So good, he posted it twice... a re-run of some of the photographs I took at the Orchid exhibition at Kew just after it opened last week. Such a sumptuous display - for all of the senses - if you can make plans to visit, don't miss out. Closes 9th March 2014
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Escape winter….. Orchids at Kew 2014
Did you know that 8% of all flowering plants are orchids? Well there are quite a lot of them here in the Princess of Wales Conservatory for the Orchid Festival at Kew Gardens... Warm, humid spaces, with a tropical soundtrack too, filled with all manner of floral delights, thousands of orchids and other exotica. The…
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Escape Winter – Orchids at Kew 2014
This is my beautiful, but simple, orchid exhibition at home - just the two phalaenopsis (moth) orchids. I'm prompted to photograph them given the imminent opening, next weekend, of the annual orchid display at Kew Gardens, transporting an already tropical Princess of Wales Conservatory into a technicolour paradise. I urge you to go if you…
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RHS London Orchid Show & Botanical Art Show
The dates for the 2013 show have been confirmed as Friday 12 April – Saturday 13 April, in the Lawrence Hall, Westminster, London. There will be a preview on Thursday evening, 11 April. See spectacular orchids from the world's finest specialist growers & beautiful botanical art. • Discover stunning displays of tropical and hardy orchids…
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RHS London Plant & Design Show 2013
A delightful afternoon at the RHS London Plant & Design Show, with hellebores, snowdrops, iris and all manner of plants for the spring garden shown off in typically fine form by the exhibitors. Mike Parks was there for books (very glad I took a rucksack), Implementations with their copper gardening tools (I am saying nothing..),…
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Orchid Festival, Kew Gardens: Now On!
Orchid Festival, Kew Gardens: Now On! The festival is on - lots of great photos in this Telegraph photo gallery - and I'll be there next week with my own camera (and spare batteries)....
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Kew Gardens Orchid Festival 2012
More from the Orchid Festival last year at Kew..
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Kew – Orchid Festival
Orchids and other exotics - just one of a myriad dazzling display at Kew last year...
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