I visited Kew Gardens in Spring and saw giant tulips and cherry blossoms

Kew Gardens is a magical place all year round, but spring is an extra special time as the gardens are filled with colourful blooms and cherry blossoms.

The botanical gardens are best experienced in the sun and I was very lucky with the weather during my visit to the popular Richmond attraction.

I also managed to catch the final day of the Sounds of Blossom exhibition which is a collaboration with the Royal College of Music.

The exhibition features new music composed by students at the college, commissioned by Kew and inspired by the glory of spring.

If you walk near the blossoms by Temperate House you could hear the soothing compositions while smelling the sweet scents of the flowers.

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Flowers in bloom

If you’re visiting Kew Gardens this spring you should be lucky enough to see lots of colourful blooms.

The best spots to usually see them are on the Cherry Walk, running from the Rose Garden behind the Palm House to the Mediterranean Garden.

The best time to see cherry blossoms is in April and May, but I think this year they came a little early as most of the trees had shed their flowers when I went to visit in the middle of April.

Along the cherry walk near Temperate House, visitors can enjoy a sea of stunning red and white tulips.

You can descover dazzling displays on the Broad Walk Borders and in the Palm House beds.

Kew Gardens is home to one of London's best bluebell woods. Bluebells spend most of the year as bulbs underground and emerge to flower from April onwards.

Magnolias and primroses are also in bloom at Kew Gardens at the moment.

Glasshouses

Along with spotting Spring flowers, I enjoyed visiting the main glasshouses at Kew.

The Temperate House is the world’s largest Victorian glasshouse and is home to 1,200 species from Asia, Australasia, the Americas, and Africa.

While the Palm House is home to the oldest pot plant in the world and a number of plants from the rainforest 

Other attractions we enjoyed included the Treetop Walkway which offers fantastic views of the gardens.

No visit to Kew Gardens is complete without a wander down to the Chinese Pagoda, which was built in 1762 as a gift for Princess Augusta, the founder of the Gardens.

After hours of walking around the gardens we finished off our visit with a picnic. The end to a perfect spring Sunday in London.