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  • Meet the Gardeners... and make a scarecrow!

    Blog post by Jim Gardiner on 28 May 2008

    This half term has so far been warm and wet, but that hasn't dampened the enthusiasm of our youngest visitors. Our Meet the Gardeners activities today were based up at the Maize Maze. The young sweetcorn is germinating well, despite the concerted efforts of our resident pigeons. So we have enlisted... Read more..

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  • It’s time to get lost…..in one of our mazes.

    Blog post by Jim Gardiner on 13 Aug 2008

    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. Our Amazing Maize Maze opened on 1st August and has been incredibly popular. Its design is based on the face of a giant panda, to help celebrate... Read more..

    Tags: maize maze, Seven Acres, kids go free, grass maze

  • Busy planting.

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 28 May 2008

    Half-term activities. Meet the Gardeners today had children helping with planting out bedding for the Maize Maze and sowing sweetcorn to take home. Photo: Mike Sleigh Read more..

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  • Maze Team

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 13 Aug 2008

    Tom Brown, Jim England, Paul Hansord, MD of Thompson and Morgan and Jim Gardiner on the central platform in the Amazing Maize Maze. Photo: Mike Sleigh Read more..

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  • Hazel planting front of maze

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 28 May 2008

    Hazel from the Trials Department laying out the Rudbeckia and Pennisetum plants for the bedding in front of the Maize Maze. Photo: Mike Sleigh Read more..

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  • Scarecrows in situ

    Blog post by Jim Gardiner on 02 Jun 2008

    And here they are, the finished scarecrows in position guarding the germinating sweetcorn that will grow to become the Maize Maze. Read more..

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  • Preparing to sow

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 19 May 2008

    Jim England preparing the beds that will form the entrance to the Maize Maze. Photo Mike Sleigh Read more..

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  • sowing sweetcorn

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 19 May 2008

    Tom Brown sowing sweetcorn seed. What a lot of walking! Photo Mike Sleigh Read more..

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  • Sowing

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 19 May 2008

    Jim England sowing seed into the pre-marked out grid pattern. Photo Mike Sleigh Read more..

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  • Starting on the scarecrows

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 28 May 2008

    Children starting on making scarecrows. Photo: Mike Sleigh Read more..

    Tags: Maize maze, meet the gardeners