Saturday 19 April 2014

Easterberry: Kew Gardens

oompa loompa, do-ba-dee-doo,
we've got the perfect location for you.
oompa loompa, do-ba-dee-dee
where you are likely to see a tree.

after a pretty magical time at Willy Wonka's afternoon tea
we just could NOT get the confectionery wizard out of our brains
luckily for us Kew Gardens are going through a similar obsession
as this easter they're running some pretty spesh chocolate inspired activites
safe to say we booked our tickets pretty soon after finding this out.

kewsign

we're off to see Mr. Wonka, the wonderful genius of choc

map

map2

first thing we noticed is that there's a lot of green everywhere

lake

and some pretty impressively scary statues

lion

but you know mostly the green thing

trees

these crazy giant mushrooms had us feeling like 
Mr. Wonka had slipped us a shrinking potion!

shroom

but what a good excuse for an OOTD

bethshroom

OH NO
now silly Wonka's chocolate has us all super tiny!

bethshroom2

phew okay back to normal now guys
well as normal as two strawberries can get

garden

luckily it was quite a beaut day 
so we could sit back and smell the flowers

palace

and boy were there a lot of flowers

pink

like they're not messing about with this whole gardening business
no siree

tree2

so we just gots be unleashing our inner child
and doing some cheeky log climbing
duh

bethclimb

the main event for us was chocolate decorating

chocsign

but we were not prepared for the queue. at kew. 
lololololololol little bit of punny humour there

chocsign2

the event took place inside teepees

tp2

because coachella isn't the only hipster place this weekend
nah ah

tpin

beth attempted to create a strawberry
while emily went for a more artistic floral arrangement

choc2

it looks too good to eat

bethchoc

hmmmmmm
but on second thoughts...

chocbite

a hop skip and a jump away was the white peaks cafe

cafe1

where there's a tree!
okay so its not actually a real tree
but there's plenty of them outside, right?

cafetree

they served scrummy snacks

cafeood

crumbly cookies

cafef2

mini tubs of ice cream

cafef4

and THE cutest pick and mix stall, 
which we totally drove into

cafef3

we somehow managed to restrain ourselves and each opted for
a hot chocolate and egg sandwich with apple juice and healthy snacks to share

lunch

BECAUSE SHARING IS CARING

plantroom

next we popped into the plant house

prbeth

where we really felt like we connected to nature

pr1

as we learnt about all our favy ingredients

prginge

and how they get from soil to stomach

pots

we popped downstairs to visit the seaweed

marine

and ended up bumping into Marlon
apparently Dory's gone missing
if you hear anything call this hotline number:
1800-omg-marlon-keeps-losing-people

nemo

can we borrow that water feature for our garden please?

housr

and by borrow we mean have and not give back

white

today has helped us to not only further our Willa Wonka obsession 
but we've also actually managed to soak up some gardening tips

greenh

so thanks Kew for a lovely day!
hopefully we'll be seeing you and your greenery again soon x
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