Kew Gardens
Spent the day at Kew Gardens in London with some friends.
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Temporary Shutdown
Due to a major upgrade to this site, it may be necessary to take GarfNet off line for a while. The business part of Garfnet is already handled by deoss.com, so customers will not be affected. It may take some time to move/update all the legacy material here. Some projects may never reappear. However, we…
