Last week, Bill, Claire and I took an epic road trip vacation, and on our way home, we visited Eudora Welty's house and garden. Our visit was a fluke. It only happened because Carol Michel from May Dreams Gardens noted we were in Jackson, MS. She suggested--nay, insisted--we visit. I'm so glad she did because I'd forgotten Miss Welty's house and garden are in Jackson. Throughout this post, I'm calling her Miss Welty because that's what her neighbors called her. You're supposed to call beforehand, but we were unable to do this on such short notice. Still, I found the visitor's center open, and another couple was there too. We went through the visitor's center, watched a lovely movie on Miss Welty, who is one of my favorite authors, and then we were set to go see the house. Photos aren't allowed inside so I had to content myself with photos of...

Gardening isn't easy. Here's your summer pep talk.

Let's go to the Chelsea Flower Show, a gardener's Mecca.

Good morning campers! Did you think the travelogue was over? Ah, no, it is not. We have many more places to go and things to see. Click on the galleries below to see the photos in a larger format. Today's garden destination is RHS Garden Wisley in Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB, given to the Royal Horticultural Society in 1903 by Sir Thomas Hanbury. However, George Fergusson Wilson was the real spirit and driving force of the garden. Sir Hanbury bought the property after Wilson's death. It seems he was into saving gardens as he bought others too. In Wisley, Wilson created the oldest section, called the 'Oakwood experimental garden,' in 1878. He was set upon growing difficult plants. I laughed when I read this description because all gardeners seem to be about growing difficult plants. Wisley has quite the pedigree as do most places in England. You can't go anywhere in Great Britain...