
June 20 - July 2, 2006“Left is right!” exclaimed my navigator Stephanie from the backseat as we circled the roundabout in our rented car.... Continue reading »
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Jolly Good, England
It's the home of tea and biscuits, lots of rain, and of course, Prince William...next stop, England! The first stop was a city in the n... Continue reading »
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england
The modern fashion and fine dining, England a perfectly unique blend of the old and the new. Whether you're interested in the hustl... Continue reading »
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It's Getting Colder!
We had a restful start to our visit here, but the past few days have been getting busy again. So what have we been doing since I last wr... Continue reading »
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Last UK blog
We had a great time, driving around some of the countryside visiting people and places. We went through some ancient areas, Woodhenge ne... Continue reading »
