{"id":7041,"date":"2023-05-22T10:55:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T09:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=7041"},"modified":"2023-05-22T11:02:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T10:02:46","slug":"pottering-with-pottage-wisley-the-flagship-garden-of-the-rhs-by-matthew-pottage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=7041","title":{"rendered":"Pottering with Pottage: Wisley, the Flagship Garden of the RHS, by Matthew Pottage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We were delighted to welcome Matthew Pottage to speak to us at Grayshott Gardeners this month.\u00a0 Matthew was the youngest ever curator of an RHS Garden when he was appointed to lead Wisley at the age of 29.\u00a0 During the last 8 years he has overseen some of the most ambitious projects that the garden has ever undertaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With Wisley just up the road, it is a garden that many of us know and love \u2013 so it was fascinating to get a peek behind the scenes.\u00a0 For example, next time we walk down the beautiful avenue of cherry trees that flank the new Garden entrance we will remember what it is like to have a shopping list of 150 semi-mature cherry trees (white flowering only please), all of which have to be quarantined for a year whilst they are closely monitored for pests and diseases.\u00a0 This is gardening on a gigantic scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also learned about the newest addition to the garden \u2013 Hilltop.\u00a0 Its laboratories and three new gardens are now one of the go-to destinations in Wisley.\u00a0 Each garden has a distinct purpose \u2013 the wildlife garden proves that catering for wildlife doesn\u2019t have to be \u201cmessy\u201d. The World Food garden showcases unusual crops amongst the traditional vegetables, and encourages all to be more adventurous in what we grow.\u00a0 The Well Being garden is not only beautiful to be in, but also enables scientific research into to the benefits of green spaces to our mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also learned how change comes with challenges.  A bulging postbag from supporters and detractors accompanies each new development.  Moving the garden forward requires courage and a belief that the destination will be worth the disruption and upheaval.  Thankfully Matt is brave \u2013 and Wisley continues to inspire and excite us in equal measure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We were delighted to welcome Matthew Pottage to speak to us at Grayshott Gardeners this month.\u00a0 Matthew was the youngest ever curator of an RHS Garden when he was appointed to lead Wisley at the age of 29.\u00a0 During the last 8 years he has overseen some of the most ambitious projects that the garden … Continue reading Pottering with Pottage: Wisley, the Flagship Garden of the RHS, by Matthew Pottage<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-lectures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7053,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7041\/revisions\/7053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}