|
New Wisley glass house
I visited Wisley on Saturday and was lucky to go in the newly opened
glasshouse. It will take a few years to develop, along with the surrounding gardens, but it is a pretty magnificent building. I think, given the choice though, I would choose a day at Eden rather than Wisley's more conventional plantings. It's sad though that the old glasshouses are to be demolished. Pam in Bristol |
New Wisley glass house
"Pam Moore" wrote... I visited Wisley on Saturday and was lucky to go in the newly opened glasshouse. It will take a few years to develop, along with the surrounding gardens, but it is a pretty magnificent building. I think, given the choice though, I would choose a day at Eden rather than Wisley's more conventional plantings. It's sad though that the old glasshouses are to be demolished. We went round it while it was being built but not since, it usually takes a while for such greenhouses to get established etc and feel lived in. Eden is OK but I'm not that much of a fan, seems designed for non gardeners/plantspeople, and too commercial IMO, prefer Heligan. -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
New Wisley glass house
On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:45:13 +0100, Sacha
wrote: On 22/6/07 13:32, in article , "Bob Hobden" wrote: "Pam Moore" wrote... I visited Wisley on Saturday and was lucky to go in the newly opened glasshouse. It will take a few years to develop, along with the surrounding gardens, but it is a pretty magnificent building. I think, given the choice though, I would choose a day at Eden rather than Wisley's more conventional plantings. It's sad though that the old glasshouses are to be demolished. We went round it while it was being built but not since, it usually takes a while for such greenhouses to get established etc and feel lived in. Eden is OK but I'm not that much of a fan, seems designed for non gardeners/plantspeople, and too commercial IMO, prefer Heligan. It's amazing how much comment of that sort we've heard about Eden. I like Heligan a lot - but I prefer Tresco. ;-)) You aare lucky Sacha to live within reasonably easy reach of so many lovely gardens. Pam in Bristol |
New Wisley glass house
On 22/6/07 22:42, in article ,
"Pam Moore" wrote: On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:45:13 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 22/6/07 13:32, in article , "Bob Hobden" wrote: "Pam Moore" wrote... I visited Wisley on Saturday and was lucky to go in the newly opened glasshouse. It will take a few years to develop, along with the surrounding gardens, but it is a pretty magnificent building. I think, given the choice though, I would choose a day at Eden rather than Wisley's more conventional plantings. It's sad though that the old glasshouses are to be demolished. We went round it while it was being built but not since, it usually takes a while for such greenhouses to get established etc and feel lived in. Eden is OK but I'm not that much of a fan, seems designed for non gardeners/plantspeople, and too commercial IMO, prefer Heligan. It's amazing how much comment of that sort we've heard about Eden. I like Heligan a lot - but I prefer Tresco. ;-)) You aare lucky Sacha to live within reasonably easy reach of so many lovely gardens. Pam in Bristol Indeed we are and we do know that. But did you know that you can fly from Exeter to St Mary's and take a boat to Tresco which is probably a 20 min. journey? ;-) Right now the Island Hotel is doing a special June deal, paying the air fare! And no, I don't work for them (and we didn't go that way) but I wish I did! You can fly from Bristol, too but I'm not sure about that being part of this special deal. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) |
New Wisley glass house
On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:08:31 +0100, Sacha
wrote: But did you know that you can fly from Exeter to St Mary's and take a boat to Tresco which is probably a 20 min. journey? ;-) Right now the Island Hotel is doing a special June deal, paying the air fare! And no, I don't work for them (and we didn't go that way) but I wish I did! You can fly from Bristol, too but I'm not sure about that being part of this special deal. Yes, I could fly from Bristol. I've been there twice, once by boat from St Mary's and once by helicopter from Penzance. Tresco certainly is a magical place, when the sun shines! Pam in Bristol |
New Wisley glass house
On 23/6/07 22:29, in article ,
"Pam Moore" wrote: On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:08:31 +0100, Sacha wrote: But did you know that you can fly from Exeter to St Mary's and take a boat to Tresco which is probably a 20 min. journey? ;-) Right now the Island Hotel is doing a special June deal, paying the air fare! And no, I don't work for them (and we didn't go that way) but I wish I did! You can fly from Bristol, too but I'm not sure about that being part of this special deal. Yes, I could fly from Bristol. I've been there twice, once by boat from St Mary's and once by helicopter from Penzance. Tresco certainly is a magical place, when the sun shines! Pam in Bristol For me it is, rather like Dartmoor, magical, whether it is in sun or pelting rain, fog, snow, mist etc. Sunshine is wonderful of course but it is almost irrelevant to the quality of the place itself. Whatever the weather I just feel very happy for being on either. It's the same here at home - I'd *like* a bit of sun right now but given that the greens are so green and the flowers are so voluptuously burgeoning and everything is in a sort of horticultural overdrive, we can only wonder and enjoy! The sun will return one day and in the meantime we know the rain is doing good. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) |
| All times are GMT +1. The time now is 08:42 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
GardenBanter