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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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  • How not to prune roses!

    Jim Gardiner on 09 Apr 2008 at 04:16 PM

    Here is an instance where we are inviting you NOT to copy our lead. Despite what it may look like, we have not been using a radical new method to prune our climbing roses on the Weather Hill Rose Garden. Instead, we've been chopping them back to make their removal easier. It’s been a feature of the... Read More...

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  • Where have all the roses gone?

    Jim Gardiner on 04 Mar 2008 at 05:18 PM

    If you have visited Weather Hill in the last couple of weeks you may have been a little dismayed. We've been digging up the roses. But fear not. They haven’t gone forever. We're embarking on a new and exciting rose garden, the Bowes Lyon Rose Garden sponsored by Witan Investments. Biodiversity... Read More...

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