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Glorious garden visits
                          in support of Perennial | 2020
Encombe Estate, Page 11
Glorious garden visits in support of Perennial
How we help
                                                                                       Perennial is the UK’s only charity looking after people
                                                                                       in horticulture and their families at any stage of life.

                         Welcome
                                                                                       If you work with flowers, plants, trees or grass our friendly
                                                                                       and experienced team are here to deliver completely free,
                                                                                       confidential and personal support.
                                                                                       We understand the devastating impact unexpected personal
                         Welcome to your new 2020 Special Events garden tour
                                                                                       challenges and financial pressures has on lives.
                         programme. This year we have 18 exclusive and stunning
                         gardens to visit including:                                   Contact us on 0800 093 8543 or visit perennial.org.uk

                         • Arne Maynard’s own garden Allt-y-bela on page 8
                                                                                       Andy’s story
                         •The 52 acre Tusmore Park in Oxfordshire currently being
                           redesigned by Tom Stuart-Smith on page 14                   Landscape gardener Andy Perry needed to have his leg
                                                                                       amputated after developing sepsis from an infected bite.
                         • An amazing 3 day holiday to Scotland including the BBC’s
                           Beechgrove garden and the 8 acre Gordon Castle Walled       When he was at his lowest, struggling both financially and
                           Garden on page 18                                           emotionally, Perennial stepped in and helped Andy with
                                                                                       finances, but also by providing adaptations to his home that
                         This year we’ve seen a 20% increase in the people we’re       the family desperately needed.
                         helping, so your support is needed now more than ever.
                         Our events make fantastic presents for friends and family                                       My illness meant my
                         and you can all enjoy a wonderful day out knowing the money                                     business closed overnight.
                         raised has helped us support someone in need.                                                   One day a full order book,
                         Hurry! There are limited places available for each event                                        working every day, the
                         so book now to secure your place in 2020.                                                       next I was in hospital and
                         Warmest wishes,                                                                                 close to death. Perennial
                                                                                                                         took the weight off my
                                                                                                                         shoulders, sorted out

                                                                                       © Mike Sewell
                                                                                                                         our finances and dealt
                         Chris Crooker                                                                                   with creditors. I can’t
Gordon Castle, Page 18

                         Events Manager                                                                                  thank Perennial enough.

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Hortus Loci           Hampshire, RG27                                                       £85
© Jonathan Myles-Lea

                                                                                        © Jonathan Myles-Lea
                                                                                                               Tuesday 21 April | 10am – 3pm
                                                                                                               Do you love the RHS Chelsea Flower           on a behind the scenes tour of the beds
                                                                                                               Show? Do you want to learn more about        and polytunnels.
                                                                                                               the behind the scenes plant work of the      After lunch, designer Tom Massey will
                                                                                                               worlds greatest flower show? If so this      talk about his highly anticipated Chelsea
                                                                                                               event is for you!                            garden for 2020, his choice of plants and
The Laskett Gardens Snowdrop Event                                                                             Nurserymen Mark Straver and Robin            how his designs are progressing from
Herefordshire, HR2                                                              £150                           Wallis will talk about how the plants are    concept to nerve-racking completion.
                                                                                                               selected and grown before taking guests
Thursday 27 February | 10am – 3pm
Sir Roy Strong invites you to join him       ‘Under Milk Wood’. Guests will also be
alongside our Perennial Fellows for a        treated to a rare snowdrop theatre display                        The Manor House Gardens
rare and exclusive visit of his garden,      followed by a hearty three course winter                          Buckinghamshire, HP27                                                                       £75
created with his late wife Dr Julia          feast with wine in The Colonnade Court.
                                                                                                               Thursday 14 May | 10am – 2.30pm
Trevelyan Oman, in the heart of winter.      An exclusive snowdrop and Laskett
It affords our guests the opportunity to     themed gift bag will be given to all guests.                      Head Gardener Mark Thompson will give
appreciate the garden’s structure with the                                                                     a short introduction to the garden, before
natural forms of the deciduous trees                                                                           leaving guests to explore the late Lord
against the formality of the hedging and                                                                       and Lady Carrington’s creation.
spectacular topiary.                                                                                           Discover the walled garden bursting with
We will visit Julia’s Walk, featuring an                                                                       peonies and delphiniums leading to a
entirely new wild garden with a                                                                                croquet lawn surrounded by mixed borders.
meandering path flanked by lavish                                                                              The north garden is dominated by an
                                                                                        © Jonathan Myles-Lea

planting of the spring flowers she                                                                             old yew tree, four ornamental ponds,
loved – especially snowdrops which                                                                             herbaceous borders and a two and a half      with primulas, astilibe and hostas.
she collected.                                                                                                 acre sculpture garden.                       We will then make our way to a nearby
Lady Emma Monson will give a short                                                                             Guests can also visit the Lyde Garden,*      eatery for lunch.
talk about Galanthus Mrs. Macnamara syn.                                                                       sheltered by large wych elms and planted     *Access via steps and board walks.

