***************************************************************** * Gardens-Guide.com * 250,000 UNIQUE VISITORS in 2011 * 2,000 garden pages viewed per day from March to September 2011 * * 1,000+ Page Views! - One-Quarter of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com * were EACH viewed more than 1,000 times in 2011. * * 500+ Page Views! - HALF of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com were * EACH viewed more than 500 times in 2011. * ***************************************************************** *** UPDATE FORM *** Down House 1) Please COPY the entire FORM BELOW 2) Make any changes in BRIGHT RED -OR- mark changed Section Headers with: *** 3) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED backto us: wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** *** also - SEARCH ENGINE BOOSTING for both YOU and Gardens-Guide.com *** If your webmaster could place a link from your own website directly to your page on Gardens-Guide.com, this will improve it's rankings in Google and other search engines. Please use the following format and info on your own site to link to your page in Gardens-Guide.com: at Gardens-Guide.com http://www.gardens-guide.com The premiere directory of open gardens in the UK and Ireland today Ask your friends and suppliers as well to link to your page in Gardens-Guide as well. Every link we get into your page helps rankings for both of us in search engines. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Down House Last Modified: 20-01-2011 Garden ID: 0549 pic: 0549_DownHouse.jpg NOTE: If this says "missing", then please send us a picture for your page which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Owner: English Heritage Address: Luxted Road Downe Postcode: BR6 7JT County: Kent tel: 01689 859119 fax: website: www.english-heritage.org.uk email: English Heritage Grade: II Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.english-heritage.org.uk 1st Feb - 31st Mar; 10am-4pm; Wed-Sun; House 11am - 4pm 1st Apr open but no details yet. Best Times of Year to Visit: To see: National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: No Comments: House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: 1st July - 31st Aug; daily; 11am - 5pm Admission Prices: Adult £ 9.30; Concessions £7.90; Child £4.70; Family £23.30 Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: No Other Facilities: Features: Charles Darwin's "Sand Walk" or thinking-path. Designer: Description of Garden: English Heritage have been recreating the gardens as the Darwins« would have seen them, although small in size many elements of bigger gardens exist including bedding, shrubberies and mixed borders, an orchard, and a traditional kitchen garden and greenhouse. Victorian plant varieties are used throughout the garden adding to the period feel. The gardens are of special merit due to the scientific work Darwin undertook. An interesting and famous feature is Charles Darwin's "Sand Walk" or thinking-path. Visitors can see Darwin's experiments re-created in his outdoor laboratory in the gardens. History: Down House was the home of Charles Darwin and his family for the last 40 years of his life. It is here that he wrote about his theories on evolution and about the more specific elements of our natural world. Local Inns: Accomodation: Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: Dover Castle and the secret wartime tunnels, Kent Walmer Castle and gardens, Deal Deal Castle, Deal Lullingstone Roman Villa, Kent