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The Manor House tel: 01256 861035 Area: Hampshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.gertrudejekyllgarden.co.uk | ||||||||||||
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| The Manor House Hampshire All details updated* as of: 20/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
By prior arrangement, weekdays only, during May, June, July and Sept. Closed Bank Holidays and during August. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Visits only on weekdays |
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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 |
To
see: Gertrude Jekyll 1908 garden |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| £5, includes printed guide and plant list. | |||||||||||||
| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
No Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Groups are given personal tours by the owner. Limited disabled access, small shop, teas or light refreshments available on request in advance. Teas and lunches available by prior arrangement. |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| Entire Garden restored to Gertrude Jekyll's 1908 plans and is the most complete Jekyll garden in the world. Plant list and short history included in the entry price. Jekyll's plans are on display, with photographs of restoration. | English Heritage Garden Grade: | ||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| This complete 5 acre garden was designed by Jekyll in 1908 for Charles Holme, founder of the important Arts and Crafts magazine "The Studio". Copies of her plans are on display. A formal garden holds typical Jekyll herbaceous borders. A rose lawn, which is surrounded by planted drystone walls, leads down shallow steps to Bowling and Tennis Lawns. The whole is enclose in yew hedging. By contrast, in the wild garden, grass paths lead from circular grass steps through rambling roses, shrubs and walnut trees to a spring-fed pond. An orchard, nuttery and kitchen garden lie alongside the garden. The website shows dramatic photographs of the dereliction in 1984 and today's restored glory. www.gertrudejekyllgarden.co.uk | |||||||||||||
| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| Designed by Jekyll in 1908, the house by Ernest Newton (founder member of the Art Workers Guild). Then Charles Holme, the founder (in 1893) and sometime editor of The Studio, the most important Arts & Crafts magazine of its time, took over the property in 1893 until the 1920's. Restored by Mrs. Ros Wallinger. | |||||||||||||
| Nearby Hampshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: The Hatchings, Cliddesden, Basingstoke |
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| Inns & Pubs: Hoddington Arms, Upton Grey Sun, Bentworth Chequers Inn, Well |
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*Information
Updates
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