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Combermere Abbey                                                                       Hall Farm & Brightwater Gardens
Cheshire, SY13 £80                                                                     Lincolnshire, DN21 & LN8                                                           £80
Wednesday 20 May | 11am – 2.30pm                                                       Tuesday 2 June | 10.30am – 4.30pm
                                                                                       We start our day at Hall Farm, where we     in relation to the house and surrounding
Explore part of the thousand acres of
                                                                                       will be joined by owner and passionate      landscape. The formal garden rooms
rolling parkland, walled gardens and
                                                                                       plantswoman Pam Tatam. The formal and       are planted with peonies, shrub roses,
ancient woodlands alongside spectacular
                                                                                       informal areas make this a truly eclectic   herbaceous perennials and seasonally
Gothic architecture, enchanting
                                                                                       garden with something different around      planted pots. There is also a lavender walk
waters and a breath taking Edwardian
                                                                                       every corner.                               which will be in full bloom.
Glasshouse.
                                                                                       The three-acre garden includes stunning     The contrasting naturalistic gardens with
Head Gardener Natalie Angus will
                                                                                       mixed borders, a sunken garden, pond        a viewing deck, planted with rare trees
guide us through The Walled Gardens
                                                                                       and an intimate walled garden. From the     overlooking a small lake and grass paths
comprising of a secluded Rose Garden,
                                                                                       bottom of the garden, we will follow the    leading through prairie borders and areas
Croquet Lawn and the world’s only fruit
                                                                                       path to the medieval moat which is being    of wildflowers make this garden a must see.
tree maze of espalier apples and pears,
                                                                                       turned into a wild garden.
totalling half a mile in length.
                                                                                       We will then make the short journey to
The Geometric Garden creates a series
                                          The winding paths, thick with plantings      Brightwater Gardens for a light lunch
of ‘rooms’ on both sides of a central
                                          funnel visitors down to the tranquil mere,   before we explore the series of formal
espaliered hornbeam avenue. There is
                                          impressive at 145 acres and being the        and naturalistic garden rooms within this
a Pleasure Garden to enjoy, very much
                                          largest within an estate in the UK.          eight-acre estate.
the Victorian plant collectors dream
and filled with majestic specimen trees   After the tour, we will have a fantastic     Owners Chris Neave and Jonathan
planted in the era.                       lunch at the nearby Combermere Arms.         Cartwright have developed the gardens

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Canterbury Cathedral Gardens Canterbury, CT1                                                   £80
                                                                                                              Tuesday 9 June | 10am – 4pm
                                                                                                              Head Gardener Philip Oostenbrink will
                                                                                                              start our tour at the Precincts, home to
                                                                                                              the public walled Memorial Garden and
                                                                                                              the Herb Garden.
                                                                                                              We will then visit the private two-acre
                                                                                                              garden of the Deanery. The modern
                                                                                                              planting is complimented by the backdrop

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     © Philip Oostenbrink
                                                                                                              of ancient flint walls, a large kitchen
                                                                                                              garden and lawn surrounded by borders
                                                                                                              filled with perennials, exotics, mature
                                                                                                              trees and shrubs. The Archdeaconry
                                                                                                              garden includes a Japanese Zen pit and
                                                                                                              Sunken garden.
                                                                                                                                                          * Due to parking restrictions around Canterbury, guests
                                                                                                              After the tour, we will enjoy a buffet         will need to use the park and ride. Full details will be
                                                                                                              lunch in The Lodge.                            sent out ahead of the event.

