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Savill Garden (Windsor Great Park) tel: 01784 485 400 Area: Berkshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.theroyallandscape.co.uk | |||||||||||||
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| Savill Garden (Windsor Great Park) Berkshire All details updated* as of: 18/01/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||||||||||
All year (closed 25/26th December); Daily; 10am - 6pm (4.30pm Nov - Feb). Last entry to the Garden is half an hour before closing. |
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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: Spring Summer Winter Autumn |
To
see: Rhododendrons, azaleas and magnolias Herbaceous borders/roses. Newly opened Golden Jubilee garden Winter landscape Colour |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||||||||||
| Adult. Mar - Oct £6.50; Nov - Feb £4; Child. Mar - Oct £3.25; Nov - Feb £2.75; (ages between 6 - 16); Over 60s Mar - Oct £6; Nov - Feb £3.60; Family (2A+2C). Mar - Oct £17 + £2 for each additional child. Nov - Feb £9 |
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| Onsite Facilities | ||||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: Guide Dogs only. |
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| Garden Features | ||||||||||||||
| Summer-flowering Jubilee Garden, opened by Her Majesty The Queen in 2002. The New Zealand Garden opened in April 2007. Containing over 3,000 native plants, it is the largest collection of its kind in the UK. |
English Heritage Garden Grade: I | |||||||||||||
| National Collection: Ilex, magnolia, mahonia, pernettya, rhododendron, ferns and dwarf conifers. | ||||||||||||||
| Description of Garden | Designer:
Sir Eric Savill |
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| This 35 acre woodland garden within Windsor Great Park was created in 1932 by Sir Eric Savill from an undeveloped area of the Great Park. It has wonderful collections of plants which give such spectacular spring displays; the formal rose garden and herbaceous border in summer; the fiery colours of Autumn and the misty vistas of winter. There is also a unique Temperate House which shelters frost-tender plants from the rigours of winter and is a fragrant delight in spring - 'a piece of woodland under glass'. It is widely recognised as one of the finest woodland gardens in the country. | ||||||||||||||
| History of Garden | ||||||||||||||
| In 1932 Sir Eric Savill began developing the garden from a boggy area of the Great Park. He was encouraged by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. Many areas of the garden have royal connections, such as the Queen Elizabeth Temperate House which was named for the Queen Mother and was opened by The Queen in 1995. In July 2002 The Queen opened the Golden Jubilee Garden - a soft gentle summer planting with hard landscaping and a water sculpture. | ||||||||||||||
| Nearby Berkshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Savill Court Hotel, Englefield Green The Castle Hotel, Windsor Oakley Court Hotel Sir Christopher Wren's Hotel Runnymede Hotel, Egham |
Restaurants: Savill Garden Restaurant Antico, Eton Stroks, Windsor |
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Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Windsor |
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