Will Giles' Exotic Garden Norwich

We went there on Saturday, a must see for all you Exotic fans

The unassuming entrance:



Leads through a bamboo grove to:



and then up to the Xerophytic / Desert Garden

 

Xerophytic / Desert Garden continued



There are lots of water features and hard landscaping, a tree house and jungley huts, hidey-holes, niches, statues:

 

... and the usual suspects, Trachycarpus, T Rex etc all on a big scale:

 

I've not done it justice with my few photos, there is so much tucked away here plus a lovely tea hut with great big slices of cake, polytunnels stuffed with even more tender exotics and a veg garden.

More photos on his website: http://www.exoticgarden.com/

 

Anyone identify this please:



Close up of the trunk:

 

Good photos there Kristen, the Treehouse is now occupied so we couldn't go up there. I'd like to see the garden after Will has tucked all the tender stuff into the Polytunnel. On Saturday the Polytunnel looked full, very little spare room, so how they get in those big Brugs and red bananas plus dozens of other tenders in there I don't know!

I didn't protect my T.Rex over-winter and it's main stem died over-winter, it started to bud upin the spring then a late frost killed it. Since then it has sent up loads of new shoots from the roots so I'm OK thanks. Learnt a lesson though.

 

Hey @Kristen, I read on Will Giles' blog that he uses a big fan to circulate the air in his polytunnel over winter, to minimise fungal problems. I seem to recall you mentioned using one in your conservatory last winter, what sort of size do you use and is it on a timer?