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RHS Garden Wisley tel: 01483 224234 Area: Surrey |
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| Visitor Information | Email: wisley //at// rhs.org.uk |
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RHS Garden Wisley |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
All year, except Christmas Day; March - Oct; Mon - Fri; 10am - 6pm; Sat & Sun; 9am - 6pm. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes For coach parties - free admission is also given to the coach driver, and one group escort. |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Adults 10.75; Children 5-16yrs 4.60; Family (2 adults + 2 children) 27.60; (with Gift Aid: 11.85; 5.10; 30.40) Groups of 10 or more booked and paid for 14 days in advance 9.75. |
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| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities & Comments: Disabled & shaded parking. Guide dogs and Registered Support dogs are allowed in the gardens. Wisley Flower Show - 10th - 12th Sept A Taste of Autumn - 22nd - 25th Oct |
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| Rock Garden, glasshouses, lakes, pinetum, vegetable garden, walled gardens, mixed borders, fruit field, herb garden, model gardens and country garden. | English Heritage Garden Grade: | |||||
| National Collection: Crocus, Colchicum, Daboecia, Epimedium, Erica, Galanthus and Rheum. | ||||||
| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| The garden of the Royal Horticultural Society (R.H.S) at Wisley has become a 'mecca' for garden-lovers everywhere. Wisley is a very beautiful garden with romantic half-timbered Tudor-style buildings. The soil is mainly acid sand which is poor in nutrients and fast draining. There is a canal designed by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, a rock garden, formal and walled gardens, mixed borders, a rose garden, rock garden, glasshouses, a fruit field and an arboretum. Then there are the alpine gardens, the model vegetable gardens and a country garden by Penelope Hobhouse. Any gardening speciality or interest can be met at Wisley. One area is given to various styles of model gardens. Trial areas of collections of cultivars are shown to compare, assess, or simply to admire. Laboratories research pests, diseases and general garden problems. Wisley's purpose is to "use and occupy the Estate for the purpose of an Experimental Garden and the Encouragement and Improvement of Scientific and Practical Horticulture in all its Branches". |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| In 1878 George Ferguson Wilson, businessman, scientist, inventor and keen gardener, purchased the site and established 'The Oakwood Experimental Garden' with the idea of growing difficult plants successfully. Soon the garden was renowned for its collection of lilies, gentians, Japanese irises, primulas and waterplants. Despite changes since then, it is still true to his original concept. In 1903 on the death of Mr Wilson, Sir Thomas Hanbury bought the estate and presented it in trust to the R.H.S. With his eminent botanist brother Daniel, he was the founder in 1867 of the celebrated hillside garden of La Mortola, on the Italian Riviera (with which the R.H.S. remains closely concerned). |
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| Nearby Surrey Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
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| Hotels
& Accommodation: Cobham Hilton |
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| Inns & Pubs: The Anchor |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Guildford Woking Cobham |
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