On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:29:30 +0000, Broadback
wrote:

As the New Year is about to begin what is the best time to visit Kew? Or
any other botanical gardens, e.g. Birmingham come to that.

Remember the early bird may catch the worm but the second mouse gets the
cheese.

There is always a splendid range of stuff to see at Kew, other than
during the winter perhaps. If you can spare the time and you are into
monumental engineering, pop over the bridge to the Kew Bridge Steam
Museum which has the most wonderful collection of gigantic Cornish
beam engines, truly a magnificent sight when operating.
--
rbel