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Brandy Mount House tel: 01962 732189 Area: Hampshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.brandymount.co.uk -- email: norab {at} brandymount.co.uk |
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Brandy Mount House |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||
3rd Feb; Wed; 11am - 4pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Please call 01323 844 248. |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 21st Feb Sat; 11am - 4pm - Teas 22nd Feb; Sun; 11am - 4pm - Teas |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: Spring |
To
see: Snowdrops in Feb, Daphnes in late March -May |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||
| Adult £3; Children free. (no over 60's concessions) | |||||||||||
| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||
| Parking:
No Lavatories: No Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: No Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: Yes Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: No parking at house, park at Station car park 5 mins. away. Teas Feb & Mar |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||
| One and a quarter acres with informal beds, woodland, terrace with alpines and an Alpine House. | English Heritage Garden Grade: | ||||||||||
| National Collection: Snowdrops (Galanthus), Daphne. | |||||||||||
| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| Brandy Mount House has about one and a quarter acres of informal gardens in a secluded location, even though it is very near the High Street of New Alresford. The garden is at its best in Spring with a wide range of bulbs, snowdrops, dwarf narcissi and anemones. Daphnes and alpines are found in terraced beds around the house and there is an Alpine House with a collection of European primulas, narcissi and saxifragus. There is alo a small potager with vegetables and flowers. This is a good Spring garden, but, being on chalk, it tends to get dry in a hot summer and the herbaceous plants are seen at their best in late June and July. There is Autumn interest with colchicums, sternbergias and early snowdrops. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||
| The garden was first enclosed from pasture in about 1940 when the surrounding trees, many of the apple, were also planted to keep the garden cool and secluded. The present owners, Mr. and Mrs. Baron, moved here about twenty years ago by which time the garden was very run down. They have steadily improved the layout of the garden and built up the collection of daphnes and snowdrops. | |||||||||||
| Nearby Hampshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Flower Pots Inn, Cheriton |
Restaurants: |
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| Inns & Pubs: Globe on the Lake, Alresford Tichborne Arms, Tichborne Other pubs nearby |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Alresford - an attractive small Georgian town with good shops. Riverside Walk. Steam Railway - Watercress line. |
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