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  • Winter sun, stunning plants and looking forward this week.

    Blog post by Jim Gardiner on 10 Feb 2009

    As I write, the sun is shining at Wisley. What a pleasant change. The Garden is looking very pretty, with some outstanding witch hazels ( Hamamelis ) shining brightly in the Wild Garden and on Battleston Hill. Their fragrance carries some fair distance, and the sweet scent mingles with that of the numerous... Read more..

    Tags: Alpine, meet the gardeners, Wisley, winter, event, butterfly, butterflies, surrey, garden, Looking good, Plant of the month, half term activities

  • 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