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Mill Barn tel: 01254-853300 Area: Lancashire |
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Mill Barn |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||
21st June;1pm - 5pm. NGS |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: No |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Groups by appointment especially in May, June and July |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 21st June;1pm - 5pm. 28th June; 1 - 5 |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||
| Adults £2; Children free | |||||||||||
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| Parking:
No Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: No Lunches: No |
Teas:
No Light Refreshment: No Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: "Art & Garden" event on 13/14th June; 11am - 5pm - 30 artists exhibiting. Partial access for the disabled |
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| Mill Bank nestles in the valley of the River Darwen whose waters flow over a series of falls along the length of the garden. Indeed, the river is a focus of the design. Owner and dedicated gardener, Chris Mortimer, was incited by a visit to the Japanese garden at Kildare, Ireland, to create a stroll garden and the river provides a natural routing for this. From the front of the house, visitors will be drawn towards the old weir planted with saxifrages and other alpine plants and from there to the suspension bridge from which 'Lovelawn Point' can be reached. A stroll from here brings the explorer back to the bridge from where the pergola, pond, summerhouse and sycamore grove can be visited. Additionally, Susan Childs, a neighbour of Mr Mortimer, has created an extensive garden of perennials on the riverbank. This provides an interesting foil to Millbanks' six-foot cooper triffid and Temple of Alchemy - a humorous reference to the owner's scientific profession! The juxta-positioning of such features is also indicative of the diversity of this garden as a whole and the imagination and determination of its creator. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||
| Dr Chris Mortimer bought a very different property in 1972 from what is now Mill Barn. The house was derelict and the land littered with tin sheds, old cars and cinders dumped by the paper mill that had stood across the way. After years of hard labour, in which all attention was focussed upon the garden, Chris was in a position to look about for plants that could survive the often cold conditions of his valley floor home. Lighting upon hardy perennials, he created the garden as it now stands, extending it nine years ago to include an overlooking hillside. |
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