Harewood House


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Garden Name: Harewood House
Last Modified (we set this): 26-01-2011
Garden ID (we set this): 0447

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Garden Owner: Ms. O'Donovan
Address:
Moorhouse
Harewood
Leeds

Postcode: LS17 9LQ
County: Yorkshire
Country:

tel: 0113 2181010
fax: 0113 2181002

website: www.harewood.org

public email: info //at// harewood.org
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English Heritage Grade (I, II, II*): I


Opening Days & Times:
<b>NOTE for 2013</b>: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open <a href='http://www.harewood.org'>http://www.harewood.org</a>  Early Season: 18th Feb - 27th Feb & weekends only in Mar; daily; 10am - 4pm (except Bird Garden closes 2.30pm)Main Season: 1st Apr - 30th Oct; daily; 10.30am - 6pm (last entry 4.30pm). Late Season: weekends only in Nov; 10am - 4pm, (except Bird Garden closes 3pm)


Parties / Coaches (Yes/No): Yes
Parties / Coaches Comments: Ample parking facilities with discounts for groups of 15+.

Viewing by Appointment (Yes/No): Yes
Viewing by Appointment Comments: Yes

House Open for Viewing (Yes/No): Yes
House Open Comments/Dates/Times: dates as gardens, except for no Late Season opening.State Rooms from 22nd Apr: 12noon - 4pm

National/Scotland Garden Scheme days (Yes/No): No
NGS/SGS Comments (PLEASE include DATES and Times):



Best Times of Year to Visit:
Early summer.

...To see (pair by line with Best times to visit):
Rhododendrons


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


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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 or Comments on (Yes/No) items above:
Home of The Queen's first cousin with exquisite Adam interiors, outstanding art collections and much Royal Family memorabilia. Yorkshire Planetarium star shows


Special Features, Events/Dates and other comments:



National Collection:  

Garden 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.


Garden 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 (name, town):
Harewood Arms Hotel

Accommodation (name, town):
42 The CallsChevin Lodge HotelDean Court HotelSt. George's Swallow, Harrogate

Restaurants (name, town):
Harewood Arms

Village/Town/Sightseeing:
Harewood Village