England

Weasley Garden

Wisley Lane, Wisley, Woking GU23 6QB

Description:

Weasley Garden is located in the UK, in England, in Surrey south of London. It was founded in 1878 by successful businessman and experienced gardener George Ferguson Weasley. Then his goal was to grow hard-breeding and rare species of plants, he also laid an oak grove. In 1903, after Weasley's death, the garden was transferred to the Royal Horticultural Society. The garden was improved and expanded, now its area is huge and covers 97 hectares.

The garden is interesting for its collection of plants, the largest in the world, it includes more than 30,000 varieties and species. It houses classic gardens designed by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe and Lanning Roper in the 1960s, the rockery is a stony garden with terraces, ponds, streams and paths, created in 1911. On the territory of the garden there are also mixboarders with ornamental plants planted in them, Portsmouth Field, where experimental work with plants is carried out, a collection of heathers, including more than 1000 varieties and species, grows on Howard Field. The main building in the Weasley Garden is the Laboratory, designed in 1914, next to it you can see a beautiful pond with a collection of water lilies.

In the Weasley Garden you can also admire the magnificent rose garden in the style of the XIV-XV centuries, the original country garden. There is also a bilioteca, gardening courses, a store of gardening books.

 

 

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