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Marle Place Gardens & Gallery

Marle Place Gardens & Gallery
Brenchley
Tonbridge

TN12 7HS

tel: 01892 722304
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Area: Kent
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Marle Place Gardens & Gallery -- Kent
Visitor Information www.marleplace.co.uk
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Marle Place Gardens & Gallery
Kent
All details updated* as of: 20/02/2008
Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

21st Mar - 29th Sept; Fri - Mon; 10am - 5pm, or by appointment.
Last admission at 5pm, or by special arrangement after these times.

Parties / Coaches: Yes
Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes

House Open for Viewing: No

National Garden Scheme days: Yes
25th Apr; 2pm - 8pm
13th June; 2pm - 8pm
8th Aug; 2pm - 8pm
Best Times of Year to Visit:
Spring & summer
To see:
Borders, shrubs & trees.
 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
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.
 Garden Features
Gazebo and mosaic. English Heritage Garden Grade:
National Collection:
 Description of Garden
Designer:
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.
 History of Garden
 Nearby Kent Hotels, Facilities & Amenities
Hotels & Accommodation:
The Bull, Brenchley
Restaurants:
The Bull, Brenchley
Inns & Pubs:
The Bull, Brenchley
Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
"Seven Wonders of the Weald" group of attractions.
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