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Sticky Wicket
Buckland Newton
Dorchester

DT2 7BY

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Area: Dorset
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Sticky Wicket -- Dorset
Visitor Information www.stickywicketgarden.com -- email: froglewis {at} hotmail.com

Sticky Wicket (closed)
Dorset
All details updated* as of: 13/01/2010
Text-Only version here

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

Closed for foreseeable future.

 Admission Prices
CLOSED
 Onsite Facilities
Other Facilities:
There are boards to guide visitors as they explore the various aspects of the wildlife initiatives. Own literature offers further advice on gardening in tune with nature. An undercover Meadow Management Projects Display. Limited access for the disabled.
 Garden Features
Wildlife garden of two acres and1 1/2 acres of wild flower meadows.
One Day Courses on Making and Managing Wildflower Meadows and Gardening in Tune with Nature.
See website for details.
English Heritage Garden Grade:
National Collection:
 Description of Garden
Designer: Pam Lewis (and Peter) 1987
Blending unobtrusively into the heart of Dorset's fertile Blackmore Vale, Sticky Wicket garden is both a haven for wildlife and an artists' paradise. There are several different garden areas, each with a particular colour theme and focus of seasonal and wildlife interest. New ponds ('Peter's Ponds' - Peter's last contribution in 2003) and bog garden bring a wealth of creatures to the spring garden. The herb-rich Nectar Garden provides food for bees and butterflies and the soft kaleidoscope of colours are designed to peak from mid to late summer.

Grasses and autumn fruits and berries are features of the naturally informal white garden. In June the two wildflower meadows are breathtaking in their full glory.

Although primarily an organically managed wildlife garden, high priority is set on aesthetic values as the owners strive to achieve a sense of beauty, harmony, peace and inspiration.

 History of Garden
Pam (and the late Peter) Lewis designed and created their three and a half acre garden in the years since 1987. In a garden context, wetland, woodland, hedgerow, and grassland habitat have been created, where once neglected pasture surrounded the house and offered little diversity for wildlife.

All the garden features have been fashioned out of re-cycled materials.

Pam Lewis has written two books published by Francis Lincoln: 'Making Wildflower Meadows' 2003 and a Garden Writer's Award winning book 2005 about the garden, 'Sticky Wicket: Gardening in Tune with Nature'. Both are available from Sticky Wicket Garden or through website.'
 Nearby Dorset Hotels, Facilities & Amenities
Hotels & Accommodation:
The New Inn, Cerne Abbas
The Poachers - Piddletrenthide
Further info on Sticky Wicket Website
Restaurants:
The Poachers - Piddletrenthide
Inns & Pubs:
Gaggle of Geese - 300 yards.
The Royal Oak, Cerne Abbas
Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Dorchester, Sherborne, Cerne Abbas
Minterne Magna Gardens 2 miles
Ivy Cottage Garden, Ansty 6 miles
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