{"id":9740,"date":"2016-09-19T13:03:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T12:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/?p=9740"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:59:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T09:59:55","slug":"cambridge-botanical-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/2016\/09\/cambridge-botanical-gardens","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge Botanical Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cambridge University Botanic Gardens are just a 10 minute walk from the train station.\u00a0The gardens cover 40 acres where you can adventure and explore to\u00a0find plants from all over the world. I went with my family over the summer and we spent\u00a0a good few hours walking around the gardens and venturing in and out of the glasshouse.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn more about the beautiful flowers and plants our world is filled with then you&#8217;re going to love this place. It&#8217;s also a perfect escape from the city centre madness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3388.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9821 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3388-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"img_3388\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3388-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3388-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3388-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3388-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3388-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3388-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3388-770x770.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3388-1170x1170.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3388-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_3388.jpg 1674w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2cKkD14\">Cherry Dress Cath Kidston<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2cKU620\">White Converse<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2cy8GJ1\">Similar Navy Cardigan<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2cTlopn\">Longchamp Bag<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ve been wearing this lovely <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2cKkD14\">cherry print dress from Cath Kidston<\/a>\u00a0for ages now. I really like the length of it, I can easily jump around taking photos of flowers without any worry that my dress will show a little too much.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I kept my outfit simple this day and <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2cy8GJ1\">pulled on a navy cardigan<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2cKU620\">white\u00a0Converse<\/a>. I also used my <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2cTlopn\">Lonchamp backpack<\/a> which is my most used bag of the last month. It&#8217;s easy to chuck everything in and leave my hands free to take photos.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cambridge Botanic Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/29070425003\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/9\/8214\/29070425003_64a06b66c0_z.jpg\" alt=\"Cambridge Botanic Garden\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This beautiful red flower is hibiscus. I really enjoying drinking\u00a0hibiscus tea each day because it has many benefits including helping with anxiety and hypertension.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cambridge uk Botanic Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/29659513246\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/9\/8585\/29659513246_4b8218363c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Cambridge uk Botanic Garden\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There were more succulents than I&#8217;d ever seen at the botanical gardens.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cambridge University Botanic Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/29583721532\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/9\/8631\/29583721532_0b074d76d8_z.jpg\" alt=\"Cambridge University Botanic Garden\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I made a list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/2015\/06\/30-30-list-fun-goals\">30 goals I&#8217;d like to achieve by the time I hit 30<\/a> and one of them is to learn the names of 30 flowers. I&#8217;m not sure what this one is so if someone could let me know what would be very kind.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cambridge Uni Botanic Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/29659514566\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/8\/7484\/29659514566_c5d8f6f108_z.jpg\" alt=\"Cambridge Uni Botanic Garden\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I can&#8217;t wait to have my own home and create unique hanging baskets with plants and flowers.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Botanic GardenCambridge\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/29070418193\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/9\/8234\/29070418193_a5206f6e0a_z.jpg\" alt=\"Botanic GardenCambridge\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kniphofias look just like candy corn and they&#8217;re making me very excited for Halloween.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Botanic Garden Cambs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/29070416733\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/9\/8064\/29070416733_6f6ae25290_z.jpg\" alt=\"Botanic Garden Cambs\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">These are\u00a0Echinacea purpurea flowers. They&#8217;re also known as a coneflower.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cambs Botanic Garden\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/29070410413\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/9\/8223\/29070410413_48b925119c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Cambs Botanic Garden\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also forgotten the name of this flower. I&#8217;d be very grateful if anyone in the know could leave a comment with the name.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s good to visit the gardens multiple times a year. As the seasons change so do the plants and flowers. I&#8217;m keen to go back\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.botanic.cam.ac.uk\/Botanic\/Trail.aspx?p=27&amp;ix=3&amp;pid=2704&amp;prcid=4&amp;ppid=2704\">follow their autumn trail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Location:\u00a0Cambridge Botanical Gardens &#8211; 1 Brookside, Cambridge CB2 1JE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cambridge University Botanic Gardens are just a 10 minute walk from the train station.\u00a0The gardens cover 40 acres where you can adventure and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1328],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9740"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9740"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9828,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9740\/revisions\/9828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}