Wisley October 2025

This is part 2 of our visit to Autumnal Wisley. I will start with two verses about food.

Jesus speaking to God: ‘ Give us this day our daily bread.’

And Paul speaking: ‘ So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.’

Matthew 6:11 , 1Corinthians 10:31

The welcome is creative, an Autumn Display by the Edibles Team using produce and flowers grown at RHS Wisley. Standing nearby in green, yellows and orange are the cherry trees we first saw in spring flower for April. They also look good.

We then take a curtsey car to the Hill and see where over 50 of  these different squashes grew and how some beds are already planted up for winter. The flower gardens nearby still have some colour while the fruit trees are mostly picked clean. There is a satisfaction here. A feeling of ‘ well done’, and then I wonder if the Exotic garden has been tucked up into winter hibernation. No, not yet. Apparently, at least half of these plants can withstand our UK winter while others are taken in or wrapped up.

The Wysteria walk then asks to be noticed as do the wide borders which have delightful bright waves of flowers. Dahlias are big, bright and bountiful in the cottage garden, exotic garden and the borders. Then to delight more than any other time is the Oakwood.

Spring, Summer, Autumn this garden has been a perfect companion. Thank you to the Curator and staff for this magnificent share of nature at its best.

Let us look at this in a few of my photographs:

Goodbye to how we see Autumn on this day. The rain and the wind will come and the garden will not be the same. Autumn moves.

Here is a thought by Hans-Ulrich Obrist about a curator.

‘ I see a curator as a catalyst, generator and motivator – a sparring partner, accompanying the artist while they build a show, and a bridge builder, creating a bridge to the public.’

Thank you,

Sandy 🙂