RHS Wisley is the flagship garden of the Royal Horticultural Society and one of the great gardens of the world. From its beginnings, Wisley has been about plantsmanship and experimentation. It continues in that spirit today. Some 75 garden staff, 25 students, four apprentices and 100 volunteers help make a day at Wisley an amazing…Continue Reading “Visit RHS Wisley with us 21 September”
Lawn turf dressing? Check! Composted fine bark? Check! Whatever you’re looking for, start at the Hut. Currently (early July), we have sacks of top soil, John Innes 1, 2 & 3, multi purpose and ericaceous composts, various mulches including Strulch, horticultural grit and pink grit, pea and black basalt gravels, chicken and farmyard manures, Scottish…Continue Reading “Sacks of soils at the Hut”
Here’s a reminder of our trip in July, plus a brand new offering – a day trip to the wonderful RHS Wisely. Saturday 13 July 2024 – Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens: RHS Partner Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 6PP Grade 1 listed Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens is famed for its ornamental rock garden and spring displays…Continue Reading “Outings Update”
The Asian Hornet (Vespa vetulina nigrithorax) arrived in Europe, from China, about twenty years ago, writes Bob Jackman, vice chair, Bromley Beekeepers and LHS member. A single queen is thought to have been shipped into Bordeaux. She established a nest unnoticed. Insects in the right conditions spread fast. Now this hornet is spreading outwards at…Continue Reading “ASIAN HORNETS – the three pronged threat on our doorstep”
Outings Officer Matilda Smith reports On Saturday 18 May, a group of 20 LHS members set out on the first trip since before Covid! The group visited Goddards Green Garden, a beautiful garden of some five acres or so – including some wilderness and an orchard. The Wotton family now tend the gardens by themselves,…Continue Reading “Goddards Green Gardens: our Outing 18 May”