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  • How to mow and how to sow a meadow

    Blog post by Jim Gardiner on 19 Aug 2009

    What a beautiful day it is today. Glorious sun and blue sky, and Wisley looks fantastic. I think the sunflowers on the Trials Field would agree, maybe thinking they're in Tuscany... if sunflowers could think! We've flowers all over, and the Top Terrace bedding is really tall now, with the cosmos... Read more..

    Tags: trials, seed sowing, Alpine, top terrace, arboretum, Wisley, garden, rose garden, summer, prairie, meadow, perennial, august, cut, woody, james hitchmough, mow, seeding, trials field, sow, witan, RHS, mulch, hay

  • Sculpture, fun and the ultimate in recycling at Wisley

    Blog post by Jim Gardiner on 26 Aug 2009

    Our Wild at Wisley children's play area opened recently, and this week we've installed the new sign. It was skillfully carved by Kirsty Summerhayes who works in the Fruit and Trials department, from wood from a fallen oak tree in the garden. Wood is the major theme here, and Paul Sivell has carved... Read more..

    Tags: sculpture, Wisley, garden, children, play area, august, fun, Wild at Wisley, RHS, play, flower show, wood, september

  • Hedge cutting with Billy

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 05 Aug 2009

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    Tags: hedge, Wisley, summer, august, cut, hedge cutting, rhs

  • Moby Duck, the Maize Maze centrepiece and viewing platform

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 05 Aug 2009

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    Tags: Maize maze, kids go free, Wisley, summer, sweetcorn, august, rhs, maze, fun, pirate

  • Maize Maze

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 05 Aug 2009

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    Tags: Maize maze, kids go free, Wisley, summer, sweetcorn, august, rhs, maze, fun, pirate

  • Seahorse in the Maize Maze

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 05 Aug 2009

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    Tags: Maize maze, kids go free, Wisley, summer, sweetcorn, august, rhs, maze, pirate

  • Mixed Borders

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 05 Aug 2009

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    Tags: mixed borders, Wisley, summer, august, rhs, flower, colour

  • Wild at Wisley

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 05 Aug 2009

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    Tags: kids go free, Wisley, summer, august, rhs, fun, children's play area, play area, children, wild at wisley, picnic, activities, family, families

  • Alistair and Joe from the Woody team staking newly planted oak trees

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 05 Aug 2009

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    Tags: Wisley, oak, summer, august, rhs, children's play area, play area, quercus, children, robur, stake, wild at wisley