A photograph taken near Kensington Gardens
Taken nearby, not at Kensington Gardens itself. Photo: Richard Humphrey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Shared under CC BY-SA 2.0, and anything made from it must be shared under the same licence.

A place to explore

Kensington Gardens

A royal park with a formal round pond and a long narrow lake curving north east through old trees.

Try a short general practice here

4 spots in walking order, about 45 minutes. 0 of them have something to ask this week.

Start at the round pond and work north east along the Long Water. The trees are the slow half of the walk.

Spot 1

The Round Pond's North Shore

The paved edge on the far side of the round pond from the palace.

Nothing to ask here this week. The question at this spot is about egyptian goose, and it opens again in week 38 of the year.

Spot 2

The Old Sweet Chestnuts

The very old broad trees with bark that twists around the trunk, back from the Long Water.

Nothing to ask here this week. The question at this spot is about sweet chestnut, and it opens again in week 40 of the year.

Spot 3

The Hornbeams

The hornbeams near the Long Water, with fluted trunks that look like muscle under the bark.

Nothing to ask here this week. The question at this spot is about hornbeam, and it opens again in week 38 of the year.

Spot 4

The Horse Chestnut Line

The line of broad-leaved chestnuts near the fountains at the top of the Long Water.

Nothing to ask here this week. The question at this spot is about horse chestnut leaf miner, and it opens again in week 38 of the year.

Rewyld asks you one of these where you already are. Open Rewyld

Where this comes from

Each question was written to a naturalist review, and the ones that could not be stood behind at this site were cut rather than softened. Every question asks you to look, never to pick or to touch.