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  Late autumn tidy up at Wisley

  Jim Gardiner on 09 Nov 2009 at 03:16 PM

  In last week's sunny weather, and this week's chill, the garden teams have been busy tidying the place ready for the cold season to come. The fine turf has been scarified, aerated and top dressed; the square columns of hornbeam have been carefully pruned back; oak leaves are raked up off the... Read More...

  Comments: 0 Tags: glasshouse, weather hill, autumn, pruning, rose garden, battleston hill, rhs garden wisley, colour, ornamental malus, turf, november
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  Wisley Bonfire and spectacular autumn colour at Wisley this week

  Jim Gardiner on 21 Oct 2009 at 10:39 AM

  At the beginning of this week we had some glorious sunshine, and great crowds at our incredibly successful (and enjoyable) Taste of Autumn festival. Next week we have a host of half term activities plus something fun for Hallowe'en to look forward to, and the final week for submitting entries to... Read More...

  Comments: 0 Tags: Wisley Bonfire, weather hill, Seven Acres, autumn, leaves, Wisley, garden, RHS, taste of Autumn festival, colour, october, nyssa, hamamelis, sorbus, tree, half, leaf, liquidambar, styraciflua, sylvatica, Liriodendron
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  South African botanical treasures at Wisley

  Jim Gardiner on 07 Oct 2009 at 03:10 PM

  We are enjoying the autumn so far at Wisley. Fruits, flowers and veg are in evidence all over the Garden, and the leaves are starting to turn. We're looking forward to our Taste of Autumn Festival next week, 16-19th October, with great anticipation - it's been a fantastic event over the last... Read More...

  Comments: 0 Tags: glasshouse, fruit, autumn, Wisley, garden, vegetable, RHS, taste of Autumn festival, kirstenbosch, succulent, temperate, aloe, colour, boophane, dichotoma, disticha, pillansii, baobab, nerine, quiver, zone