I went for a run this morning through Hyde Park and took a detour to visit the gardens of Kensington Palace. I may have spent more time looking at plants than I spent actually running…
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| My favorite, the sunken garden. |
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| Kensington Palace. Not super impressive from the outside. |
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| The Italian Fountains. Built by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria. |
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| I love these massive banks of flowers. |
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| The planting strikes me as so English — obviously highly planned, but in a way that gives the impression of nature (so different from the uber-formality of the French style). |
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 