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Garden Name: The Gibberd Garden Trust
Last Modified: 13/01/2011
Garden ID: 0078

pic: 0078_gibberdgarden.jpg

Owner: Gordon Whittle
Address:
Marsh Lane
Gilden Way
Harlow
Postcode: CM17 0NA
County: Essex

tel: 01279 442112
fax: 
website: www.thegibberdgarden.co.uk
email: enquiries {at} thegibberdgarden.co.uk

Features: 


English Heritage Grade:


Opening Times:
1st April - 30th Sept; Wed, Sat, Sun & Bank Holidays; 2pm - 6pm.

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
All seasons

To see: 


National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: Small coaches only (difficult access)

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments: Private bookings for Groups of 10+ at other times on application 

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: Gibberd Rooms only Sunday afternoons April to September £1. timed tickets
Rooms in house restored to original 60's appearance - exhibitions and displays

Admission Prices:
Adult £4; Child 6-16 £1 (under 6 free); Over 60s £2.50; Season Single £15, Family £25
Talks by Trust Committee Member (by arrangement) £30

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

Other Facilities:
Friday 17th June - Jazz Picnic 7.30 
Sat/Sun 18th 19th June - CAMRA Real Ale Festival Noon to 8.00 p.m.
Friday 1st July - Open Air Theatre - Importance of Being Ernest - Picnics from 5.00pm
Sunday 17th July = Lunchtime Promenade Concert & Lunch - 11.00 onwards


Designer: Sir Frederick Gibberd
Description of Garden:
The garden is a highly individual creation of Sir Frederick Gibberd. It is sited on the side of a small valley which slopes down to a brook. Occupying some seven acres, the garden was planned as a series of rooms, each with its own character. The glades, pools and alleys provide a setting for some fifty sculptures, large ceramic pots, architectural salvage, a gazebo and even a children's moated castle with a drawbridge.

The Gibberd Garden Trust aims to realise Sir Frederick's wish that the garden should be open to the public for study and relaxation.


History: 
Sir Frederick Gibberd, the architect of Heathrow airport, Liverpool's Roman Catholic Cathedral, the Regent's Park Mosque and many other projects throughout Great Britain, was appointed master-planner for Harlow New Town in 1946. He acquired the property in Marsh Lane in 1956 and from then until his death in 1984 he developed the site with commissioned sculptures and other works, most of which are still in situ today. Sir Frederick described the garden as "an art of space, like architecture and town design. The space, to be of recognisable design, must be contained and the plants and walls enclosing it then became part of the adjacent spaces. The garden has thus become a series of rooms, each with its own character, from small intimate spaces to large enclosed prospects".

The Gibberd Garden Trust was founded in 1995 to save the garden for future generations.

Local Inns: 
Green Man, Mulberry Green
Queen's Head, Churchgate Street

Accomodation: 


Restaurants: 
Green Man, Mulberry Green
Queen's Head, Churchgate Street

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Harlow