Last month, I visited Superbloom at the Tower of London. Over 20 million seeds of wildflowers have been planted in the moat of the Tower of London to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee year and to attract bees and other insects. The installation is meant to evoke the popular Poppies at the Tower of London installation in 2014, but it's not been so popular and has not had the best of feedback. Of course, the very wet spring and then the very dry summer has not helped matters. The wildflowers should have lasted a few more weeks yet, but they were basically over during my latest visit in mid-August.
The Tower of London has released some evening slots for visitors to view the grounds at dusk. After the visit, we were then able to look down onto the Superbloom installation from the top of the moat walkway. The installation consisted of the sculptures and a soundscape one third of the way through, exactly like the daytime visit that I had previously.
Despite the boiling weather, the slide was open this time.
Different colours of filter lights lit up patches of garden in purples, greens, and pinks.
After visiting the blooms, I had a look at the London skyline and Shard from Tower Bridge.
And I left the beautiful view to enjoy a walk back to the tube.
To see my previous post from mid-July, visit Superbloom at the Tower of London.
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