Visiting the new Children’s Garden in Kew Gardens

After surviving the London morning traffic and strolling into Kew Gardens, I felt I had truly escaped the city. We were surrounded by greenery and the pace seemed to slow down. At least until the gates opened to the Children’s Garden, and it was time for everyone in our session to show their wristbands to the guard and enter the new enclosed space.

At this point, four-year-old Big Boy was ready to run. He raced down windy paths and made sure every corner had quickly been explored.

Buzzing with children, visiting the unique space was a definite highlight for a preschooler. Even I soon felt it was the place to be on a beautiful weekday morning, and we soon spotted another familiar face from the neighbourhood.

Before entering the Kew Children’s Garden we had read that we could look for acorn-shapes to find out what plants need to grow, and the four elements – sun, air, earth and water – are at the heart of the beautifully-designed space aimed at children aged two to 12.

The garden is split into sun, earth, air and water sections, and the play is themed around these topics. In the air section of the garden, there are tall, colourful windmills, nature-themed swings and trampolines hidden in the ground. In the water section, there is a fun water pump that children can use to fill a wooden bucket with plugs that can be removed to let the water flow into large wooden runs.

The children’s garden also features areas for climbing and balancing, as well as a sandy, beach-style play area with slides and little play houses. In addition, there’s a four-metre high walk wrapped around a huge oak tree, and large, relaxing areas to take a break from it all.

For us, there was limited time to relax though. We only went to Kew Gardens for the morning, and stayed for around an hour before we had to return home. I liked that tickets for 90-minute long play sessions could now be reserved online, so we didn’t risk having to queue up and could make the most of the time there.

A wonderful place to visit to spend some time outdoors in a unique garden that is interesting to explore for children!

We parked on Kew Green and entered via the Elizabeth Gate, which was only a short walk from the entrance to the Children’s Garden. We bought tickets to enter Kew Gardens online, and selected the free timeslot tickets to the Children’s Garden as extras at the time of booking. The Children’s Garden in Kew Gardens opened in May 2019.

Tags: Children's Garden, Family day out, Kew, Kew Gardens, London, Outdoor activities