{"id":172,"date":"2018-12-08T13:33:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T13:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2024-02-24T10:22:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T10:22:14","slug":"rhs-wisley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/?page_id=172","title":{"rendered":"RHS Wisley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mce_0\">RHS Wisley House and Gardens<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During 1920&#8217;s Alfred Wise begun his association with the RHS as a resident botanical artists at RHS Wisley Gardens in Surrey. His studio was located within the main house known as The Laboratory. However he lived in a ramshackle caravan in the garden grounds, covered in ivy and green with age. \u00a0The caravan was lined with old newspapers and strewn with brushes, pots and paintings. Apparently he would wash up using a dash of detol. He became an eccentric feature of the establishment and is well remembered in the archives of the RHS Lindley library London, and through his publications in the RHS Garden journal and audio tapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" src=\"http:\/\/www-------------------------------mm9ya.hosts.cx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Alfie-Wise-and-Skipper-high-res-enhanced_edited-2-1024x735.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Alfie-Wise-and-Skipper-high-res-enhanced_edited-2-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Alfie-Wise-and-Skipper-high-res-enhanced_edited-2-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Alfie-Wise-and-Skipper-high-res-enhanced_edited-2-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Alfie-Wise-and-Skipper-high-res-enhanced_edited-2-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Alfie-Wise-and-Skipper-high-res-enhanced_edited-2.jpg 1821w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Alfie and Skipper circa 1940&#8217;s&nbsp;&nbsp;\u00a9 RHS Lindley Library&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"425\" src=\"http:\/\/www-------------------mm9ya.hosts.cx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sevenacres-lake.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sevenacres-lake.png 567w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sevenacres-lake-150x112.png 150w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sevenacres-lake-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><figcaption>Seven Acres Lake at RHS Wisley today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"650\" src=\"http:\/\/www-------------------mm9ya.hosts.cx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/seven-acres-after-the-storm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/seven-acres-after-the-storm.png 867w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/seven-acres-after-the-storm-150x112.png 150w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/seven-acres-after-the-storm-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/seven-acres-after-the-storm-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><figcaption>Seven Acres after the Storm 1947 by Alfred John Wise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The iconic house and gardens at RHS Wisley was home to Alfred Wise for most of his working life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www-------mm9ya.hosts.cx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/rhs-wisley-housejpg-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/rhs-wisley-housejpg-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/rhs-wisley-housejpg-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/rhs-wisley-housejpg-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/rhs-wisley-housejpg-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Alfred&#8217;s studio was to the rear of this building, he often would cook his eggs and bacon in the research laboratory on a pan heated via a bunsen burner.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alfred&#8217;s Caravan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For much of Alfred\u2019s time at RHS Wisley he lived in a ramshackle caravan in the grounds.\u00a0Although there are currently no known photographs of the exact caravan, those who saw it say it looked much like the picture below &#8211; a 1930\u2019s touring type caravan\u00a0green and cream in colour and around 12 foot long. \u00a0The caravan was parked next to a tool shed in what was called the \u201cWild garden\u201d at Wisley, rather appropriate considering Alfred\u2019s demeanour.\u00a0\u00a0This was behind the Director\u2019s house towards Wisley village end of the gardens. It is thought that vandals destroyed the caravan and tool shed in the early 1960s. After this Alfred acquired a boat to live in moored on the\u00a0nearby River Wey, bordering RHS Wisley gardens.\u00a0\u00a0However he neglected this as much as the caravan, resulting in it eventually sinking one night whilst he was inside asleep.\u00a0\u00a0After this he moved to a flat nearby in Merrow.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www-------------mm9ya.hosts.cx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/caravan-image-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/caravan-image-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/caravan-image-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/caravan-image-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/caravan-image-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Example of 1930&#8217;s Touring Caravan &#8211; similar to the home of Alfred Wise at RHS Wisley<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RHS Wisley House and Gardens During 1920&#8217;s Alfred Wise begun his association with the RHS as a resident botanical artists at RHS Wisley Gardens in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459,"href":"https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wiseartwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}