Talks at Wisley

Itinerant orchardist Martin Hayes, who has decades of experience working in orchards across the UK, will be the first speaker after our AGM, on Tuesday 18th March 2025.

The second talk after our AGM, on Tuesday 18th March 2025, will focus on the growing and care of Mulberries.

80th Anniversary Meeting ‘Jams and preserves from your own fruit’ is the theme of 80th Anniversary Meeting. Bring a pot of your favourite fruit jam and we will provide the […]

Updated on 21:10:2025 We will be joined by Tom Coward, Head Gardener at the historic Gravetye Manor, Sussex, who will tell us about the history and development of fruit growing […]

Following the talk from Tom Coward, we are pleased to be joined by Lawrence Weston, founder of a community farm near Bristol, that grows strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries, loganberries and jostaberries, […]

Wednesday 21st January, James Smith from Loddington Farm; opportunity for Fruit Group members who missed the visit to Loddington Farm in September 2025, to hear the inspirational talk on how […]

Robert Brett, Curator for RHS Garden Wisley since March 2025, will bring us up-to-date with his vision for the gardens, accompanied by Paul Kettell who is responsible for Edibles at […]

Yvette Harvey, Keeper of the Herbarium at RHS Garden Wisley, responsible for the Society’s collection of over 90,000 dried, cultivated plant specimens, as well as 3,500 paintings, 35,000 photographs and […]

RHS Fruit and Trials Specialist, Jim Arbury will give us a late spring talk and Europom update Following the talks, Jim will lead members round the Wisley orchard to consider […]

Following Jim Arbury's talk RHS entomologist Ben Brough will give us a talk on pollination and other topical issues to do with insects.

Wednesday 18th November, we welcome Paula Fleming, Head Orchard Gardener at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons;

Pavlina Kapsalis, Horticulturist in the Edibles team at RHS Wisley, will give a talk on growing figs in pots and outdoors.