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Hodsock Priory tel: 01909-591204 Area: Nottinghamshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.snowdrops.co.uk | ||||||||||||
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| Hodsock Priory Nottinghamshire All details updated* as of: 18/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
1st Feb - 2nd Mar; daily; 10am - 4pm (last entry) |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes Groups of 25+ discount |
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: Snowdrop season |
To
see: Snowdrops, cyclamen, hellebores etc. |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| Adults £4.50; Child aged 6-16 £1; under 6 free. Groups of 25+ £4 pp |
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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: House and Gardens available for weddings, see www.hodsockpriory.com |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| English Heritage Garden Grade: II | |||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| This is almost certainly the best garden to visit for snowdrops in the North of England. Every year in February over 40,000 people come to Hodsock from miles around to see the famous snowdrops and winter flowering plants and shrubs. Not only are there many varieties of snowdrops, some very rare, but also there are banks of hellebores, carpets of pink cyclamen, ribbons of golden acconites, blue irises and the red, orange, green, black and white stems of acers, cornus and willows. Complementing these are the heady fragrance of sarcococca and winter flowering honeysuckle. Truly a garden to be savoured at a time of year when there is only the promise of spring to look forward to. A visit to Hodsock will chase away your winter blues and raise the spirits. To make it easy for the visitor a clearly marked trail winds through the garden, moat and woodlands with seats at suitable vantage points to allow the remarkable drifts of snowdrops to be appreciated and enjoyed. Then it is time for a delicious tea. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| Although the Grade I gatehouse dates from the 16th century, the rest of the house was built in the 19th century to a design by George Devey who specialised in making new buildings look as if they had been there for centuries. The gardens were originally laid out at the same time and developed by the head gardener Arthur Ford, who wrote for a number of gardening journals and was eventually headhunted by Kew Gardens. He established the flower beds in the Fan Garden, the beds in the Italian Terrace and the fruit and vegetables in the kitchen gardens. After being turned over to vegetable production with the Women's Land Army in WWII, the gardens were kept going by cousins of the original owners and then handed over to Sir Andrew Buchanan in 1967. Lady Buchanan, with tremendous energy and foresight, turned the focus of the gardens to snowdrops and with clever marketing launched "snowdrop weekends" at Hodsock attracting a large number of visitors. |
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| Nearby Nottinghamshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Charnwood Hotel, Blyth Old Bell Hotel, Barnby Moor |
Restaurants: Mussel & Crab, Tuxford China Rose, Bawtry |
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| Inns & Pubs: 4 pubs in Blyth |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: St. Mary & St. Martin Church, Bawtry Harley Gallery, Welbeck Creswell Crags, Whitwell |
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Updates
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