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It’s harvest time, and with it we’ve been celebrating the wonderful world of produce at A Taste of Autumn. It was a phenomenal success this year, with Wisley’s busiest ever day on record on Saturday. As part of the celebrations we do an apple mosaic. Every year we invite school children to draw up a...
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Back in 2001 Simon Akeroyd, then a Senior Gardener in the Fruit Department, proposed that we should plant a vineyard here at Wisley. This we did, and after much careful research into the best grapes to grow, we planted up 756 vines in May 2004. Our two cultivars are ‘Phönix’ and ‘Orion’. We selected...
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The wonderful thing about this time of year is the harvesting of crops we’ve tended all year. This week the team on the Trials Field have been gathering in a range of pumpkins and squashes. Most of our pumpkins are for the Taste of Autumn celebrations 17-20th October http://rhs.org.uk/WhatsOn/gardens...
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What a busy time of year. I barely know where to start. October is such a busy time at Wisley and I wouldn’t miss being here for anything. This Friday on BBC2 at 8.00pm we can all sit down in front of the telly, put our feet up and see a new series about life behind the scenes at the RHS. This is episode...
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