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Orchid Festival | Kew Gardens

This year’s Orchid Festival at Kew Gardens celebrates the incredible biodiversity of Colombia. The standout highlight of the display is a carnival of animals, depicting a toucan in flight, a hanging sloth and a swimming turtle. A surprise around every corner, visitors can spot hundreds of colourful butterflies suspended from the glass ceiling and a floating golden-yellow display to honour the legend of El…

Ruth
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This year’s Orchid Festival at Kew Gardens celebrates the incredible biodiversity of Colombia.

The standout highlight of the display is a carnival of animals, depicting a toucan in flight, a hanging sloth and a swimming turtle.

A surprise around every corner, visitors can spot hundreds of colourful butterflies suspended from the glass ceiling and a floating golden-yellow display to honour the legend of El Dorado. 

Colombia has 4,270 species of orchids alone. Together with its sprawling landscape of tropical beaches to snow-capped mountains, Colombia is the perfect inspiration for this annual vibrant festival. 

The Orchid Festival at Kew ends on Sunday, 10 March 2019.

8 responses to “Orchid Festival | Kew Gardens”

  1. Debs Avatar
    Debs

    I love orchids, and those you have photographed are absolutely beautiful. It must have been an amazing display.

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    1. Ruth Avatar
      Ruth

      It was incredible! And so much so because I visited this week, just a few days before the festival closes.

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  2. Mary-Lou Burma Avatar
    Mary-Lou Burma

    Oh my – what beautiful flowers & your photos capture them so well. I am amazed at the number of varieties of colours, patterns, & size of orchids there is. Nature’s joy made solid.

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    1. Ruth Avatar
      Ruth

      I think Orchids might just be my favourites …

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    Alexa

    These are just beautiful – you’ve captured them so clearly … I do envy you the huge range of things available to you in London :).

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      Ruth

      We are very lucky, but it would be impossible to see everything that was on offer.

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