RHS Garden Wisley

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The Royal Horticultural Society was given Wisley in 1903 by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a wealthy Quaker and celebrated gardener. Prior to that, the original garden was the creation of George Fergusson Wilson – businessman, scientist, inventor and keen gardener and a former Treasurer of the Society. Photographs, archival documents, herbarium specimens and artefacts map the transformation of the garden from one man’s creation to a world famous centre for horticultural excellence, science and training that attracts over one million visitors a year.

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Photograph of G.F. Wilson in the Wild Garden at Oakwood, now RHS Garden Wisley
The Wisley rock and water garden : lecture by J. R. Pulham.
Photograph of the verbena trial at RHS Garden Wisley
Photograph of a trial of cinerarias and primulas at RHS Garden Wisley