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Sticky Wicket tel: 01300-345476 Area: Dorset |
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| Visitor Information | www.stickywicketgarden.co.uk | ||||||||||||
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| Sticky Wicket Dorset All details updated* as of: 15/08/2007 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
Closed in 2008/2009 |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: June- July July - end of September: |
To
see: Meadows Borders. Features to attract & support wildlife |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| Adult £3.50; Child £1.50. | |||||||||||||
| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: No Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Pam Lewis (and Peter) 1987 |
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| 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. |
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| 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.' |
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| 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 |
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| 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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