RHS Wisley
Andrew Babicz
- Region:
- Anywhere
- Notice Period:
- Regular (more than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Professional Horticulturist
- Fee:
- Paid: £100
- Category:
- Hobbies
- Updated:
- 20th January 2021
- Tagged:
- Wisley Gardens
Wisley
Surely the flagship garden of the RHS, Wisley captures the imagination with richly planted borders, luscious rose gardens and the state-of-the-art glasshouse.
Gifted to the Society in 1903, Wisley has evolved over time into a world-class garden.
In the trials fields, the finest flowers and vegetables are identified from the countless new introductions. Elsewhere in the garden, cultivation techniques are tried and tested, and a series of model gardens answers the needs of a variety of conditions and circumstances.
In this talk we will walk round the garden with the aid of my many digital photographs, looking at the different areas of the garden and some specimen plants that you can find there. I’ll tell stories of my time there and the characters who have worked in the garden.
Views: 886 | Enquiries: 5About Andrew Babicz
This year I am celebrating 55 years in horticulture!
I started as an apprentice gardener at Inverewe Gardens in the North West coast of Scotland with The National Trust for Scotland and went on to work at The Royal Horticultural Society‘s Garden, Wisley, Kew Gardens and Hampton Court Palace Garden. I also spent a year working on nurseries in Holland.
I studied at Somerset College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Cannington, for two years and then studied for three years at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
I worked for the Parks Department of the London Borough of Croydon as their Horticultural Officer and then moved to the London Borough of Redbridge as Assistant Parks Manager, subsequently becoming their Chief Recreation Manager.
I have written for a number of publications including The English Garden magazine and The Metro.
I am currently the Secretary and a judge with the London Gardens Society which includes London’s Squares, Bexley in Bloom and London Alms-houses. I am a former judge with “South and South East In Bloom” a part of Britain in Bloom.
I am a keen photographer and have thousands of digital photographs of plants and gardens for use in my talks and lectures.
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