Royal Horticultural Society's Garden, Wisley

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United Kingdom - Surrey - Woking

Institution Code: WSY

BGCI Member: No

RHS Hilltop at RHS Garden Wisley
RHS Hilltop at RHS Garden Wisley

About the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden, Wisley

Wisley is the flagship garden of the RHS and one of the UK’s most visited and best-loved gardens, attracting around one million visitors each year. Some 75 garden staff, 25 students, four apprentices and 100 volunteers help make a day at Wisley an amazing experience for our visitors.

Main Address:
Royal Horticultural Society's Garden, Wisley
Woking
Surrey GU23 6QB United Kingdom

Telephone: 44 (0)1483 224234
Fax:
URL: https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley
Primary Email: hortdb@rhs.org.uk

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Dr Tim Upson (Director of Horticulture)
    Curator's Name: Matthew Pottage
    Plant Records Officer's Name: Gill Skilton and Jane Rowlands
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 87
    Educational Staff Number: 25
    Research Staff Number: 20
    Administration Staff Number: 15

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Date founded: 1904
  • Physical Data
  • Total Area: 60 Hectares
    Latitude: 51.310672
    Longitude: -0.47541
    Annual Rainfall: 652 mm
    Altitude: 18.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 4200 Metres
  • Additional Locations
  • Satellite Garden Names: Rosemoor, Hyde Hall, Harlow Carr, Bridgewater

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 200000
    Arboretum: Yes
  • Seed Bank: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: Yes
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Yes
    Disabled access: Yes
  • Number of Visitors: 1100000
    Number of Volunteers: 84

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 39635
    Cultivation Taxa Num: 24426
  • Special Collections:Orchidaceae, Epimedium, Crocus, Colchicum, Galanthus, Hosta, Rheum, Cyclamen, Narcissus, Daboecia, Erica, Calluna. Rhododendron, rock-garden plants, conifers, heathers, Mediterranean and Near East bulbs, apples.
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes

Conservation Programmes

Research Programmes

  • Conservation - Biology: Yes
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
    Ecology: Yes
    Education: Yes
    Floristics: Yes
    Horticulture: Yes
    Molecular Genetics: Yes
    Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes
    Sustainability: Yes
    Urban Environments: Yes

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
    Education Signs in Garden: Yes
    Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
    Guided Tours: Yes
    Permanent Public Displays: Yes
    Special Exhibitions: Yes
    Courses for School Children: Yes
    Courses for General Public: Yes
    Education Programme: Yes