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The Welcome Landscape

The elegant landscape design blends new and existing spaces – welcoming visitors to the iconic Wisley

Interesting facts ...

  • Cherry tree colonade Hillier Nurseries grew the beautiful flowering cherry trees that lead to the new Welcome building 
  • Landscape designer Originally an architect, Christopher Bradley-Hole's passion for plants led to a career re-focus
  • Open air terrace A double row of London plane trees trained in an umbrella form offer views of the ‘treescape‘ at Seven Acres 
Artwork of the Wisley Landscape

World-class landscape

The stunning landscape, designed by one of Britain’s most influential designers, award-winning Christopher Bradley-Hole, runs along the entire area – walking visitors through a world-class garden and up to the entrance of the Welcome building.

Dune-like hummocks of clipped shrubs and an impressive colonnade avenue of cherry trees (Prunus x yedoensis) create seasonal drama and dappled light. More than 250 native trees – including silver birch, aspen and Scots pine, are planted in and around the car parks to make them more horticulturally diverse and nature-friendly.
Delicate and flowing Gaura lindheimeri feature in the planting

Picturesque ribbon planting

A contemporary ribbon of grasses and perennials forms the 'threshold' between the car parks and the garden itself. Plants include: Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’, Gaura lindheimeri, Sesleria caerulea, Molina caerulea subsp. caerulea  'Moorhexe', Sanguisorba officinalis 'Tanna', Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen' and Monarda bradburyana.

Christopher Bradley-Hole said: 'This is a wonderful thing to be involved with. I am making a contemporary intervention. I would like to bring clarity and unity to the garden and create a sense of anticipation. It is an opportunity to do something that has a sense of place and purpose, making a setting that is memorable.'

Green Wisley – better for people, better for the planet

The old arrivals area at RHS Garden Wisley will be turned into part of the garden or become a planted landscape once our new buildings are open. 

Welcome landscaping

The old arrivals area at RHS Garden Wisley will be turned into part of the garden or become a planted landscape once our new buildings are open. 

We've looked at green ways to visit RHS Garden Wisley to avoid single occupancy cars and created cycle paths, new bus routes, taxi drop off points and electric charging points.   

Green travel

We've looked at green ways to visit RHS Garden Wisley to avoid single occupancy cars and created cycle paths, new bus routes, taxi drop off points and electric charging points.   

We're creating places for birds, bats, bees, burrowing mammals, reptiles and amphibians. This includes planting more than 400 trees and installing bat boxes, bird boxes and bug hotels. 

Biodiversity

We're creating places for birds, bats, bees, burrowing mammals, reptiles and amphibians. This includes planting more than 400 trees and installing bat boxes, bird boxes and bug hotels. 

We're planting native trees in our car park to create homes for wildlife. Over time, non-native trees have been introduced to the area but we've taken the opportunity to bring native species back. 

Native trees

We're planting native trees in our car park to create homes for wildlife. Over time, non-native trees have been introduced to the area but we've taken the opportunity to bring native species back. 

Rainwater is captured, wherever possible, to irrigate the garden in the future.  

Rainwater

Rainwater is captured, wherever possible, to irrigate the garden in the future.  

The old arrivals area at RHS Garden Wisley will be turned into part of the garden or become a planted landscape once our new buildings are open. 

Welcome landscaping

The old arrivals area at RHS Garden Wisley will be turned into part of the garden or become a planted landscape once our new buildings are open. 

We've looked at green ways to visit RHS Garden Wisley to avoid single occupancy cars and created cycle paths, new bus routes, taxi drop off points and electric charging points.   

Green travel

We've looked at green ways to visit RHS Garden Wisley to avoid single occupancy cars and created cycle paths, new bus routes, taxi drop off points and electric charging points.   

We're creating places for birds, bats, bees, burrowing mammals, reptiles and amphibians. This includes planting more than 400 trees and installing bat boxes, bird boxes and bug hotels. 

Biodiversity

We're creating places for birds, bats, bees, burrowing mammals, reptiles and amphibians. This includes planting more than 400 trees and installing bat boxes, bird boxes and bug hotels. 

We're planting native trees in our car park to create homes for wildlife. Over time, non-native trees have been introduced to the area but we've taken the opportunity to bring native species back. 

Native trees

We're planting native trees in our car park to create homes for wildlife. Over time, non-native trees have been introduced to the area but we've taken the opportunity to bring native species back. 

Rainwater is captured, wherever possible, to irrigate the garden in the future.  

Rainwater

Rainwater is captured, wherever possible, to irrigate the garden in the future.  

The old arrivals area at RHS Garden Wisley will be turned into part of the garden or become a planted landscape once our new buildings are open. 

Welcome landscaping

The old arrivals area at RHS Garden Wisley will be turned into part of the garden or become a planted landscape once our new buildings are open. 

'This project has been an opportunity to create something that is timeless and will last.'

Christopher Bradley-Hole, landscape designer, Bradley-Hole Schoenaich Landscape

Alan Titchmarsh will promise to help Greening Great Britain by continuing to promote and buy from specialist UK growers. 

Get involved and share your promise to support too by using the #GreeningGreatBritain hashtag on social media. Post a photo or video to show us what you’re growing and tag the RHS, we'll be sharing our favourite posts.

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