Garden Design at Allt-y-bela
Monmouthshire, NP15                                                              £230                         Torry Hill        Kent, ME9                                                                    £80
Thursday 4 June | 9.45am – 5pm                                                                                Tuesday 16 June | 10.30am – 2pm
Create your own border design with the        and architectural style of a place.                             Created by Lord and Lady Kingsdown, the      the one and a half acre walled garden laid
backdrop of Arne Maynard’s own garden.        In the afternoon, you will work on your                         beautiful Torry Hill is formed around the    out with climbing plants and shrubs that
Head Gardener Dean Peckett and                own border design, creating a mood                              remaining walls and paths of the former      flower throughout the year in honour
Creative Director Kristy Ramage will give     board and planting plan for your chosen                         Victorian mansion house which was            of Lord and Lady Kingsdown’s silver
a tour of the gardens and talk you through    area. Our day will finish with afternoon tea.                   demolished in 1937.                          wedding anniversary.
some of Arne’s most iconic planting           An absolute must for anyone with an                             We will tour the stunning bottom garden      There is also a walled kitchen garden
schemes and border combinations.              interest in plants and garden design.                           with traditional herbaceous borders, a       from where a veg-box scheme is run.
This is a chance to ask questions about                                                                       formal rose garden with 500 hybrid tea       After exploring the gardens we will make
how Arne has laid out the garden at                                                                           and floribunda roses. We will then visit     our way to a nearby restaurant for lunch.
Allt-y-bela, considering the level changes,
the underlying garden structure and
the evolving planting choices for the
different garden areas.
Before lunch, you will have a chance
                                                                                        © William Collinson

to explore the house with a drink and
canapés, to gain an understanding of the
important links between the inside and
outside spaces and how to draw out and
bring together the landscape, location

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Brockhampton Cottage
                         & The Laskett Gardens
                         Herefordshire, HR2 & HR1 £95
                         Wednesday 17 June | 10am – 4.30pm
                         Starting at Brockhampton Cottage, Owner
                         Peter Clay, co-founder of Crocus the online
                         retailer will lead us up the valley through
                         beautiful wildflower meadows.
                         He will explain the creation of these gardens
                         by Tom Stuart-Smith from 1999 and how they
                         have evolved. There is much to see at this
                         dazzling hilltop garden including a woodland                                Encombe Estate                 Dorset, BH20                                    £120
                         and wildflower meadow, a Perry pear                                         Tuesday 23 June | 11am – 3.30pm
                         orchard, lake, stream and arboretum.
                                                                                                     The historic Encombe Estate is nestled      garden, glasshouses, and wilder areas all
                         We will arrive at the stunning Laskett
                                                                                                     within a unique secluded valley in the      with glimpses of the Jurassic coast.
                         Gardens where we will be joined by Sir Roy
                                                                                                     Purbeck Hills, largely hidden from the      The garden continues to be developed
                         Strong for a delicious Sussex trug picnic lunch
                                                                                                     surrounding hillsides. The gardens have     with new areas being added, together
                         with a glass of fizz.
                                                                                                     been extensively redeveloped with a         with massed bulb and tree planting. We
                         The Laskett’s four acre garden tells the story                              design by Tom Stuart-Smith. The Encombe     will then enjoy lunch within the grounds.
                         of Sir Roy and his late wife Dr Julia Trevelyan                             Estate garden is not open to the public
                         Oman’s marriage and their creative lives                                    and this exclusive tour will be held by
                         through a series of garden rooms.                                           Head Gardener Simon Hansford.
                         These include a rose garden,                                                The main garden to the south of the
                         pleached lime avenue, fountains                                             house includes large sweeping borders
                         and statuary as well as a spectacular                                       filled with grasses and perennials that
                         array of topiary, rich herbaceous                                           embrace the Temple.
                         and prairie style borders and the
                                                                              © Jonathan Myles-Lea

                                                                                                     Behind this lies the walled garden, where
                         Belvedere which affords a wonderful
                                                                                                     deep herbaceous beds line the walls. In
                         view across the gardens.
                                                                                                     the centre surrounded by a young
                         After an afternoon exploring the                                            orchard, is a yew-hedged garden planted
© Clive Nichols

                         gardens tea will be served.                                                 around a millstone fountain.
                         * Neither garden is suitable for wheelchair users.                          Elsewhere, there are woodland walks,
                                                                                                     wildflower meadows, lakes, a kitchen

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© Marcus Harpur
       York Gate is truly inspirational due to its realistic size and garden rooms,                       Fullers Mill is a tranquil waterside
       full of exciting ideas to implement in your own garden. In Spring 2020 the                         retreat. It combines light dappled
       garden will reopen with a fabulous new cafe, gift shop and heritage centre.                        woodland with rare shrubs, perennials,
                                                                                                          lilies and marginal plants, collected
                                                                                                          over 50 years by the creator of the
                                                                                                                                                         an RHS partner garden. Treat yourself
                                                                                                          garden, the late Bernard Tickner MBE.
                                                                                                                                                         in The Bothy tea room and take a bit of
                                                                                                          The garden was awarded the Visit               the garden home with you by
                                                                                                          England official seal of approval and is       purchasing plants grown on site.

