We are invited to join Havant u3a's visit to RHS Wisley.
Wisley is a large and diverse garden covering 240 acres (97 ha). In addition to numerous formal and informal decorative gardens, several glasshouses and an extensive arboretum, it includes a trials field where new cultivars are assessed. The original laboratory, for both scientific research and training, was 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 grounds contain the following features:
- RHS Hilltop - The home of Gardening Science
- Wildlife Garden, Wellbeing Garden & World Food Garden
- Glasshouse with desert, tropical and temperate climates, and with special topical displays
- Clore Learning Centre
- Alpine houses
- Laboratory
- Library
- Plant information centre
- Trials field (where plants are submitted for trial, allowing some to be awarded the prestigious Award of Garden Merit
- Fruit field, featuring large numbers of apples, pears and other fruit grown in various forms.
- Rock garden and alpine meadow on a sloping site
- Wild garden
- Walled garden
- Jellicoe Canal with water lilies in season
- Battleston Hill, which includes many rhododendrons and azaleas
- Rose borders and mixed borders
- Jubilee arboretum
- Pinetum
- National heather collection
- Greener Skills Garden
The event is being organised by Havant u3a so please use this page to book and pay for your visit. Let Val - the event organiser - know you are a member of Hayling u3a.