Visiting Kew Gardens is always a treat for a photographer who loves gardens, plants and macro-photography.

While it was wet I sheltered in the Alpine Conservatory admiring the scented geraniums.

This time I was mostly lucky with the weather as it was mostly dry but there was a brief thunderstorm giving a wonderful glow afterwards to the autumnal colours.

Outside there were bits of late colour in the borders too The nerines scattered through the gardens were bright bits of colour together with beautiful pentstemons resembling grasses. There were some scattered roses too - my favourite was Rosa Madam Isaac Periere.

The highlight for me this time visiting the Gardens was to see the Temperate House. There were familiar plants such as a bottle plant (Callindra emarginata) and salvias including this ‘Black and Blue’ (Salvia guarantica) as well as ones that were less familiar. The Temperate House is beautiful and I thoroughly recommend a visit.