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Sir Harold Hillier Gardens & Arboretum

Sir Harold Hillier Gardens & Arboretum
Jermyns Lane
Ampfield
Romsey
SO51 0QA

tel: 01794-368787
fax: 01794-368027

Area: Hampshire
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Sir Harold Hillier Gardens & Arboretum -- Hampshire

Visitor Information

www.hillier.hants.gov.uk

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Sir Harold Hillier Gardens & Arboretum
Hampshire
All details updated* as of: 20/02/2008

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids

Opening Days and Hours

All Year; Daily;
Summer: 10am - 6pm or dusk if earlier
Nov/Dec: 10am - 4.30pm. last admission 3.30pm
Closed Christmas and Boxing day.

Parties / Coaches: Yes

Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes

House Open for Viewing: No

National Garden Scheme days: No

Best Times of Year to Visit:
A garden for all seasons, open throughout the year.

To see:

Admission Prices

Adult £7.50; child under 16 free; Concessions £6.50; Groups of 10+ £6pp. Friends of Kew free
Guided tours for groups £60.
Membership: individual ticket £26.50pa; joint £47.50pa

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

Other Facilities:
New Visitor & Education Pavilion.

Garden Features

Champion Trees
Ghurka Memorial Garden
Winter Garden.

English Heritage Garden Grade:

National Collection: 11 National plant collections including:-
Quercus - Oaks, Ligustrum - Privets, Cornus - Dogwoods, Photinia, Lithocarpus, Pinus - Pines, Cotoneaster, Hamamelis - Witch Hazels, Carpinus - Hornbeams, and Corylus - Hazels. Hillier plants.

Description of Garden

Designer: Sir Harold Hillier

Promoted as "gardens for all seasons", the collection provides a stunning range of colour and interest throughout the year and features 11 National Plant Collections, the Gurkha Memorial Garden and the largest Winter Garden in Europe which has over 650 different types of plants. The magnificent collection of over 42,000 plants from temperate regions around the world grow in a mixture of formal and informal landscapes set in 180 acres of rolling Hampshire countryside. The gardens contain a fine conifer collection and its National Collection of Witch Hazel is the largest such display in any garden in Britain. The Witch Hazel flowers from late December and survives the harshest winter.

The Gardens run a progressive education policy for a wide range of user groups from primary school children to horticultural experts providing further knowledge and understanding and enhancing enjoyment of the Gardens.

History of Garden

The garden was established in 1953 by the distinguished plantsman Sir Harold Hillier.

Sir Harold Hillier was born into horticulture and from an early age spent his childhood building an encyclopaedic knowledge of the plant world. In 1952, he purchased Jermyn's House, an 18th century manor house surrounded by 40 acres of fertile land. It was here that he was able to create his garden for all seasons - a personal 'stamp collection' of rare plants from all over the world. Over the next 30 years Sir Harold Hillier's avid pursuit of horticultural expansion took him to all corners of the globe and he introduced a stunning range of new and rare species from as far afield as Japan, Korea, Mexico and South Africa. Keen to ensure that his unique collection was not lost, he formed a charitable trust and, in 1977, gifted the Gardens to Hampshire County Council.

Nearby Hampshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities

Hotels & Accommodation:

Restaurants:
Star Inn, East Tytherley

Inns & Pubs:
Star Inn, East Tytherley

Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Romsey has a selection of pubs, restaurants and hotels

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*Information Updates
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(Most recently requested in Jan - Feb 2008)

The garden information above was last updated on 20/02/2008

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