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Garden Name: Mill Dene Garden
Last Modified: 08/03/2010
Garden ID: 0571

pic: 0571_Mill_Dene.jpg

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

Postcode: GL56 9HU
County: Gloucestershire

tel: 01386 700457
fax: 01386 700526
website: www.milldenegarden.co.uk
email: wendy {at} milldene.co.uk

Features: 
" 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.

English Heritage Grade:


Opening Times:
1st Apr- 30th Sept; Tuesday - Fri; 10.30am- 6pm. Last entry 5pm.
Open weekends: 11.5.30. last entry 4.30
April 2 to 5th inclusive, May 2nd and 3rd, May 30th and 31st, Aug. 1st & 2nd, 29th & 30th.

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
April - end July

To see: 
Cotswold Garden, roses and 'scratch n'sniff' herb garden. Tiny cricket lawn and pavilion

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Comments: Sunday 25th April

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: Previous booking essential

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments:  

House Open for Viewing: No
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adult £5; Concession £4.75; Child (under15 yrs) £1, plus free garden trial
RHS members free in April and September on showing membership card.
CPRE members enjoy 2 for 1 offer in April and September.
If you ring in advance (01386 700457) or e mail a 10 minute talk can be arranged by the owner about any chosen aspect of the garden. £10.

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

Other Facilities:
Garden not safe for small children. Half garden visitable in wheelchair.
Many events planned for 2010 - see own website


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.


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: 
Great Western

Accomodation: 
Crown

Restaurants: 
Lower Brook House

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Blockley