Robin McKinley's Web Site .:. Robin McKinley's Blog

Robin McKinley

Official Web Forum

Members

Help

Home

Home » Discussion Forums » Blog Post Discussion » A Visit to RHS Wisley (guest post by AJLR)

Show: Today's Messages :: Show Polls :: Message Navigator

A Visit to RHS Wisley (guest post by AJLR) [message #44514]

Sat, 27 August 2011 23:51

Maren
Messages: 1332
Registered: October 2008
Location: Louisiana

Senior Member
[Moderator]

A Visit to RHS Wisley (guest post by AJLR)

Report message to a moderator

Re: A Visit to RHS Wisley (guest post by AJLR) [message #44515 is a reply to message #44514 ]

Sun, 28 August 2011 03:49

Melissa Mead
Messages: 990
Registered: October 2008
Location: Albany, NY, USA

Senior Member

Oh wow!

I'm reading the book of The Victorian Kitchen Garden, and seeing those pictures, with the glasshouses and all, was like walking into the book.

Member of Carpe Libris: http://carpelibris.wordpress.com/

Report message to a moderator

Re: A Visit to RHS Wisley (guest post by AJLR) [message #44516 is a reply to message #44514 ]

Sun, 28 August 2011 07:25

tassiegal
Messages: 92
Registered: November 2008
Location: NSW

Member

It looks so different from when I was there in May! Useless fact - the building housing Wisley scientists? Are not actually part of the garden. They were imported in the early 1900's from various different sites and joined together. All were derelict and due to be demolished.
This was a rose that was in bloom while we were there.

Attachment: DSC_4827a.JPG
(Size: 1.65MB, Downloaded 27 time(s))

Report message to a moderator

Re: A Visit to RHS Wisley (guest post by AJLR) [message #44519 is a reply to message #44514 ]

Sun, 28 August 2011 08:37

Mrs Redboots
Messages: 943
Registered: October 2008
Location: London, UK

Senior Member

I keep meaning to go, but haven't yet got round to it! Thank you for the "virtual visit".

Mrs Redboots
I love my computer because my friends live in it!

Report message to a moderator

Re: A Visit to RHS Wisley (guest post by AJLR) [message #44527 is a reply to message #44514 ]

Sun, 28 August 2011 11:39

harpergray
Messages: 87
Registered: March 2011
Location: Sweden

Member

Thank you for the virtual visit! One of my favourite things about visiting family friends in the area is that they are always happy to take a trip out to RHS Wisley. I've thought for a while that I should pay them a visit again*, and your post has got me to thinking that perhaps garden-seasons should be a factor in when. Wink

*It's been four years, and when I say 'for a while' I mean this has weighed on my mind for about the last two of those years. The awful part of being a student is that there are not nearly funds or time enough to visit all of the people who ought to be visited. Sigh.

Report message to a moderator

Re: A Visit to RHS Wisley (guest post by AJLR) [message #44528 is a reply to message #44514 ]

Sun, 28 August 2011 11:56

Stardancer
Messages: 182
Registered: April 2011
Location: Florida, USA

Senior Member

The Honest Sausage. Hee Smile

I love the cacti! One set of my grandparents lives in Tucson, Arizona, so I've seen some of those same cacti up close and, occasionally, a little too personal. But they're so different and cool.

I got to visit once in early May, right after their two-week-ish rainy period. Almost all of the cacti and other desert plants were blooming, the most vivid and unexpected colors. It was really lovely.

P.S. ALJR, I forgot to mention that your photos are wonderful!

[Updated on: Sun, 28 August 2011 11:57]

Report message to a moderator

Re: A Visit to RHS Wisley (guest post by AJLR) [message #44531 is a reply to message #44514 ]

Sun, 28 August 2011 17:12

Kathy_S
Messages: 313
Registered: October 2008
Location: Indiana

Senior Member

Thank you, AJLR.
I've definitely added it to "gardens I want to visit."

Report message to a moderator

Re: A Visit to RHS Wisley (guest post by AJLR) [message #44534 is a reply to message #44514 ]

Sun, 28 August 2011 19:25

AJLR
Messages: 2566
Registered: September 2008
Location: England, UK

Senior Member
[Moderator]

Gardens are refreshing, aren't they. I'm glad that people enjoyed the post.

Mind you, looking out on bits of one's own garden after such a visit does tend to provoke feelings of 'Oh gods, I'll never get mine up to that level'. Smile

_{"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."}

Report message to a moderator

Re: A Visit to RHS Wisley (guest post by AJLR) [message #44542 is a reply to message #44514 ]

Sun, 28 August 2011 20:53

Opaldragon
Messages: 17
Registered: August 2011
Location: Texas

Junior Member

Absolutely breathtaking

Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect, it means you decided to look beyond the imperfections.

Report message to a moderator

Re: A Visit to RHS Wisley (guest post by AJLR) [message #44548 is a reply to message #44514 ]

Mon, 29 August 2011 00:34

Diane in MN
Messages: 2730
Registered: October 2008
Location: Twin Cities, MN, USA

Senior Member

Thanks for this post and the great pictures. That Gunnera is one scary plant! Smile

_{"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich}

Report message to a moderator

Re: A Visit to RHS Wisley (guest post by AJLR) [message #44551 is a reply to message #44514 ]

Mon, 29 August 2011 02:54

Fake Frenchie
Messages: 506
Registered: November 2008
Location: France

Senior Member

Lovely pictures!!

Report message to a moderator

Previous Topic:	Life with Hellhounds: the soap opera
Next Topic:	Intelligibility not Guaranteed

Goto Forum:

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Generate printable PDF ]

Current Time: Wed May 22 15:20:30 EDT 2013

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.05912 seconds

.:: Contact :: Home ::.