It's truly summer now here at Wisley. In July the garden looks wonderful. We have our Armed Forces Day flag prominently positioned on the Conifer Lawn, and the sweet peas and dahlia bed (where the Subtropical Borders usually are) are flowering well. Day by day the self-sown annuals that form this year's Top Terrace bedding display are gradually coming into flower. And in the Fruit Field the cornfield annuals are at their best.
Last year I told you about the prairie meadow we prepared on the far (western) side of the Glasshouse. Designed by Prof James Hitchmough from the Dept of Landscape, University of Sheffield in January 2008, the aim was to create a meadow-like planting with a long flowering season that could be maintained relatively easily and cheaply by RHS staff. 
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