Posts Tagged ‘Gardens to visit in Surrey’

I had a meeting at Wisley yesterday so I took the opportunity to walk round the gardens and take a few pictures beforehand.  The grasses were looking stunning, especially along the glasshouse borders.

It was a blustery day so the not the greatest environment to take pictures, but I think some have come out reasonably well even if there are a few blurry bits in some of them!

The Gaura was still flowering – it’s such a great perennial with grasses because it only needs the slightest breeze to create movement.

Grasses are such versatile plants that can be used in both formal and informal situations. Depending on the look you are trying to create, there will be a grass that’s fit for purpose, whether you want  a neat and tidy form such as Calamagrostis or something less formal and more showy like Pennisetum.

Perennials also play a big part in the garden in autumn. Often the seed heads have a strong form which looks great when the first frosts appear. If you like everything to be neat and tidy then this look probably won’t be for you, but the effects can be pretty dramatic, especially when they catch the sunlight.

I’ll leave you with this image of the sculptural beech columns outside the glasshouse. They look quite dramatic at this time of year.

There’s plenty to see at Wisley even at this time of year and the Christmas Craft and Design Fair is on from 27th November to 1st December so why not do some Christmas shopping at the same time!?

On Wednesday I spent a lovely morning at Hampton Court Palace garden with Rona Wheeldon of Flowerona.  As you know, I covered the RHS Flower Show last month, but I haven’t been to the palace gardens for years. Read more

If you read my blog regularly then you’ll know that I recently visited Loseley Park Garden to take some photos.  I wrote three posts about the garden, but I thought it might be nice to share some of the flower pictures I took whilst I was there too. Read more

I hope you enjoyed my earlier bog post about The White Garden at Loseley Park.  I’m now going to share the images I took of The Flower Garden and long water pond which are my favourite parts of the garden. Read more