October Meeting 2014 - The Four Gardens of the RHS

Our October meeting saw a multimedia slide extravaganza, complete with music, detailing "The Four Gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society".  These are Hyde Hall (Essex), Wisley (Surrey), Rosemoor (Devon) and Harlow Carr (Yorkshire).  A big thank you to Graham Usher for the talk.

While all of the gardens appeal in different ways to different people, I was pleased to hear that Mr Usher lists Rosemoor as his favourite and therefore agrees with me - not that there is anything wrong with the others, but Rosemoor is a lovely garden and I have been there when very few other visitors were around, which is never likely at Wisley.

It may interest members to know that the RHS have a couple of small (and expensive!) holiday apartments at Rosemoor, situated inside the gardens themselves.  They tend to book up a long way in advance, but they are on the "dream ticket" of things to do before we croak ...