Posts Tagged ‘RHS Garden Wisley’

Easter holidays are often a great time to be outdoors with the family.  It would be great if it warmed up a bit here in the UK, but even if this cold snap continues to linger, it’s still worth getting outside in the fresh air.

Many gardens have events for children during the Easter holidays so I thought it might be helpful to share a few with you here…

The National Trust

The National Trust have teamed up with Cadbury and are holding Easter Egg hunts in many of their gardens around the UK.  Many of the gardens have other things to offer too – Winkworth arboretum of course has the most amazing display of bluebells, if they’re out in time of course and Cliveden is home to a spectacular display of some 10,000 bulbs.

The RHS Gardens

There’s always something going on for children at The RHS gardens and Easter is no exception.  At Wisley this Easter they have put together a programme of rainbow themed activities including a Rainbow Trail, sow and grow, a sculpture workshop and bubble making.

Painshill Park

Painshill Park is a local garden to me in Surrey and it’s where I trained so I know it pretty well.  It’s a great place to take the children whatever the time of year because there’s so much open space for them to run around, but this Easter they have put on some special activities.

These include a woodland egg and spoon challenge, wild Easter camp, build a wild den and a visit to Grotto Island which includes the chance to make a mini-grotto.

Kew Gardens & Wakehurst Place

If you live in the London area then Kew is a great garden to visit.  They are organising an Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday, 31st March.

Wakehurst Place is organising a Plant Portraits Easter Trail where children make a flying butterfly headband to lead them on their way.

I have covered only a few venues here so it’s worth checking out your local garden to see what they’ve got planned for the Easter weekend.  Now all we need is some sunshine!

(Images: Lisa Cox)

This month my Garden Flowers post, which I write with Rona Wheeldon of Flowerona, features Salvia involucrata. It’s a wonderful tall herbaceous perennial that has vibrant pink flowers which appear in the summer and continue well into the autumn. Read more

As some of you know, I am the co-ordinator for our local Society of Garden Designer’s cluster group and yesterday I met up with the other cluster leaders in our region at RHS Garden Wisley. Read more

You may well be familiar with Gaze Burvill and their beautiful garden furniture and if you’ve ever been to RHS Wisley Garden then you’ll have seen the wonderful wave benches they have next to the lake. Read more

On Saturday I attended Clive Nichols’ garden photography workshop at Wakehurst Place with my good friend Rona Wheeldon.  Clive is a world renowned garden photographer so we knew we were in for a great day and I think I speak for us both when I say that it exceeded our expectations. Read more

I popped into Wisley yesterday to make a visit to the Lindley library – I have been working on my project in France and I wanted to look up a few things about Japanese style gardens so that I can work on one of the areas near the house.  If you’re a member of the RHS you are also entitled to join the library, it’s a great resource for all things garden related. Read more

I had to go to Wisley yesterday afternoon so whilst I was there I decided to wiz round and see what was looking good.  Many of the perennials have been cut down and tidied up but many of the roses in the new rose garden were still in bloom and looking quite lovely.  I thought you might like to see the pictures I took  and I hope they brighten up your day! Read more