The Palm House at Kew Gardens is a special place. Construction commenced in 1844, the design and engineering owing much to the ship building industry. It was constructed from rolled wrought iron I-beams, originally designed for ship building. Decimus Burton was the commissioning architect and Richard Burton the engineer. Our visit is way back in August 2003 with our daughter and son-in-law.
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| The sheer bulk of the palm house is impressive, its ship-building heritage evident as some vast upturned hull of a ship. |
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| Traditional park landscaping seen here in high summer. |
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| Coconuts to you. |
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| We took lots of photographs, straining our necks top get that elusive shot. |
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| The white ironwork is something to behold, especially the spiral staircase. |
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| Nymphaea 'Leopardess' with floating leaves as attractive as the flowers. |
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| The still water and the vast, saucer-like leaves made this a screen saver for my computer at the time I seem to remember. |
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