Sometimes it is great just to get outside and experience beautiful environments. One such place close to my is the Royal Horticultural Societies garden at Wisley.
I don't think there can be many better times to visit than a lovely warm sunny day in spring when the entire site seems to be overcome with literally thousands of bulbs and the trees are riddled with blossom (thought it does happen that my favorite plant- the Gunnera Giant Rhubarb is far from impressive this early in the year). This also happened to be my first visit to the garden since the opening of the new glasshouse on the site. This expands the collection of plants which can be housed here by artificially creating tropical environments.
As well as these 'false' environments within the glasshouse there are many different settings for plants which are more common of southern England including orchards, vegetable patches as well as the more traditional English flower borders. The gardens here also include features such as sculpture both in a more traditional style with wicker fruits and the contemporary with a large piece by Henry Moore.
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