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Stone House tel: 0141 810337 Area: Gloucestershire |
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| Visitor Information | www.stonehousegarden.co.uk -- email: katielukas {at} globalnet.co.uk |
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Stone House |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
1st Mar - 1st Oct; by arrangement. |
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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: 17th Apr; 2pm - 5.30pm 11th Sept; 1pm - 5.30pm |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: Spring Summer |
To
see: Snowdrops, Scillas and Hellebores. Tulips Snakeshead Fritillaries, Camassias and Narcissi |
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| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: No Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Katie Lukas runs a garden consultancy business advising on the design, planting and care of gardens. |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| Rare Plant Sales Friday 11th March. Hellebore sale. 10am-1pm. 'Early Spring Treasures'. Coffee & chocolate brownies Friday 15th April. Spring Plant Sale. 10am-1pm.' Plants for the Spring Garden'. Coffee & chocolate brownies Sunday 17th April. NGS Garden Open Day. 2pm-5.30pm. Teas & Plants for Sale. Monday 30th May. Summer Rare Plant Sale. 10am - 2pm. 'The Magic of Summer' Sunday 11th September. NGS Open Day ( with Village Gardens). 1pm-5.30pm. Teas & Plants for Sale. Friday 16th September. Autumn Plant Sale. 10am-3pm. Coffee & chocolate brownies. |
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Katie Lukas |
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| A two and a half acre Cotswold garden made up of a series of different rooms surrounding the house, designed to complement the Stone House and countryside around. A 'natural' garden with no spraying involved. Bulbs are a feature with Snowdrops, Scillas and Hellebores brightening the woodland in early Spring and a tapestry of glorious tulips in April and May. The Meadow Walk is host to naturalising Snakeshead Fritillaries, followed on by Camassias and late Narcissi. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| Much re-modelling of the garden was required when the Lukas's moved in in 1990, particularly the Stream Garden and Herb Garden, the former benefitting from strategically placed drainage pipes to prevent flooding. Almost all the original trees were moved into the Wild Meadow Garden. All the walls have gradually been rebuilt over the years, which enabled the designer to make arches and steps down from the top Borders to the Pool garden and Crab Apple Walk. The Pool Garden, featuring a Pergola, was put in in the early 2000s and now includes rose-covered arbour. From the Terrace a line of fastigiated Hornbeams now create archways through to the Meadow and Vegetable garden. The hornbeams were picked up and moved by another digger from where they sat on top of the HaHa, effectively blocking the lovely view, and placed where they are today. Finally the raised beds in the Vegetable Garden have created perfect growing conditions for summer vegetables. |
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