RHSWisley
From Wisley RHS Garden, Surrey United Kingdom
Joined Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Home page https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley
Recent Book Activity
Landmarks
Tips from the old gardeners
Catch Me (Detective D.D. Warren 6)
Fear Nothing (Detective D.D. Warren 7)
A Walk in the Park
Dinner with a Vampire (The Dark Heroine, Book 1)
Corsair: Oregon Files #6 (The Oregon Files)
'Tis
Watchers in the Night (Guardians of the Night)
Thanks for the Memories
The Leftovers
Picture Perfect
The Sausage Book
The Honours
The Happy Home for Broken Hearts
The Son
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Denial
Human Croquet
The West End Front: The Wartime Secrets of London's Grand Hotels
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Extended Profile
Wisley was founded by Victorian businessman and RHS member George Ferguson Wilson, who purchased a 60 acre (243,000 m²) site in 1878. He established the "Oakwood Experimental Garden" on part of the site, where he attempted to "make difficult plants grow
successfully". Wilson died in 1902 and Oakwood (which was also known as Glebe Farm) was purchased by Sir Thomas Hanbury, the creator of the celebrated garden La Mortola on the Italian Riviera. He gave both sites to the RHS the following year. Since then Wisley
has developed steadily and it is now is a large and diverse garden covering 240 acres (971,000 m²). In addition to numerous formal and informal decorative gardens, several glasshouses and an extensive arboretum, it includes small scale "model gardens" which
are intended to show visitors what they can achieve in their own gardens, and a trials field where new cultivars are assessed.
The laboratory, for both scientific research and training, was originally opened in 1907, but proved inadequate. It was expanded and its exterior was rebuilt during World War I. It was designated a Grade II Listed building in 1985.
The laboratory, for both scientific research and training, was originally opened in 1907, but proved inadequate. It was expanded and its exterior was rebuilt during World War I. It was designated a Grade II Listed building in 1985.