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Abbey Dore Court Gardens tel: 01981 240419 Area: Hereford |
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| Visitor Information | www.abbeydorecourt.co.uk -- email: sward {at} skyventure.co.uk | ||||||||||
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Abbey Dore Court Gardens |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||
April to September, please telephone 01981 240419 to confirm time/date as owner almost always present. |
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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: April - May May - June July onwards |
To
see: Hellebore & cyclamen Paeonies Herbaceous shrubs & colchicums |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||
| Adult £3.50; Child £1; Season tickets £10. | |||||||||||
| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Wine licence |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||
| Abbey Dore Court Garden is located at the Southern end of the beautiful Golden Valley in South Herefordshire, just 15 miles from Hay-on-Wye, 12 miles from Hereford and 15 miles North of Abergavenny. River Dore flows through the garden. | English Heritage Garden Grade: | ||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Mrs. Ward (owner) |
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| Just in view of the famous 1147 Cistercian Abbey is this lovely six acre garden made up of a number of very different parts. As you enter the garden there is a relatively new area with bamboos, trees and shrubs. Several borders add colour and interest. The walled garden has nine individual borders, divided by brick paths. Only bulbs mark where the orchard once was. This area now has a central path, with wirework arches leading to a sculpture with water. Two long borders, planted purple, gold, bluey green and silver take you to the River Dore and a wild garden full of trees, shrubs and bulbs. Over the river a 4 acre arboretum of young and unusual trees leads to a seat under two large sequoias. There are other seats throughout the garden where visitors are encouraged to sit and enjoy the peace of the garden. Alongside the garden is a small nursery specialising in herbaceous perennials. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||
| The garden has been created from scratch by the owner since buying the property in 1967. Its history before that is somewhat obscure though the house was known to have been the Red Lion Inn in 1837 until it was acquired by Captain Freke Lewis who had been left the 1700 acre Abbey Dore Estate and turned the Inn into a large family house for he and his wife to live in. | |||||||||||
| Nearby Hereford Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||
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| Inns & Pubs: Neville Arms in village |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Dore Abbey (Cistercian) in village of Abbey Dore. |
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  - Hereford |
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