Kew Gardens are wonderful! I took soo many pix while on my “Grand Tour” & would love to post them all. Kew Gardens are a must see for any level gardener. It’s set on 300 acres which can be challenging for some. There is a small shuttle train (for a fee)that makes it easier to see everything for those whose stamina starts to fail. I had 4 hours here & walked close to 4 miles! Kew is really a living laboratory and you can learn so much here. There many different houses-Palm, Temperate,Evolution,&Waterlilly house. Queen Charlotte’s Cottage with it’s charming thatched roof & Kew Palace with it’s rather ORANGE paint scheme. The small “cool” Aquarium located below the very HUMID Palm House is a welcome respite. King William’s Temple was well hidden & surprisingly small.Look for it by the Pagoda Vista. The statuary around the grounds are fascinating to observe & left me yearning for something similar in my own small garden. The “Queen’s Beasts” are 10 stone sculptures of real & mythical animals and represent the various strands of QE2’s royal ancestry. Don’t miss the statues embedded in the grand Yew hedge that surrounds the parterre garden located behind Kew Palace.