8.55 - that's five minutes before we open!!! Best time for the "glow" effect is around mid-day when the sun is in direct line with it - but to get the best pic you need to have the sun shining and the arch empty ... getting sunshine is the easiest to achieve at that time!!! It should be looking good for the next couple of weeks at least.
But that's not all - the handkerchief trees are good for another week, there are quite a few mecanopsis (blue poppies) around, the Chilean fire trees are aflame, primulas and irises of all colours, and there's another surge of azaleas happening (note azaleas are now called rhododendrons!)