***************************************************************** * 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 *** Farrs 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: Farrs Last Modified: 30-03-2012 Garden ID: 0310 pic: 0310_Farrs.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: Mr. & Mrs. J. Makepeace Address: Beaminster Postcode: DT8 3NB County: Dorset tel: 01308-862204 fax: website: www.johnmakepeacefurniture.com email: info //at// johnmakepeacefurniture.com English Heritage Grade: II* Opening Times: Group Visits for 20 or more by pre-arrangement. Best Times of Year to Visit: July and September To see: National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: May 20th, July 15th. September 2nd 2012. 11am - 5pm Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: Admission Prices: Adults £5 90% will go the the NGS Gardens Open for Charity and 10% to The Brooke, the charity which aids working animals and their owners across the Middle East - from India to the Sudan - providing free veterinary care, education and mobile clinics. See www.The Brooke.org Parking: No Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No Shop: No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No Teas: Yes Refreshments: No Picnics: No Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: No Other Facilities: Parking nearby. Plants for Sale on NGS days. Teas also on NGS days, and for group visits by arrangement. Neil Lucas of Knoll Gardens, Glenholme Herbs and other specialist nurseries will have displays of plants for sale on NGS days. Features: Special features of the gardens include the rolling lawns and topiary around the house, the new grass garden with its pool, bridge and semi-circular stone retreat designed by John Makepeace, and Jennie Makepeace's intensely planted potager, a riot of colour throughout the summer, all adjacent to the orchard of fruit and architectural trees where the geese strut their stuff. Neil Lucas, of Knoll Gardens fame, will be present with a display of grasses for sale; teas will be served on the lawn. Designer: John and Jenny Makepeace Description of Garden: History: An historic house gardens redesigned by John and Jenny Makepeace since 2001. Local Inns: Bridge House Hotel (next door) Accomodation: Restaurants: The Wild Garlic, Beaminster, Half Moon Pub, Melplash (1 mile), Summer Lodge Relais Chateaux (8 miles). Village/Town/Sightseeing: Within 5 miles of the World heritage Jurassic Coast including historic Lyme Regis, Bridport, 5 miles, Wed and Sat markets, Several Iron Age Hill Forts.