The Natural History Museum is already one of the capital's top attractions but soon it will offer something new and exciting for visitors to explore. The museum is opening its new Evolution Garden on 18th July and it'll be free to visit, just like the main museum.
The garden will cover five acres of land, with visitors invited to wander along the sunken paths and discover 2.7 billion years of natural history. The garden will be an immersive timeline complete with representations of birds, reptiles, and mammals. Almost 200 fern trees have been planted in the space to create an environment that'll reveal how animals and plants moved onto the land during the Devonian and Carboniferous Periods, with planting set to continue in the coming months.
Not only that, but the garden will feature a huge bronze cast of a dinosaur – fantastic if you're one of the many who still misses Dippy the diplodocus. The cast might be made of bronze but the museum hopes that wildlife will begin to thrive here, with newts and frogs having already been spotted in the garden. The garden will also act as a living laboratory for scientists and volunteers to develop best practices for protecting nature in urban settings. Make sure you check out the garden during your next visit to the museum from July onwards.
