I ordered the book London Garden Walks, by Tom Turner. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE RARE FREEBEES on Kindle. He also has a website: Gardenvisit.com.
A few points from the book:
- How did London become the world's garden capital?. Geography provides the best explanation. A steady stream of immigrants and invader brought horticulture from Europe and Asia. It is a group of islands that are peculiarly suited to gardening: it is rarely to hot, too cold, too wet or too dry.
- He gives examples of ancient Roman parks, hunting parks, like Richmond Park, Castle gardens and Cloister Gardens. There are Baroque parks like Kensington Garden and St James Park. Serpentine Gardens such as Hyde Park. Another type, is Mixed Victorian like Buckingham Palace.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE GARDENS
ST JAMES PARK 
BIKING AT REGENTS PARK
WALKING AT REGENT PARK
HYDE PARK
HERE ARE JUST A FEW MORE FLOWERS.... ENJOY!
Everytime I looked at your blog I saw the same very first post. I thought - Karen had good intentions but she only did one post. The joke was on me as I never saw the "new post" link at the bottom of the screen til tonight. It was fun to catch up on where you have been and what you've been doing. What a great experience you are having.
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