                                                                                                           Become a Friend of Fullers Mill from £12 and get free entry to the garden
                                                                                                           on all public open days, invitations to private events, priority booking of our
                                                                                                           exclusive Special Events garden tours and regular garden updates.
       © Carole Drake

                                                                                                           West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 6HD
                                                                                                           Opening times: 1 April – 30 Sept 2020 | Wed & Fri 2pm – 5pm | Sun 11am – 5pm
                                                                                                           01284 728 888 | fullersmillgarden.org.uk | fullersmillgarden@perennial.org.uk

       Through our new heritage centre you                    Our new larger cafe will be serving
       will wind through new garden rooms                     fabulous lunches and afternoon teas.
       in the one acre gem that was started in                You can browse through our
       1951 by the Spencer family.                            wonderful gift shop and take a bit of
       New for 2020 is an exotic garden                       York Gate home with you from our
       created with a remarkable collection                   new plant centre, propogating plants        The Laskett’s four acre garden tells
       bequeathed to us including towering                    from the garden.                            the story of Sir Roy and his late wife
       tree ferns, Jurassic Tetrapanax and                    Additional parking has been added           Dr Julia Trevelyan Oman’s marriage
       hardy bananas, plus many more.                         to help us welcome more visitors.           and their creative lives through
                                                                                                          a series of garden rooms.
       The Wildflower Meadow is thriving                      We look forward to welcoming you

                                                                                                                                                                                                    © Jonathan Myles-Lea
       and improving every year.                              to the garden in 2020.                      These include a rose garden, pleached
                                                                                                          lime avenue, fountains and statuary as
                  Become a Friend of York Gate from £25 and get free entry to the garden for you          well as a spectacular array of topiary, rich
                  and a friend on all public open days, invitations to private events, priority booking   herbaceous and prairie style borders and
                  of our exclusive Special Events garden tours and regular garden updates.                the Belvedere which affords a wonderful
                                                                                                          view across the gardens.
                 Back Church Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS16 8DW
                 Garden open: 1 April – 1 November 2020 | Wed – Sun | 11am – 4.30pm                        Laskett Lane, Much Birch, Herefordshire HR2 8HZ
                 Cafe open and gifts available all year from April 2020 | Wed – Sun                        The gardens are open to pre-booked groups on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
                        0113 2678 240 | yorkgate.org.uk | yorkgate@perennial.org.uk                         07513 124 947 | thelaskettgardens.co.uk | info@thelaskettgardens.co.uk

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Woolton House                   Berkshire, RG20                                      £100
       Tusmore Park              Oxfordshire, OX27                           £130       Friday 26 June | 11am – 3pm
       Thursday 25 June | 10am – 2.30pm
                                                                                        Woolton House is a stunning Grade II            A spectacular oak stands on an expansive
       Originally a 14th century park,         yew balls contain perennials and         listed 18th century country house.              lawn beside the house. Beyond in the
       Tusmore Park is steeped in history.     annuals for seasonal colour that         In the four-acre garden, the current            woodland, Sculptor Andy Goldsworthy
       Tusmore is a spectacular 52 acre        cascade alongside the restored steps     owners started with a completely clean          has created a large mound in a clearing.
       private garden with an additional 22    and terraces.                            slate and sought the advice of the French       This is a garden of great style, maintained
       acre private arboretum.                                                          designer Pascal Cribier, whose work             with great care and gardened with
                                               Clipped balls and pyramids of yew lead
                                                                                        includes the Tuileries Garden in Paris.         enthusiasm and panache.
       Currently parts of the garden are       the eye along the rectangular
       being redesigned by Tom Stuart-Smith    reflection pools to the clipped beech    Cribier designed the magnificent                After your tour, a light lunch will be served.
       and three of the six phases have been   avenue. There is a beautiful abundant    contemporary potager in the walled
       completed. Perennial are thrilled to    border full of ceanothus, cercus,        garden. There is also a Chinese cutting
       have Head Gardener Paul Gough as        astilbes, rose-covered pyramids and      garden in hot colours.
       our tour guide for the day.             bronze fennel. The sunken garden is
                                                                                        The Rose garden, surrounding a cleverly
       Guests will be able to enjoy the        full of herbaceous perennials that
                                                                                        enlarged formal pool, is a collaboration
       parterres, which were designed to       include delphinium, salvia, aquilegia,
                                                                                        between the Browns and Cribier. Aralias
       reflect the character and historic      alchemilla and verbena.
                                                                                        give height and structure and Rosa
       elements of the neo-Georgian house.     After the tour, we will head to a        chinensis ‘Sanguinea’, a hard-to-find sibling
       Formal planting of box hedging and      nearby eatery for lunch.                 of ‘Mutabilis’, droops over the waters edge.

