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Larmer Tree Gardens tel: 01725 516228 Area: Wiltshire |
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| Visitor Information | www.larmertreegardens.co.uk -- email: larmertree {at} rushmoreuk.com |
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Larmer Tree Gardens |
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| Opening Days and Hours | |||||||||||
Open from Good Friday, 2nd Apr - 31st Oct; Sun - Thurs; 11am - 4.30pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes For parties of 12+ with garden tour led by Head Gardener |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes By appointment only |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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| Best
Times of Year to Visit: Mar - June |
To
see: Flowering shrubs - Camelias, Rhododendrons, magnolias |
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| Admission Prices | |||||||||||
| Adult £3.75; Child £2.50; Over 60s £3; Family £12.50; Children under 5 free. NB. Extra charges may apply for event days. |
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| Onsite Facilities | |||||||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: No Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Lunches, Teas and Light Refreshments available on Suns & Bank Holidays. disabled visiting on Mon - Thurs, please phone ahead to ensure special facilities available. |
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| Garden Features | |||||||||||
| Dell garden with ponds, Indian buildings, thatched buildings, Open air theatre, macaws & peacocks. Portrait Days - 18th Feb, 10th April and 10th October Portman Horse Trials - 6th/7th Apr Larmer Tree Festival - 14th July - 18th July End of the Road Musical Festival - 10th - 12th Sept |
English Heritage Garden Grade: II | ||||||||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| This Victorian Pleasure Garden was built to "enlighten and educate" by the well-known philanthropist, Augustus Henry Pitt-Rivers in 1880. The Dell Garden contains acid-loving plants, crinodendron, eucryphias, camillias, rhododendrons and hydrangeas. "Quarters" was originally built for picnicking, but now contains beautiful shrub beds with thatched arbors. The main lawn is surrounded by unusual buildings of Indian origin, plus an open-air theatre and a temple. | |||||||||||
| History of Garden | |||||||||||
| General Pitt-Rivers inherited the Rushmore Estate in 1880 and created a Victorian "leisure park" consisting of a race course, a museum for his archaeological collection (now at Oxford), an art gallery, golf links and the Larmer Tree Gardens, as he called them. Today the Gardens are all that remain, although a new golf course has recently been created. The Larmer Tree once represented an ancient boundary between Dorset and Wiltshire and tradition states King John (1189-1216) hunted in this area many times and met with his huntsmen under the branches of the Larmer Tree. | |||||||||||
| Nearby Wiltshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | |||||||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: See own website for list |
Restaurants: Rushmore Golf Course, open to non-members. |
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| Inns & Pubs: King John Inn, Tollard Royal, 01725 516207 |
Villages / Towns
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  - Wiltshire |
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