{"id":2480,"date":"2019-07-04T22:35:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T22:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/?p=2480"},"modified":"2025-02-14T18:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T18:43:20","slug":"the-royal-botanical-gardens-kew-and-dale-chihuly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/the-royal-botanical-gardens-kew-and-dale-chihuly\/","title":{"rendered":"The Royal Botanical Gardens Kew and Dale Chihuly"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On one of our visits to family and friends in Oxfordshire we made a trip to Kew Gardens for the day. Not since our courting days have we been back to Kew so we were really looking forward to the day. The journey was easy, about an hour and a half and the parking along the river worked well.<\/p>\n

We particularly wanted to see the newly renovated Temperate House and art exhibition by Artist Dale Chihuly and were not disappointed.<\/p>\n

The Temperate House looks magnificent from the outside and when you enter the space is mindblowing. The planting has been arranged around four sides and two side wings and the plants are still newly planted so you are not overwhelmed like the Palm House. You can climb up to the upper gallery and look down on the wonderful display of \u2018 blown glass\u2019 artwork arranged in the foliage and a magnificent hanging  glass display from the roof.<\/p>\n\n\t\t