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Garden Name: Larmer Tree Gardens
Last Modified: 10/02/2010
Garden ID: 0550

pic: 0550_Larmer.jpg

Owner: 
Address:
Tollard Royal
Nr. Farnham

Postcode: SP5 5PY
County: Wiltshire

tel: 01725 516228
fax: 01725 516321
website: www.larmertreegardens.co.uk
email: larmertree {at} rushmoreuk.com

Features: 
Dell garden with ponds, Indian buildings, thatched buildings, Open air theatre, macaws & peacocks.
Portrait Days - 18th Feb, 10th April and 10th October
Portman Horse Trials - 6th/7th Apr
Larmer Tree Festival - 14th July - 18th July
End of the Road Musical Festival - 10th - 12th Sept

English Heritage Grade:
II

Opening Times:
Open from Good Friday, 2nd Apr - 31st Oct; Sun - Thurs; 11am - 4.30pm
Closed July, and 8th - 18th Sept: closed for the End of the Road Festival

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
Mar - June

To see: 
Flowering shrubs - Camelias, Rhododendrons, magnolias

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: For parties of 12+ with garden tour led by Head Gardener

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments: By appointment only 

House Open for Viewing: No
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adult £3.75; Child £2.50; Over 60s £3; Family £12.50; Children under 5 free.
NB. Extra charges may apply for event days.

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

Other Facilities:
Lunches, Teas and Light Refreshments available on Suns & Bank Holidays. disabled visiting on Mon - Thurs, please phone ahead to ensure special facilities available.


Designer: 
Description of Garden:
This Victorian Pleasure Garden was built to "enlighten and educate" by the well-known philanthropist, Augustus Henry Pitt-Rivers in 1880. The Dell Garden contains acid-loving plants, crinodendron, eucryphias, camillias, rhododendrons and hydrangeas. "Quarters" was originally built for picnicking, but now contains beautiful shrub beds with thatched arbors. The main lawn is surrounded by unusual buildings of Indian origin, plus an open-air theatre and a temple.


History: 
General Pitt-Rivers inherited the Rushmore Estate in 1880 and created a Victorian "leisure park" consisting of a race course, a museum for his archaeological collection (now at Oxford), an art gallery, golf links and the Larmer Tree Gardens, as he called them. Today the Gardens are all that remain, although a new golf course has recently been created. The Larmer Tree once represented an ancient boundary between Dorset and Wiltshire and tradition states King John (1189-1216) hunted in this area many times and met with his huntsmen under the branches of the Larmer Tree.

Local Inns: 
King John Inn, Tollard Royal, 01725 516207

Accomodation: 
See own website for list

Restaurants: 
Rushmore Golf Course, open to non-members.

Village/Town/Sightseeing: