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Sir Harold Hillier Gardens & Arboretum tel: 01794-368787 Area: Hampshire |
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| Visitor Information | Email: info //at// hilliergardens.org.uk |
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Sir Harold Hillier Gardens & Arboretum |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
NOTE for 2013: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.hillier.hants.gov.uk |
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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: A garden for all seasons, open throughout the year. |
To
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Adult £8.70; child under 16 free; Concessions £7.50; Groups of 10+ £6.95pp. Friends of Kew free Guided tours for groups £60. Membership: individual ticket £28.50pa; joint £52.50pa |
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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 & Comments: New Visitor & Education Pavilion. |
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| Garden Features & Events | ||||||
| Champion Trees Ghurka Memorial Garden Winter Garden. |
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| 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. |
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Sir Harold Hillier |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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Restaurants: Star Inn, East Tytherley |
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| Inns & Pubs: Star Inn, East Tytherley |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Romsey has a selection of pubs, restaurants and hotels |
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