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Vann tel: 01428 683413 Area: Surrey |
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| Visitor Information | vanngarden.co.uk -- email: vann {at} caroe.com |
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Vann |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||
March - July, by appointment |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes March - July |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 6th April - 11th April, 10 am to 6 pm Bank Holiday Monday 5th April(Teas), 2 pm to 6 pm 2nd May - 9th May, 10 am to 6 pm 6th June - 13th June, 10 am to 6 pm Entrance £4.50, children free |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: March - April April - June |
To
see: Spring bulbs Blossom, Azaleas and Water Garden. |
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| Admission Prices | |||
| Adult £5; Children Free; groups (with introductory talk by owner and guided tour) £6 pp | |||
| Onsite Facilities | |||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: No Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
| Other
Facilities: Limited facilities for the disabled. Morning coffee/tea homemade biscuits. Lunch e.g. lasagna and salad, fruit, glass of wine/fruit juice and afternoon tea with homemade cakes, for groups by arrangement only. Picnics in car park field only. |
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| Garden Features | |||
| Gertrude Jekyll Water Garden W.D. Caroe pergola and additions 1907. NEW Centenary Garden under construction 2009 |
English Heritage Garden Grade: II | ||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| A five-acre garden, maintained by the family with three days' help a week, surrounds and complements a historic family home dating from the 16th century, giving a series of garden rooms of great variety, from the formal "old cottage garden" at the front, with a delightfully informal planting, to a robust pergola of Bargate stone extending east, by W.D. Caroe. The unique Water Garden by Gertrude Jekyll (1911) comprises a succession of small ponds crossed by stone paths and bridges. Island beds in the old orchard allow for experiment with more "modern" plants, and double borders created in part of the former vegetable garden, allow use of plants of special interest. A stream runs through the garden from the north, enclosed by large yew hedges, dating from 1909. Originally planted as a rose garden, the depredations of the wild deer have led the owners to remove the roses and re-plant with foliage plants to give year round interest. |
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| History of Garden | |||
| Laid down in 1909 by W. D. Caroe. Water Garden by Gertrude Jekyll in 1911. Adaptation for easier maintenance over the past 50 years. | |||
| Nearby Surrey Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Crown Inn, Chiddingfold |
Restaurants: Godalming High Street - numerous Haslemere High Street |
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| Inns & Pubs: Swan Inn, Chiddingfold White Horse, Hascombe Sun Inn, Dunsfold |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Winkworth Arboretum Compton Hascombe, including Hascombe Church Watts Gallery and Chapel Chiddingfold Haslemere Museum Godalming Museum - Gertrude Jekyll Collection |
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