
I have never been to a garden before where every plant was screaming –

‘Take my picture!’

‘No mine!’

‘No mine!’
it has the National Orchid Collection

With little orchids

Medium-sized orchids

And orchids as tall as a house.
And this is as close to a selfie as I’ll ever get

Me in the orchid mirror tunnel.
There’s even a celebrity section where they’ve named new varietals after visiting celebs.
This one was my favourite


But this one wasn’t bad either –


It’s not blue … but you can’t have everything, I suppose.
But it’s not just about the plants – it’s such a beautiful place that it’s ideal for –

A tai chi lesson
yummy mummy joggers

A mysterious clapping and chanting group


Jogging grannies

And dog walkers … obviously offering both the basic and the premium service.

Plus the most enormous monitor lizard, who posed like a pro for me.