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Garden Name: Glen Chantry, Ishams Chase
Last Modified: 15/01/2009
Garden ID: 0057

pic: 0057_glenchantry.jpg

Owner: Mr & Mrs W.G Staines
Address:
Wickham Bishops
Witham

Postcode: CM8 3LG
County: Essex

tel: 01621 891342
fax: 01621 891342
website: www.glenchantry.demon.co.uk
email: 

Features: 


English Heritage Grade:


Opening Times:
15th May -15th Aug; Fridays, Saturdays; 10am - 4pm.
Note that 2009 will be thelast year of opening for this garden.

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

To see: 
Spring bulbs and alpines
Perennials and roses

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Comments: First Fri of each open month

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
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Viewing by Appointment: Yes
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House Open for Viewing: No
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Admission Prices:
Adult £3.50; Child £0.50

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

Other Facilities:



Designer: Wol & Sue Staines since 1976
Description of Garden:
Glen Chantry has been developed since 1976 by the present owners. Most of the gently sloping, three acre garden is laid out with large informally shaped, colour themed mixed borders which contain a very wide selection of perennials, shrubs roses and woody plants, underplanted with bulbs for early and late season interest. Two ponds connected by a winding dam stream bed provide habitats for a wide range of moisture loving and woodland plants. 

Nearer the house, three substantial limestone rock gardens house a fascinating collection of alpine plants. The intimate White Garden with its central fountain and cruciform paths is luxuriantly planted in combinations of white, silver and greens and enclosed by rose festooned trellis. A formally shaped vegetable garden with central box parterre and surrounding borders of hot colours and grasses marked the millennium. 

At Glen Chantry plants dominate, and the owners' philosophy has been to display their varied foliage, shapes, textures and colours in as artistic a fashion as their skills allow. Many of the plants in the garden are available from the attached specialized perennial nursery.


History: 


Local Inns: 
Green Man, Witham Bishops
Square & Compasses, Fuller Street
The Wheatsheaf, Hatfield Peverel

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