Grow-your-own gardeners are becoming more and more interested in unusual fruits - and shoppers, too, are increasingly looking out for something different. So what about a honeysuckle with edible fruits?! The Honeyberry produces fruits which look rather like large bullet-shaped blueberries with that same... Read more..

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... Read more..

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... Read more..

Well, actually, it's the end of a lot of bad things! I've started clearing out the greenhouse and beds of all the summer crops and consigning the plants to the compost heap - and boy the compost heap's getting big. Although there are still a few peppers and chillies in the greenhouse I've... Read more..

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... Read more..

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... Read more..

It’s here. We have a bright and cheerful snowman welcoming everyone into the Garden for the next few weeks. As a seasonal citrus twist on our annual Apple Mosaic that features during Wisley's ‘A Taste of Autumn’ festival, the Fruit Department have designed and built a Citrus Mosaic for Christmas... Read more..

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..

Last year our crab apples mysteriously withered and turned black on the branches before having a chance to ripen. This year we have a bountiful crop. The small yellow fruits look glorious against a bright blue sky, and seem to shine out even on the dullest of days. The tree was in the garden when we... Read more..