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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

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  • Apple Branding

    Jim Gardiner on 21 Nov 2007 at 03:51 PM

    We recently had a visit form Pascal Garbe, Director of the Garden of Fruit at Laquenexy in France. He came over to see us after Kirsty Summerhayes from our Fruit Department had made an earlier trip to visit his garden to witness some of the more interesting fruit techniques used there. On this occasion... Read More...

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  • Painting with apples

    Jim Gardiner on 09 Oct 2007 at 09:36 AM

    This week the Fruit Department are painting…. with apples. For the last few years we've held a competition with schools to come up with a design that can be 'painted' using the restricted colour palette of apples. I'm always amazed by the imagination of children and the astonishing variety... Read More...

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