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Day Trip to RHS Wisley

Event type: Outing
Date: 12th May 2026
Time: 9:00 am
Group: Day Trips
Organiser:
Cost: See Day Trip website page

Tuesday the 12th May

Day trip by coach to RHS Wisley departing Market Parade Havant at 09:00 and Bedhampton Community Centre at 09:15

To book contact Val Worthington by clicking onto her name and sending her a message.

The group price for admission to Wisley is £15.00. RHS members can enter with paying if they have a valid RHS membership card with them.

The coach fare is £18.00 including the drivers tip. The total for group entry plus coach fare is £33.00.

Payments can be made by:

Bank transfer to Havant u3a, account number 90481882, sort code 20-69-34. Please enter Wisley in the reference box. By credit card, cheque or cash at Monthly Meetings.
By cheque mailed to The Treasurer, 19 Flint Avenue, Havant, PO9 3FU

Wisley is a large and diverse garden covering 240 acres (97 ha). In addition to numerous formal and informal decorative gardens, several glasshouses and an extensive arboretum, it includes a trials field where new cultivars are assessed. The original laboratory, for both scientific research and training, was opened in 1907, but proved inadequate. It was expanded and its exterior was rebuilt during World War I. It was designated a Grade II  listed building in 1985.

The grounds contain the following features:

  • RHS Hilltop - The home of Gardening Science
  • Wildlife Garden, Wellbeing Garden & World Food Garden
  • Glasshouse with desert, tropical and temperate climates, and with special topical displays
  • Clore Learning Centre
  • Alpine houses
  • Laboratory
  • Library
  • Plant information centre
  • Trials field (where plants are submitted for trial, allowing some to be awarded the prestigious Award of Garden Merit
  • Fruit field, featuring large numbers of apples, pears and other fruit grown in various forms.
  • Rock garden and alpine meadow on a sloping site
  • Wild garden
  • Walled garden
  • Jellicoe Canal with water lilies in season
  • Battleston Hill, which includes many rhododendrons and azaleas
  • Rose borders and mixed borders
  • Jubilee arboretum
  • Pinetum
  • National heather collection
  • Greener Skills Garden

Visitor facilities include cafés and restaurant, car parks, plant centre, etc. For the less able wheelchair and mobility scooter hire is available, hires may require reservations in advance of your visit.