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Garden Name: Brandy Mount House
Last Modified: 24/01/2011
Garden ID: 0097

pic: 0097_Brandymount.jpg

Owner: Mrs. M. Baron
Address:
Alresford


Postcode: SO24 9EG
County: Hampshire

tel: 01962 732189
fax: 
website: www.brandymount.co.uk
email: norab {at} brandymount.co.uk

Features: 
One and a quarter acres with informal beds, woodland, terrace with alpines and an Alpine House.

English Heritage Grade:


Opening Times:
9th Feb; Wed; 11am - 4pm
12th & 13th Feb; Sun; 11am - 4pm

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
Spring

To see: 
Snowdrops in Feb,
Daphnes in late March -May

National Collection: 
Snowdrops (Galanthus), Daphne.

National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Comments: 12th Feb; 11am - 4pm - Teas

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments: Please call 01323 844 248. 

House Open for Viewing: No
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adult £3; Children free. (no over 60's concessions)

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

Other Facilities:
No parking at house, park at Station car park 5 mins. away. Teas Feb & Mar


Designer: 
Description of Garden:
Brandy Mount House has about one and a quarter acres of informal gardens in a secluded location, even though it is very near the High Street of New Alresford. The garden is at its best in Spring with a wide range of bulbs, snowdrops, dwarf narcissi and anemones. Daphnes and alpines are found in terraced beds around the house and there is an Alpine House with a collection of European primulas, narcissi and saxifragus. There is alo a small potager with vegetables and flowers.

This is a good Spring garden, but, being on chalk, it tends to get dry in a hot summer and the herbaceous plants are seen at their best in late June and July. There is Autumn interest with colchicums, sternbergias and early snowdrops.


History: 
The garden was first enclosed from pasture in about 1940 when the surrounding trees, many of the apple, were also planted to keep the garden cool and secluded. The present owners, Mr. and Mrs. Baron, moved here about twenty years ago by which time the garden was very run down. They have steadily improved the layout of the garden and built up the collection of daphnes and snowdrops.

Local Inns: 
Globe on the Lake, Alresford
Tichborne Arms, Tichborne
Other pubs nearby

Accomodation: 
Flower Pots Inn, Cheriton

Restaurants: 


Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Alresford - an attractive small Georgian town with good shops.
Riverside Walk.
Steam Railway - Watercress line.