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Join our
                                                                                                                                       Per enni a l
                                                                                                                                       Fellowship
                                                                                                             Our Fellowship members can be confident that their annual
© Michael Le Poer Trench

                                                                                                            donation helps secure a better future for people in horticulture.

                                                                                                            For a suggested annual contribution of £2500* our Fellows receive:
                                                                                                            • Invitations to exclusive ‘money can’t buy’ Fellowship events.
                                                                                                              Our 2020 events include:
                                                                                                              • A Lords Cricket Tour
                                                                                                              • An evening of music in a Notting Hill garden square
Stavordale Priory                 Somerset, BA9                               £145                            • A private tour of The Yorkshire Arboretum with the Director John Grimshaw
Thursday 2 July | 1pm – 5pm                                                                                 • Priority booking for our annual Special Events programme
The day will start with lunch before we       The vegetable garden is more a potager                        • Our bi-annual Perennial Fellowship newsletter and additional regular
begin our tour.                               with fruit and flowers in the mix.                              communications about how your gift is changing lives
Stavordale Priory has been the home of        Michael’s birthday arboretum leads to                         • Complimentary access to York Gate and Fullers Mill for two people
Sir Cameron Mackintosh and Michael            the “Les Misérables” elephant and then
Le Poer Trench Esq for over 25 years. It      through a woodland grove to a series of
was first built as a priory for Augustinian   ponds and lakes surrounded by generous
canons in the 13th century and was            beds of moisture-loving primulas and iris.
converted into a private residence in 1538.   This is a garden of atmosphere and
The gardens originally laid out by the        great horticultural passion and recently
previous owner and garden designer            described by a garden enthusiast friend
Georgia Langton have now been developed       as incredibly romantic!

                                                                                           © Jonathan Myles-Lea
and extended by Michael and his team.
“Arts and Crafts” is an overused phrase,
but if meaning a garden of outdoor
                                              © Michael Le Poer Trench

rooms, topiary, stone walls and gorgeous
“tapestry-style” planting it can apply to
much of what we see at Stavordale.
Beds overflow with richly coloured                                                         *A minimum payment of £500 secures the Fellowship benefits. You may purchase these benefits
perennials with structure provided by                                                        separately without making any further donation. The balance of £2,000 is the suggested donation.
tightly clipped box and topiary yews.

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Scotland                                                                      £545
15 – 17 July | Deposit £100, single supplement £110
Join us for a 3 day tour of some of the most iconic Scottish gardens, with exclusive
access to The Beechgrove Garden and staying at the Aberdeen Douglas Hotel.

