Friday, 2 January 2009

Wakehurst Wonderland

We have been to Wakehurst Place before but always seem to miss out the inside of the seed bank and the formal gardens by the house.

This time we did both. We went into the seed bank and saw real scientists in real white coats. Zill and I also did a computer quiz where we had to find different seeds in different vaults before the time ran out. We did it of course.

We learnt that precious seeds are often kept in really really really cold cupoards and the scientists have to wear protective clothing when they go and see the to keep them really warm.

We also saw plants inside that usually live in deserts. Some of them were prickly and Mum said they are called cacti.

Aftr the seed bank we walked round the gardens by the house and even went in to the old mansion. We saw a scary fireplace and next time we go are going to do some of the kids puzzles and drawing in the rooms of the house. This time we just had a quick peak and played outside. I liked the big canons at the front of the house - bang bang.

I also liked the big tree by the side door. It was an evergreen which i have been learning about at school. It was covered in Christmas Tree lights and I took a video of Mum.

Mum found some bird seed in her pocket. Dad said this was gross as it has been there ages but we fed some ducks and walked across pretty bridges. We also looked at some photos which were being displayed in the gardens - they were from a competition and were pictures of animals and pretty things .... one was a boy with a snail on his nose!

On the way out we saw the sun setting and my favourite tree was all lit up.

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