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Somehow, I have serious trouble imagining DG using the word 'awesome'.

Will this be added to yesterday's index, or will it have to wait for 2013?
a few years ago I got an annual ticket, which at the time was only about twice the cost of a day pass. though I live on the other side of London, I managed to get there at least once a month, in spite of the usual transport and weather problems. I recommend this as a way to see how everything changes during the year.
Recall that in c1987/8 admission was 20p. Sigh. See you have a picture of the Japanese gate and garden which is one of my small favourites in Kew.
going today, when the weather looks like being a little less 'clement'
I am also a season ticket holder. I can't understand why the admission stays at £16 during the winter. They could charge about £4 until the daffs come up and it wouldn't be so empty. It was really beautiful there during that spell of deep frost in early December but for most of the winter it is pretty miserable there.
£16 for 6 hours is positively generous compared to a lot of other attractions (I recently got 90 minutes out of Kensington Palace at about £16).

Another not-yet-visited destination for my list...
I have had a Season ticket for Kew for many years, although I do not think I went there once last year!. I must try and get there more often this year.
I miss the old Flagpole which has been removed. I also liked it when the Pagoda was open a few years ago-for an extra charge. Got some nice photos from the top.It did not make a profit so they shut it again.
The tree walk had a lot of trouble with the lift in the early days, I think it had to be replaced.
I was there yesterday too, although a little later than you. Despite it being grey and cloudy when we arrived, the sun shone for a couple of hours before it got dark. The most popular attraction was definitely the palm house due to it being so warm.

As you say, given the lack of plants in bloom and the leafless trees it was all a bit dull. Definitely worthwhile for free as it was a nice opportunity for a walk away from cars and buses, but I'd have felt a bit ripped off had I paid £16.
the tree walk opened during the year I was going to Kew regularly. to start with there was no fuctioning lift, it was planned but not completed. I went up (and down) the stairs but many visitors understandably waited at the bottom for their more able-bodied family and friends to explore the walkway. I'm glad to hear the lift is now available
Oooh splendid! I've got tickets for tomorrow! :)
Thanks to your tip, I shall try to drag everyone out of bed earlier than planned!
There's a coincidence - IanVisits was there on the same day and seems to have had a very similar experience - http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2012/12/31/treetops-and-cottages-inside-kew-gardens/
I paid full price (minus the 'voluntary' donation) on my recent visit to see the David Nash sculptures and thought it was pretty good value by comparison with other London attractions. The treetop walkway was a particular thrill, lit as it was by the last rays of sun on what had been a gloomy day.
I missed the fantastic Wooden Boulder film at Kew but happily came across it a few weeks later at the Millennium Galleries in Sheffield as part of the (free) exhibition on John Ruskin.










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