My Garden

Have you ever wondered how a chef knows which cultivars of fruit or veg are best suited to his or her dishes?  There are a handful of potatoes that are well known to be excellent for a particular use, be it baking, roasting, chipping, mashing, boiling etc, but when it comes to, say, apples, we tend to go either for a cooker or dessert variety. 

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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. 

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I am delighted to present to you the second ‘Picture Gardens’ photographic exhibition, held in our Glasshouse Gallery. 

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Of all the parts of the Garden at Wisley, the Trials Field is always an exciting area to visit.  The dahlias and chrysanthemums are spectacular at the moment, as are the sunny Tagetes (marigolds), last of the cool delphiniums, and the statuesque Cortaderia grasses, amongst many others.

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It comes to us now just once a year, but when it does, it does it with a bang.  Last week we held our annual Flower Show on Seven Acres at Wisley.  The theme was fuchsias, and we had them inside, outside, all over.  This tied in nicely with those that greet you as you approach the Garden from the the car park, guide you up past the Canal, and dazzle you in the Glasshouse.

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Kids go free at Wisley this month, and families have been positively swarming through the gates, attracted by a host of activities.  Among them are our mazes. 

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What a busy time we’re having at Wisley right now.  And what a lot of fun!  Kids go free this August, and we’ve so many different activities to keep everyone entertained in the world of horticulture this summer.

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Isn't it sad when you've trained or worked somewhere for a while, but then move on to pastures new and leave good friends and colleagues behind.  Well, in 1908, just three years after the RHS moved to its first permanent garden here at Wisley, the Gardens Club was established as a means of keeping students and employees past and present in touch with each other.

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Over the last few months regular visitors to the Glasshouse would have been watching with interest the gradual formation of a big bunch of bananas.  In the middle of the Tropical Zone a banana plant flowered a few months ago and Musa acuminata ‘Dwarf Cavendish’ (AAA Group) AGM has been growing bananas ever since.  Yesterday we noticed the first one had ripened, meaning it was time to harvest. 

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A visit to Wisley is a visit to a truly inspirational garden.  There is so much to see here.  But there is also so much that our visitors generally don’t see and that is the behind-the-scenes science that we carry out in the Laboratory, the beautiful 'country house' (actually purpose built as a lab in 1914-1916) at the front of the Garden that provides such a magical backdrop.

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