                                                                                                                                                                            Cawdor Castle

                                                                                           Day 2
                                                                                           We take a journey through the most            the oldest, dating back to the Renaissance
                                                                                           spectacular countryside to Logie Steading.    including a maze using 1200 holly plants.
                                                                                           The gardens have been transformed over        The Flower Garden was laid out in 1710
                                                                                           the years with trees and shrubs and the       and contains a few of the original fruit trees
                                                                                           dry stone walling and woodland allowed        and clipped yew hedges. The steep Wild
                                                                                           the introduction of unusual planting.         Garden is set amongst the Big Wood trees.
                                                                                           We will then make the journey to Cawdor       To finish off the day, we will be treated
                                                                                           Castle for a two-course lunch. The castle     to a Whisky tasting... when in Scotland!
                                                                                           has three very different gardens, each
                                                                           Gordon Castle
                                                                                           with its own history. The Walled Garden is
                                                                                                                                         Day 3
Day 1                                                                                                                                    The day starts at the home of Scotland’s
                                                                                                                                         much loved TV programme, The
Our first day will start with a delicious                                                                                                Beechgrove Garden. Head Gardener
two-course lunch, before visiting the                                                                                                    Mairi Rattray will guide us through the
Walled Garden at Gordon Castle designed                                                                                                  greenhouses, productive veg plots, ponds
by award-winning designer Arne Maynard.                                                                                                  and specifically designed ornamental
At almost eight acres in size it is one of                                                                                               areas. Not open to the public, this is a rare
the oldest and largest kitchen gardens                                                                                                   glimpse into a familiar garden.
in Britain and has been lovingly restored                                                                                                We will then visit Douneside House for a
to its former glory. Herbs, cut flowers,                                                                                                 fine dining lunch with extensive views
fruit and vegetables are grown within its                                                                                                across the Grampian Mountains before
ancient walls.                                                                                                                           exploring the gardens. The 17 acre gardens
We will then visit the beautiful woodland                                                                                                were first laid out by Lady MacRobert in the
garden at Airdlin Croft which is attractive                                                                                              early 20th Century and include an
to wildlife and horticulturally interesting.                                                                                             arboretum, arts and crafts terrace garden,
Figs and peaches are produced and there                                                                                                  walled garden, rock-pool gardens and more.
is a fine collection of Hostas and seed-                                                                                                 T&Cs: Deposit due 16/12/19. Balance due
grown Rhododendrons. In a relatively                                                                                                     01/05/20. Travel not included to and from
new section a shelterbelt is protecting                                                                                                  Aberdeen, guests to arrange their own travel.
                                                                                                                     Douneside Gardens
plantings of Quercus and Aesculus.                                                                                                       For full T&Cs, visit perennial.org.uk/scotland

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© Ben Pope

A Secret Garden                  West Sussex                                      £85       Holme Pierrepont Hall Nottinghamshire, NG12                                             £65
Thursday 9 July | 10am – 2.30pm                                                             Thursday 3 September | 10.30am – 2pm

Spanning eight acres, the gardens have        Traditional border plants rub shoulders       Starting in The Courtyard Garden, there is    displays of wild tulips, daffodils, hellebores
been beautifully restored by the renowned     with roses and annuals to create both a       a beautiful box parterre which was laid out   and aconites.
garden designer Arne Maynard and the          visually appealing and scented experience.    in 1875, possibly by William Nesfield. The    An apiary of bees can be found in the old
current owners. Join Head Gardener            At the garden’s heart is a one and a half     rest of the garden comprises two rose beds    orchard along with a cello housing
Benjamin Pope as he leads you on a secret     acre walled kitchen garden bursting with      and several herbaceous borders with walls     a honey bee colony.
garden tour.                                  inspiration for you to take away.             covered with clematis, roses and wisteria.
                                                                                                                                          After our tour, we will depart to a nearby
Both formal and informal spaces are woven     After our tour, we will depart to a nearby    The East Garden features a wildflower
together with a mixture of topiary, hedges,                                                                                               eatery for lunch.
                                              eatery for lunch.                             meadow which is renowned for its dazzling
ancient trees and old buildings.

                                                                                            Cotswold Wildlife Park Oxfordshire, OX18                                                £80
                                                                                            Friday 11 September | 5.30pm – 9pm

                                                                                            Join Head Gardener Tim Miles and
                                                                                            discover 160 acres of integrated
                                                                                            landscape, enclosures and gardens which
                                                                                            are at their most spectacular in September.
                                                                                            Learn about the unusual horticultural
                                                                                            challenges faced and how plants are
Tonbridge School Kent, TN9                                                        £75       used to enhance the lives of over 260
                                                                                            species of exotic animals, push seasonal
Monday 13 July | 10.30am – 2pm                                                              boundaries and create theatrical effects.
Tonbridge School was founded in 1553 by       Garden and The Garden of Remembrance.         The Walled Garden boasts an array
Sir Andrew Judde and occupies 150 acres.      The borders are typically mixed with a        of exotic planting including towering
The gardens provide a stunning backdrop       striking selection of mature trees, shrubs,   bananas, cacti and succulents, as well
to the 16th and 21st century buildings.       bulbs and perennials, along with              as a richly planted Tropical House.
Head Gardener Stephen Harmer will             manicured lawns.                              After a buffet dinner guests will be
guide guests around the gardens including     We will then enjoy lunch on the Skinners      entertained by eminent garden designer
the Front of School Garden, Smythe Library    Library Garden lawn.                          James Alexander-Sinclair.

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