Mill Dene Garden


1) Please COPY the ENTIRE FORM below and paste it into an email to start

2) UPDATE your information carefully. We check it, but might not notice
any errors, etc.

3) Prefix the SECTION HEADERS with: ***
- Example: ***Opening Days: (new info)

4) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED back to us ASAP:
       wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com

****************************************************************
****************************************************************


Garden Name: Mill Dene Garden
Last Modified (we set this): 09-04-2013
Garden ID (we set this): 0571

pic (we set this): 0571_Mill_Dene.jpg
NOTE: If "missing", then please send us a picture for
which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks!


Garden Owner: Mrs. Wendy Dare
Address:
Blockley
Moreton-in-Marsh


Postcode: GL56 9HU
County: Gloucestershire
Country:

tel: 01386 700457
fax: 

website: www.milldenegarden.co.uk

public email: wendy //at// milldene.co.uk
admin / private email: (add here for GG-only usage)

group master website:

English Heritage Grade (I, II, II*): 


Opening Days & Times:
www.gloucestershiregardens.org/map.phpApril, May, June & September. July 3rd-5th & July 24th - August 14thWednesday - Friday 10-5pm. Last entry 4pm.Saturdays 9-2pm, Sundays & Mondays (incl. August) 2-5pmOpen Bank Holiday


Parties / Coaches (Yes/No): Yes
Parties / Coaches Comments: Previous booking essential

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

House Open for Viewing (Yes/No): No
House Open Comments/Dates/Times: 

National/Scotland Garden Scheme days (Yes/No): Yes
NGS/SGS Comments (PLEASE include DATES and Times):
Sunday 21st April


Best Times of Year to Visit:
April - end July

...To see (pair by line with Best times to visit):
Cotswold Garden, roses and 'scratch n'sniff' herb garden. Tiny cricket lawn and pavilion


Admission Prices:
Adult £5.50; Concession £5; Child (under 15 yrs) £3, plus free garden trailRHS members free in April on showing membership card. CPRE members 2 for 1 offer in April If you ring in advance (01386 700457) or e-mail10-minute talk can be arranged by the owner about any chosen aspect of thegarden @ £10.


12 (Yes/No only) items follow here-
Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes

Shop: No
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes

Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: No

Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: Yes

Other Facilities or Comments on (Yes/No) items above:
Garden not safe for small children. Half garden access by wheelchair.Sculpture trail around garden. Charity openings throughout the year. See www.milldenegarden.co.uk for details


Special Features, Events/Dates and other comments:
"A garden less travelled" Cotswold garden set around water-mill with stream with lighting. Trout, kingfishers and grotto: terraces with rose walk, cricket lawn and herb gardens.


National Collection:  

Garden Designer: Wendy Dare. Rupert Golby had input.
Description of Garden:
A two-and-a-half acre garden set in a tiny, steep-sided valley. The stream and millpond at the bottom are home to kingfishers and trout; the family Birman cats welcome guests and accompany them round the garden. A grotto beneath the tree house lends an air of mystery to the area.The Rose Walk, with weeping standards, leads up to the cricket lawn with a tiny pavilion and seats from Lords. The path goes on up to a fruit garden with "medieval tents" and a scratch-&-sniff" herb garden with the Church as backdrop and views over the Cotswolds.


Garden History:
Half the mill and garden were bought by Wendy and Barry Dare in 1965 when they knew nothing of horticulture. Pieces of land were acquired over time and expertise was gained to the extent that Wendy eventually served on a Floral Committee of the RHS and judged at Chelsea.


Local Inns (name, town):
The Great Western, Blockley

Accommodation (name, town):
The Crown Inn, BlockleyLower Brook House, Blockley

Restaurants (name, town):
Lower Brook House, Blockley

Village/Town/Sightseeing:
Blockley