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Garden Name: Abbey Dore Court Gardens
Last Modified: 27/01/2010
Garden ID: 0521

pic: 0521_abbey_dore.jpg

Owner: Mrs. C.L. Ward
Address:
Abbey Dore
Hereford

Postcode: HR2 0AD
County: Hereford

tel: 01981 240419
fax: 
website: www.abbeydorecourt.co.uk
email: sward {at} airkix.com

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 Grade:


Opening Times:
April to September, please telephone 01981 240419 to confirm time/date as owner almost always present.

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
April - May
May - June
July onwards

To see: 
Hellebore & cyclamen
Paeonies
Herbaceous shrubs & colchicums

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments:  

House Open for Viewing: No
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adult £3.50; Child £1; Season tickets £10.

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: No
Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: No

Other Facilities:
Wine licence


Designer: Mrs. Ward (owner)
Description of Garden:
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.


History: 
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.

Local Inns: 
Neville Arms in village

Accomodation: 


Restaurants: 


Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Dore Abbey (Cistercian) in village of Abbey Dore.