With the autumn colours coming through, and harvests being gathered, you might just be inspired to take a stunning snap, and be in with the chance of winning £1,000 in the Royal Horticultural Society’s annual Photographic Competition. Tim Sandall, renowned garden photographer and judge for the RHS Photographic... Read more..

At the beginning of this week we had some glorious sunshine, and great crowds at our incredibly successful (and enjoyable) Taste of Autumn festival. Next week we have a host of half term activities plus something fun for Hallowe'en to look forward to, and the final week for submitting entries to... Read more..

If you've visited the Glasshouse at Wisley in the last 3 years, you may know that we have an area called the Glasshouse Gallery. We've used it for photo exhibitions, lectures and learning during Science Week, somewhere to learn about butterflies when we have tropical species in winter (which... Read more..

The answer is about 100. That is, 100 or so on display in the Glasshouse at Wisley at the moment. Pink ones, green ones, cream ones, purple ones, yellow ones, deep red ones (some are nearly black) and mixed up ones. Some have leaves that are almost round, while others are toothed and jaggedy. Some are... Read more..

If you go down to the woods today.... you might find an "extinct" tree. Presumed extinct in the wild, that is, as it has only been seen in gardens since 1803. The plant in question is Franklinia alatamaha and we have two flowering well, with gorgeous autumn leaf colour, in the woody Wild Garden... Read more..

Everyone knows the old saying about eating an apple a day , but this is just the tiniest tip of the mountain of apple facts and folklore . This wealth of information could perhaps be attributed to the fruit's long association with humans, so long that it might just be the oldest cultivated tree.... Read more..