School holidays are with us again. At Wisley, this means many things. For a start, it's time to cut the hedges. We've reduced this annual task by lessening the surface area of hedge at Wisley in a couple of areas, and when they're all cut the place looks so much tidier. The Mixed Borders... Read more..

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..

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..

Hedgehogs, woolly bears, tiny mice and a sinouous snake. These are all types of gourd or cucurbit that we are growing at Wisley this summer. Growing your own veg is very popular right now, and there are people nationwide (including Wisley) wondering what to do with a glut of courgettes right now. Courgettes... Read more..

Have you had a look inside the Glasshouse at Wisley recently? It's always full of amazing plants, and is currently featuring a stunning display of fuchsias. Also looking particularly fab is one of our seed-raised banana plants Ensete glaucum which is flowering on the temperate terrace (on the path... Read more..

In the Herb Garden at Wisley, Sabatino (pictured below) has introduced some extraordinary plants that he bought at plant fair here at Wisley last September. Look carefully, but don’t get too close. These unusual relatives of the tomato have incredible thorns. Purple devil, Solanum atropurpureum , (pictured... Read more..