These are blog posts that Sara Draycott has made.
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Hello. I'm Sara, and I work in the Information and Interpretation section at RHS Garden Wisley. We, as a team, put our effort into explaining the stories behind the plants, showing the visitors why things are the way they are, and highlighting specific plants or parts of the garden that you don't want to miss. Part of what we do is looking after the Root Zone in the Glasshouse.
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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.
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Autumnal hints are just starting to appear, but as the weather is hovering between summer and autumn there is an awful lot of colour to find in the garden. Wisley is still in full bloom, with a wonderful fragrance from the Rose Garden, where there are still plenty of blooms ready to come out, and the Mixed Borders looking particularly stunning
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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 will be on again in January and February). But, until now it's never looked like a traditional gallery. Well, that's all changed for the next few weeks. Welcome to the Nerine Gallery
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November is a quiet yet wonderful month at Wisley. Frosty, sunny weather makes the grasses, berries and seed heads sparkle. And the trees start to take on their statuesque silhoutted form of winter. There is still a fair amount of autumn colour about though, and a number of flowers, including camellias (see our Plant of the Month) and mahonias, plus the occasional kniphofia. Look up our Garden highlights for more inspiration
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The other day, in between our snowy weeks, we managed to find a few days when the soil on Weather Hill at Wisley was in a workable state. We took delivery of some bare root roses, and off we went - the rose planting began on our exciting Bowes-Lyon Rose Garden
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... or the greys, in this weather. It is winter, after all, but this is an exciting time of year. Some of the most amazing plants do their thing in January and February - and they're anything but dull, unlike the skies
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The other day I stopped to talk to a visitor to the garden. She commented that she thought she'd come at the wrong time of year. The wrong time of year? Never! There is always so much to see. I told her about all the special plants and places, things to look out for, listen out for (birdsong) and fragrances to sniff out. By the end of our chat she was smiling and raring to explore the garden, full of enthusiasm.
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Camellias are one of the perfect garden plants in many people's opinion. They flower at Wisley from November (e.g. C. sasanqua hybrids) through to May, offering colour and in some cases fragrance too. And even when not showing off their flambouyant blooms, their evergreen leaves provide a glossy backdrop for other plants
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I've been avidly watching the developments on Weather Hill over the last couple of years. And now I'm almost lost for words. It's breathtaking. (Click on the images for a larger picture
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