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Garden Name: Harewood House
Last Modified: 09/02/2010
Garden ID: 0447

pic: 0447_HarewoodHouse.jpg

Owner: Ms. O'Donovan
Address:
Moorhouse
Harewood
Leeds
Postcode: LS17 9LQ
County: Yorkshire

tel: 0113 2181010
fax: 0113 2181002
website: www.harewood.org
email: info {at} harewood.org

Features: 


English Heritage Grade:
I

Opening Times:
Early Season: 12th Feb - 21st Feb; daily; 10am - 4pm (except Bird Garden closes 2.30pm)
27th Feb - 28th Mar; Sat & Sun; 10am - 4pm (except Bird Garden closes 2.30pm)
Main Season: 2nd Apr - 31st Oct; daily; 10.30am - 6pm (last entry 4.30pm). 
Late Season: 26th Nov - 19th Dec; daily; 10am - 4pm, (except Bird Garden closes 2.30pm)

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
Early summer.
17th - 17th August

To see: 
Rhododendrons
Yorkshire Summer Flower Show

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: Ample parking facilities with discounts for groups of 15+.

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments: Yes 

House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: dates as gardens, except for no Late Season opening.
State Rooms: 12noon - 4pm

Admission Prices:
Over 50 different Prices ranging from £2.05 - £44 for "Early Season, Main Season - Low Season - Below Stairs & Grounds, High Season - Below Stairs & Grounds and Late Season", also Gift Aid for all the above! Plus Groups and Learn Groups. Check www.harewood.org for details

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: Yes
Dogs allowed: Yes
Only on Lead: Yes
Events: Yes

Other Facilities:
Home of The Queen's first cousin with exquisite Adam interiors, outstanding art collections and much Royal Family memorabilia. 
Yorkshire Planetarium star shows


Designer: 'Capability' Brown
Description of Garden:
The gardens at Harewood are amongst the most beautiful in the country. Plants from all over the world thrive in this wonderful historic setting. The gardens cover over 140 acres and are situated within 1,000 acres of ornamental parkland set out in the 18th century by 'Capability' Brown. The parkland is a stunning example of the traditional English landscape with characteristic arrangements of native trees and gently sweeping hillsides surrounding an extensive serpentine lake.

The Terrace is an elaborate, Italian-style garden, with statuesque fountains and intricate symmetrical flower beds edged by over a mile of box hedging and planted with seasonal displays of bulbs and bedding plants. In contrast, below the Terrace, is the Archery Border, an exotic mixture of richly coloured flowers and architectural foliage creating a sumptuous sub-tropical display.

There is a very enjoyable walk around the 'Capability' Brown lake which is surrounded by charming woodlands dappled with shade from mature trees. Here, in early summer, Harewood's collection of rhododendrons provide a stunning display of colour.

Finally at the head of the lake is a 20 foot cascade which tumbles into a sunken glade - a plantsman's paradise full of Himalayan plants, ferns and bamboos creating a rich, botanic environment.


History: 
After finishing the house in the grand fashion, the first Lord Harewood brought in 'Capability' Brown to level the old house at Gawthorpe and landscape the estate. This he proceeded to do in his ususla expansive sweeping style, creating an open vista of parkland dotted with carefully placed trees and paths to accentuate specific views. On Brown's suggestion a stream was dammed to create a large lake. The dam itself, now a considerable waterfall, dominates the rocky Himalayan garden resulting from the family's trips to the region. The walled garden nearby has been providing fruits and vegetables for the House's table for over two hundred years. The 3rd Earl of Harewood commissioned Sir Charles Barry to create the Italianate parterre in the 1840's.

Local Inns: 
Harewood Arms Hotel

Accomodation: 
42 The Calls
Chevin Lodge Hotel
Dean Court Hotel
St. George's Swallow, Harrogate

Restaurants: 
Harewood Arms

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Harewood Village