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Jim Gardiner

Jim Gardiner Curator, RHS Wisley Gardens RHS Garden Wisley

Jim Gardiner is the Curator of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Garden at Wisley, a position he has held for over twenty years. Before that he was Curator at the Hillier Gardens and Arboretum. His primary interest is in woody plants, in particular Magnolias on which he has written two books, “Magnolias, their Care and Cultivation” and “Magnolias, A Gardener’s Guide”.

  • Date Joined: 12 Jul 2007

Recent Comments

  • Meet the Gardeners... and make a scarecrow!

    Jim Gardiner on 28 May 2008 at 04:18 PM

    This half term has so far been warm and wet, but that hasn't dampened the enthusiasm of our youngest visitors.  Our Meet the Gardeners activities today were based up at the Maize Maze.

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  • Sweet sweetcorn on its way in the Maize Maze

    Jim Gardiner on 19 May 2008 at 03:42 PM

    Friday 9th May we began sowing the seed for the highly anticipated Maize Maze on the site of the old glasshouse.  It was the sunflowers we began with, sowing 5,000 seeds of a cultivar from Thompson and Morgan called ‘Bicentenary’ that was named in honour of the RHS’s 200th birthday in 2004.  We’ve got this along the front and sides of the area in a 1m border.

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  • New beds in Model Fruit - sure to save backache!

    Jim Gardiner on 06 May 2008 at 07:21 PM

    As part of the increasing popular trend to grow your own produce at home, our latest development in the Model Fruit Garden is our Grow Your Own Fruit and Veg garden which will complement the 3 x 3m plots in the Model Veg Garden as well as the Gourmet Fruit Garden, Allotment Garden, Fruit Enthusiasts Garden and the rest of what we have here.  I really am impressed by the diversity and range of what we demonstrate in this small area!

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