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mark smyth

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Visit to Wisley
« on: October 12, 2008, 09:59:19 AM »
Yesterday Margaret Glynn and I visited Wisley using our extremely cheap Ryanair tickets - £2 all in if I remember right. What a day. At 4pm it was 19.5C
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Re: Visit to Wisley
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2008, 11:14:29 AM »
Yesterday Margaret Glynn and I visited Wisley using our extremely cheap Ryanair tickets - £2 all in if I remember right. What a day. At 4pm it was 19.5C

Good old Ryanair eh? Tireless champions of climate change.
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Re: Visit to Wisley
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2008, 11:33:24 AM »
You cant really target any airline for global change.

I started this while at work. The camera is at home with unedited photos. Some strange sights while sitting having coffee - I like my coffee but Wisley must try harder
girls out to impress
boys out to impress
unbelievable high heels
way too many children running wild - tried to push some in the lily pond! ::)
kids throwing stones in the tropical house - parents watching
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Re: Visit to Wisley
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2008, 08:23:03 PM »
I think I can have a go at Ryanair over contributing to global warming by encouraging increased flying when they're selling seats at £2 a pop. Not having a go at you, Mark.

Looking forward to the pics. Haven't been to Wisley for a few years now.



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Re: Visit to Wisley
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2008, 08:44:38 PM »
still editing and have I got some great plants to show!
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Re: Visit to Wisley
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2008, 09:56:01 PM »
You should probably have pushed the parents into the pond! >:(
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Re: Visit to Wisley
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2008, 10:14:59 PM »
Very true. So many parents treating the gardens as a play park for their children

Best food yellow bean soup with mint followed by blackberry and sloe trifle
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Re: Visit to Wisley
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2008, 10:23:55 PM »
Two quotes over heard from the public
"I have only seen those in blue and white. These colours are fantastic'
"I wouldnt have those growing in my grass. Look at the mess"
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Re: Visit to Wisley
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2008, 10:29:12 PM »
here, at last, are the photos

Sunrise from the air
Acantholimon heutii
Acer
Apple display
Arctotis acaulis - very tall so maybe mis-named
A 'butterfly' for Anthony
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Re: Visit to Wisley
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2008, 10:33:46 PM »
Birds Nest Fungus
Mammalia bombycina
Crocus?
Crocus goulimyi
Crocus niveus
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Re: Visit to Wisley
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2008, 10:37:36 PM »
Crocus speciosus
Cyclamen
C. graecum
C. hederifolium
Echeveria setosa
Gentiana acaulis 'Trotters Form' much darker in real life
« Last Edit: October 12, 2008, 10:39:18 PM by mark smyth »
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Re: Visit to Wisley
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2008, 10:44:32 PM »
Gladiolus brevifolius
Grass contrast - I know one isnt!
Hedychium
Hibiscus
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
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Re: Visit to Wisley
« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2008, 10:49:58 PM »
Impatiens
Isoplexis issabelliana
Lachenalia pusilla
Massonia
Massonia pygmaea
Moraea polystachys

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Re: Visit to Wisley
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2008, 10:55:04 PM »
Nerine sarniensis
'Christmas'
'Diana Oliver'
'Eddie'
'Frou Frou'
'Hamlet'
'Kipling'
'Komoriva'
'Lady St. Aldwyn'

var corusca 'Major'

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Re: Visit to Wisley
« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2008, 11:14:33 PM »
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When the swifts arrive empty the green house

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