My Garden

Happy New Year. And what a chilly start. When the garden is covered with snow it looks entirely different. And it’s a great opportunity to spot the non-human visitors and residents here by their tracks. A cool, white background also highlights those plants that are in bloom now. Of these, the witch hazels... Read more..

Although we haven't had any more snow overnight, yesterday's snow is still very evident and combined with ice the conditions are still bad, so the garden will remain closed today as well. A small team are working hard today to clear the snow and hopefully things will be back to normal tomorrow... Read more..

What wintry weather! Wisley looks wonderful with all this snow. Many of the garden staff were involved in sweeping and shovelling snow both in the car park and in the garden, and on Tuesday we succeeded in getting the site open by 12.30pm. A small number of intrepid visitors braved the weather and enjoyed... Read more..

Well well what a week it's been here at Harlow Carr: global warming seems a dim and distant memory when you're standing in 12cm of the white stuff! The snow came down with a vengeance on Sunday evening, and Monday morning saw the whole garden team mobilised with all manner of shovels small and... Read more..

Well, the snow put paid to the judging of winter foliage of bergenias at Wisley this week. Here they are, entirely covered with snow! There's over three hundred bergenias, in over a hundred species and varieties there, but not much to assess at the moment The judges will be back to look them over... Read more..

The icy and snowy weather earlier this month revealed one way in which the Wisley trials are so useful. One of the most valuable features of bergenias is their winter foliage colour and the recent weather has put them to the test - some retained their foliage and were revealed in glorious colour when... Read more..

We thought we would share a few of the lovely pictures of Rosemoor in the snow on Tuesday, as it really did look beautiful! The Garden was closed all day on Tuesday, and re-opened on Wednesday afternoon after staff had worked hard to clear the paths that morning. Enjoy! Read more..

Unfortunately, due to the adverse weather conditions, Wisley is closed today - Monday 2 February. As soon as we have any updates we'll let you know. Read more..

Unfortunately, due to the adverse weather conditions Hyde Hall is closed today - Monday 2 February. As soon as we have any updates we'll let you know. Read more..