My Garden

One of our traditional annual attractions is the carpet bed in front of the Laboratory building in garden. Approximately 10,000 plants go into this 14ft square, which is the most intensely planted part of the garden. This year’s design is inspired by a late 19th Century fan, of a peacock. Carpet bedding... Read more..

It's truly summer now here at Wisley. In July the garden looks wonderful. We have our Armed Forces Day flag prominently positioned on the Conifer Lawn, and the sweet peas and dahlia bed (where the Subtropical Borders usually are) are flowering well. Day by day the self-sown annuals that form this... Read more..

Summer is here and what could be better than the Great British Picnic! Here at Harlow Carr Plant and Gift Shop we have a whole range of picnic essentials, whether you plan to enjoy it in the beautiful gardens or elsewhere. Take a trip down memory lane with our new retro range of melamine picnic ware... Read more..

You would be forgiven for thinking that working in the turf department at Wisley is all about mowing immaculate, straight lines on finely manicured lawns. Not last week it wasn't! Not a straight line in sight, as Wisley's Team Turf produced two grass mazes at Wisley. The first maze is on Seven... Read more..

Colourful July, and we're at the peak of the season. If you're coming to visit us this week look out for some of these: On the corner of the Laboratory, the trumpet vine Campis radicans is creating a vertical carpet of deep orange. On the Top Terrace, the flowers are really starting to perform... Read more..

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..

The summer sale is under way in the shop at RHS Harlow Carr, with a range of items at half price! Fine quality linenware in neutral colours, burgundy and cream, and pastel shades including greens and blues are a fantastic opportunity to update your table, kitchen or living room. Napkins, teatowels, aprons... 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..