Gradually we have seen the parts of the old display glasshouse being dismantled and relocated, reused and recylced over the recent weeks and months. By last Friday, 25th January, there wasn't much left of the structure that had served us so admirably for nearly 40 years. On Monday morning it really... Read more..

It's that time of year again when the Glasshouse turns a shade of vibrant red. And pink. And cream. And green. And many other colours. And everything feels Christmassy. This is our first Christmas in the new Glasshouse and this year we're putting on a big poinsettia display. Woking on the display... Read more..

Over at the Glasshouse the team have been busy potting up and moving large planters for outside display. On the eastern side, bananas and angel’s trumpets (Brugmansia) are included, reflecting the tropical nature of the Glasshouse inside. Over on the western, drier side they include dry temperate plants... Read more..

We had a street party last Thursday evening. Witan Street is a development of 8 very small gardens up beside the Orchards Café, opposite this year’s Maize Maze (on the site of the old Glasshouse). The 7th and 8th gardens have just been completed, so we had a ‘party’ to celebrate and commemorate the official... Read more..

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... Read more..

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... Read more..

I am delighted to present to you the second ‘Picture Gardens’ photographic exhibition, held in our Glasshouse Gallery. RHS Garden Wisley photographer Mike Sleigh has organised and presented this exhibition, with this year’s theme being the natural world. And I am in awe of the photographic skill of a... Read more..

“Remember, remember the 5th of November”. It works for fireworks, and it works for the wonderful Wisley chrysanthemum display. Every year, the team in the Glasshouse work tirelessly to put together a breathtaking display of colour and shape comprising chrysanthemums. Some are compact, some seem to almost... Read more..