RHS Wisley Plant Fair September 2016

Lovely photos Shirley, and glad you had a good time. Thank you for sharing your day out :)

Oh thanks Sheila, can I tempt you with photos of the Bonsai Walk at Wisley? I really think if I lived nearer I would be a regular visitor, but it's a fifty mile drive each way for us :o(

I enjoyed your blog Shirley, thank you. Now I'm looking forward to seeing your Wisley Garden photos.

I went yesterday - it was very busy and very hot!

There seems to be a lot more in the show than when we visited a few years ago Shirley.....we were very disappointed. Also, the borders seemed very scruffy and unkempt so we've never been back but perhaps we should now. The glasshouse was impressive, though, as I remember. But, my favourite part of the day was the talk by Neil Lucas of Knoll Gardens. Were there any guest speakers this time?
Ps...I like the floral witches/wizard's hat......I didn't notice it first time of looking!

Great Photos some years since i visited even further for me to go for a day you can add another 50 plus each way to your journey.

That looks really wonderful. I enjoyed this very much! Wish we had something like this in Scotland. :) its not like we're short of space...or great gardens! That wind spinner is the one I bought recently Shirley...I love it. It really adds something to my garden. :)

Lovely place to visit. I used to visit every year for many years, but not now. My favourite time was in late August, where I could admire the display of hundreds of dahlias in the trial grounds and all the vegetables grown to perfection in a small allotment.

Alas its 200 miles from here -been once but for the rest, dream on... I love your fern Shirley. Wonder if that robot mower would plough into flowerbeds if there was no barrier between them and the lawn? We once got a robot vacuum cleaner from a jumble sale -it did work but not brilliantly.

Thanks Shirley - yes, you can certainly tempt me with photos of Wisley's bonsai walk! I have seen it once, but rarely visit these days (drive takes about 80 minutes, depending on traffic on the M25, lol).

Da, pleased you enjoyed the show too.

Andrew, did you buy anything out of the ordinary at the plant fair?

Paul, not so much guest speakers as talks and demonstrations by gardening experts, specialist growers and flower arrangers. We both thought the Roses at Wisley were looking in need of some TLC, lots could have done with dead-heading.

Brian, much too long a drive for you!

Karen, I knew I'd seen that wind spinner somewhere before, ha ha!

Costas, I expect you had some great visits in the past. The National Dahlia Society Show was in a marquee this year.

Stera, I dread to think what path that robotic mower could take!

Sheila, I have sorted my photos out, just need to put them in a blog, watch this space .....

Shirley - I pre-ordered two plants of digitalis 'Goldcrest' from Hardy's Plants. I already had one in the garden and wanted to bulk it up. It's a sterile hybrid and carries pale orange flowers for a long time.
I'm also trying meconopsis punicea 'Sichuan Silk.' This small red meconopsis is monocarpic (that is, it dies after flowering) but this variety is allegedly perennial. I found one for sale that had three crowns instead of just one - how could I resist?

I enjoyed reading and seeing your lovely photo's Shirley and yes I'd be delighted to see more of your day at Wisley, thankyou for sharing, pleased you enjoyed your visit....

Andrew, that Digitalis is a lovely peachy-yellow colour. The Meconopsis looks smashing.

Sue, thanks for looking in, part two just published!

Shirley missed your blogs till now, had some busy days. You seem to have seen a few different things to me, but lovely pictures. I didn't take many this time, just enjoyed it. Amazed we didn't see you, but it did get a bit busy didn't it.

Hi Cinders, I'm not surprised our paths didn't cross as you could have been one end of the Plant Fair, while we were at the other! I'm so glad we arrived early as it was quite busy when we left, with still more folk coming in! We have rain today, good for the garden, not so good for the stall holders though.

No it's a shame it's wet today isn't it. I have had a lazy day today after a hectic week, just nice to relax.

Good for you, always good to have a restful day. I emptied almost everything out of the Greenhouse, 2 Growbags as the Tomatoes are finished now, brushed cobwebs away, re-arranged it all and feel very smug now, ha ha!

A lovely selection of photographs, I loved the Beth Chatto planting in particular...thanks for another interesting blog...

A lovely blog Shirley and what a lot of interesting displays. I liked the coloured sheep lol :)
I would enjoy to seeing some photos of Wisley.

You obviously enjoyed yourself there! Must have been just wonderful to see all those wonderful displays!

I'll be going over to read your 2nd part blog in a moment. Thanks for sharing your visit with us!:-))

Thanks Dotty, Hywel and Balcony ...:o)