Hello dear friends! Sorry for the late start this morning, I’ve just been setting up home insurance for our new house: only 25 days to go until we move in! Hooray!! Because we are buying our first house, B and I are not traveling much this year…but that means I have lots of time to concoct all sorts of travel plans for the future! With that in mind, I thought it would be fun to pick out one delicious destination each week to share with all of you; these are the places I am dreaming of going. Are you ready? Away we go!
First up on my list is Petersham Nurseries, located just outside of London. What’s this, you say? A nursery couldn’t be worth traveling for? Well, I beg to differ: Petersham Nurseries is not an ordinary plant shop. Offering up scrumptious fare and tea service in their cafe, loads of idyllic spots to picnic, fresh cut flowers, antiques and books; all in addition to their staggering array of plants – I don’t see why you would ever want to leave!
Their website has the most amazing gallery page, which leads me to believe that every square inch of this place is photogenic – I bet you couldn’t take a bad photo here if you tried! I mean my goodness, there are chickens and cows, rolling meadows and blooming flowerbeds, antique armoires and farmhouse tables thickly laden with cakes and sweets, glasses and silver lined up straight as little marching bands…
Even the garden tools look gorgeous! I think I could spend all day rifling through luxurious ribbons, burying my nose in flowers and herbs, caressing Italian silk scarves, and trying on yummy organic bath products. And I would certainly need to take home a pair of these amazing Ilse Jacobsen Wellington Boots, which are lined in cozy wool for gardening in the winter.
And when we get hungry, we can settle in amidst the flowers and enjoy a leisurely three-course feast…or perhaps simply a cup of perfect tea and a slice of chocolate cake with ginger caramel and Jersey cream? Before we leave, we will doubtless be tempted to carry off the whole place with us. But we will satisfy ourselves with a roll of pictures and full bellies and maybe just one more little trinket from the shop…
{images: Petersham Nurseries}
Interested? 
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Oh, I’d love to go with you! We aren’t traveling much, so I can’t wait to see the places you pick.