Committee Minutes July 2019
September 2019 Bulletin
A bulletin for harvest season and looking forward to the Autumn Show
- Planting in autumn – broad beans, green manures and sweet peas
- Harvesting Amaranth
- A recipe for roasting fresh beetroot
July 2019 Bulletin
Summer reading for all
- See more from the Summer Show
- The store gets a new roof
- How to make a container pond
and – watch out for your stag beetles and ladybird larvae
RGS members consultation update
Thank you to the members who commented on our new complaints procedure and social cohesion policies. Below are the final draft policies which will be taken to the AGM for final ratification.
Wisley Garden opens a new welcome centre
The RHS has opened it’s new ‘state of the art’ welcome building, which includes a cafe, restaurant, shop – including botanical bookstore and a new plant centre.
Watch the opening here
The plant centre is stocked with an amazing array of plants, showcasing British nurseries. At the opening on 10th June the RHS ambassador Alan Tichmarsh spoke about their important contribution to our horticulture.
Alan Tichmarsh said “Millions visit Wisley every year to be inspired by the horticulture on display and now the RHS flagship site will be a permanent showcase to celebrate specialist UK growers….. These plant specialists lovingly grow the rarest, most unusual and beautiful varieties in the world, which thrive in UK gardens because they’re so used to our climate….. I promise to help Greening Great Britain by continuing to promote and buy from specialist UK growers. If the UK’s army of 27 million gardeners were to do the same, we would be protecting the UK from pests and diseases coming in from abroad; helping pollinators which need a diverse range of plants in order to survive; and supporting this vital industry that is worth more than £24 billion to the UK economy.”
Pictures from the 2019 summer show
A sunny, special occasion with a festive feel, the summer show was a great success and enjoyed by all. With thanks to those who set up, served, baked, judged, helped, enjoy re-visiting the occasion – or see what you missed! Full results in the next bulletin.
Ready and waiting 
Site 2 looking great 
Roses, roses 
Best of the rhubarb 
Wonderful display 
Plants and produce 
Plant stall 
Gathering for lunch 
Lunch in the sun 
Fragrant rose competition 
Which rose to choose? 
Tea time 
Teas and Produce 
Cakes for summer 
Voting for the best 
Summer punch 
All about hedgehogs 
Enjoying the view 
Fruit and flowers 
Growing neatly 
Family space 
Work goes on 
Crops and colour 
Grown in roehampton
Committee Minutes May 2019
June 2019 Bulletin
Enjoy a bumper June Bulletin for the Summer Season
- A buffet lunch at our Summer Show – and a cake competition!
- How to stop the birds eating your cherries
- Asparagus, pea shoot and broad bean tart
Committee Minutes April 2019
Summer Show 2019 – Sunday 9th June
Our new style Summer Show will take place on the RGS Allotments Site 2 at 1pm. Come and enjoy meeting other gardeners – lunch in the open air and view the exhibits. The plant stall will be busy as usual and there’s a cake competition for all our bakers.
It’s an opportunity to showcase the lovely things we grow – please do enter for at least one class. There’s lots of advice about how to do this in the ‘Guidance for entrants’ and a full list of classes in the ‘Summer Show Schedule’ – which also has an entry form attached. Bring your exhibits along between 10 am and 12 noon.
RGS members consultation
These documents are drafts of an update to our Complaints Procedure and a Code for Social Cohesion. They will be used to resolve any disputes and complaints. We welcome your views. If any member would like to comment on these drafts, please use the ‘general enquiry’ form on this website here or email rgs.sw15@gmail.com . This consultation is open until the end of May 2019.