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Marle Place Gardens & Gallery |
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Marle Place Gardens & Gallery tel: 01892 722304 Area: Kent |
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| Visitor Information | www.marleplace.co.uk | ||||||||||||
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| Marle Place Gardens & Gallery Kent All details updated* as of: 20/02/2008 |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||||
21st Mar - 29th Sept; Fri - Mon; 10am - 5pm, or by appointment. |
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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: Yes 25th Apr; 2pm - 8pm 13th June; 2pm - 8pm 8th Aug; 2pm - 8pm |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: Spring & summer |
To
see: Borders, shrubs & trees. |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||||
| Adult £4.50; Child (4-12) £1; Concessions & Groups £4pp. | |||||||||||||
| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: Art exhibition in garden and gallery. Nurture Nature Weekend (14 & 15 May); South East Open Studios 11th - 26th June, an exhibition by Kent artists; many other art events - see website. |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||||
| Gazebo and mosaic. | English Heritage Garden Grade: | ||||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| Marle Place is a privately owned garden with ten acres of formal planting and many more acres of woodland and orchard. Tucked away up a Wealden lane, the garden surrounds the Jacobean house with its massive chimney stack. The delightful gardens are a combination of hedged rooms, mostly yew and studded with topiary, and tree lined avenues. In the spring there are flowering trees and bulbs, and later on masses of old fashioned roses and herbaceous and annual plants fill the borders. Especially delightful is the scented Italianate garden with almost every plant chosen for its fragrant or aromatic leaf or flower. The classical pond with its fountain is a focal point and has water lilies, goldfish and rare newts. Marle Place is filled with exceptional planting and interesting features. Art work and sculpture, quirky wood carving and furniture, including a clock and 'chicken bench' is dotted around the charming and colourful gardens. There is the bog garden, a jungle of gunnera, iris and angelica, backed by an ever increasing collection of bamboo. The Edwardian rockery, with raised beds of azalea, acer, paeony and tulips, crowned by a magnolia leaning over the canal fed by a waterfall. A Victorian gazebo with stained glass overlooks the croquet lawn and broad steps leading through to the bleached limes and more mixed borders. The sloping beds either side of the unusual mosaic terrace are designed in blue and yellow to compliment the ceramic's colour. The kitchen garden is divided into sections following the pattern of the original beds, not all vegetables now but a formal rose bed, a newly planted parterre of box and myrtle and a lawn with medlar and quince trees. Not to be missed here is the beautiful orchid collection housed in a restored Victorian greenhouse. The double herbaceous borders give a spectacular show throughout the seasons, overflowing with colour and scent. A life size Terracotta Army archer from China, kneeling under a weeping willow guards the entrance to the allium pasture here. Below the main lawn with its old cedar trees, a curved, double beech hedge leads to a silver birch avenue and on to 10 acres of woodland mostly native trees but including the occasional exotic. Here the woodland walk takes the visitor meandering through wood anemone and bluebells beside the stream to the lake, home to a large variety of wildlife. By the lake, groups of land art enthusiasts create their temporary works. Finally, no visit to Marle Place would be complete without seeing the array of rare and funky chickens. |
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| History of Garden | |||||||||||||
| Nearby Kent Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: The Bull, Brenchley |
Restaurants: The Bull, Brenchley |
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| Inns & Pubs: The Bull, Brenchley |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: "Seven Wonders of the Weald" group of attractions. |
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