A Taste of Autumn, Woking

It was a sunny, windy Sunday when I went to check-out Wisley’s Autumnal delights. The tasting marquee was the packed focus of this seasonal festival and although verging on chronically overcrowded, it was worth the effort.

The highlight of the tent’s offerings - for me - was the wonderful table laden with plates of sliced apple varieties, for sampling and comparison. An amazing array, although sadly most will never have any presence on our supermarket shelves and truly put mainstream offerings to shame. The range of tastes, colours and flavours was impressive and deeply delicious. It was wonderful to see so many children relishing the crunchy samples.

In the gardens, outside the tent, autumn was on display in all her glorious colours. Sunshine dappled leaves, in all their rich, warm hues, made a beautifully memorable impression…

I went briefly on Friday morning, at 10.30 it was really busy, queues up the A3.
The food offer was interesting but not earthshattering, but there was appletasting and some good advice areas.
The Chocalate Alchemist was a new one to me, but I guess chco officianados will be aware already.
The RHS had made a fantastic apple collage of an owl.
Coupled with good weather and great autumn colours in the garden a goo trip.