Another Kew Gardens Miscellany – Autumn brilliance of course, the Xstrata Treetop Walk, the Lily Pond and a setting for The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

Acer palmatum in typically bright garb.. Acer sieboldianum (below)

Acer platanoides (above) with Castanea sativa, the Sweet Chestnut (below)

Fagus sylvatica, a copse of very beautiful Common Beech (though there is nothing common about these specimens) –

Leading us over to the Xstrata Treetop Walkway, high above the woodland floor with panoramic views, particularly through bare branches –

– in the woodland, this hanging in one of the trees… it is a ….?

Codonopsis tangshem, in the woods…

More Common Beech, Fagus sylvatica, below

By the Lily Pond…. Ginkgo and Japanese Maples colouring up –

and finally, in the woods, the table is set out with …26 chairs. All we need is a Dormouse, a White Rabbit and Alice…..