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Garden Name: The Old Rectory
Last Modified: 18/01/2010
Garden ID: 0364

pic: 0364_Sudborough.jpg

Owner: Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Huntington
Address:
Sudborough
Kettering

Postcode: NN14 3BX
County: Northampton

tel: 01832-733247
fax: 01832-733832
website: www.oldrectorygardens.co.uk
email: info {at} oldrectorygardens.co.uk

Features: 


English Heritage Grade:


Opening Times:
March to September; Daily; 10am - 6pm

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
April
May
June
Sept

To see: 
Spring bulbs and hellebores
Tulips
Roses
Potager

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Comments: Sunday 14th March & Saturday 5th June in conjunction with Marie Curie

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments:  

House Open for Viewing: No
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adults £4.50; Children free

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

Other Facilities:
Tea and biscuits £1.50 always available.


Designer: Rupert Golby
Description of Garden:
Set in open countryside on the edge of a pretty Northamptonshire village, The Old Rectory is a fine Georgian house surrounded by a two-acre Plantsman's Garden which was started in 1984. The Old Rectory Gardens comprise a blend of traditional style and contemporary design that changes form and colour with the seasons. The pond area features a mass of spring bulbs and unusual trees, but nearby an extensive collection of hellebores forms an early spring border and colour-schemed herbaceous, mixed shrub and rose borders contrast with a more formal trellis-backed rose garden. Year round, in courtyards and terraces, containers add texture and tone.

The renowned potager, designed in 1985 by Rosemary Verey and developed over the years, offers decorative as well as practical schemes in summer and autumn. The Ilex crenata-edged beds are filled with a variety of herbs, vegetables and fruit. Narrow brick paths add formality, while hazel arches and tripods create strong vertical lines which are covered by climbers in the summer.

The woodland park, which starts at Harper's Brook, is along part of a disused narrow gauge ironstone tramway. The owner, assisted by garden designer Rupert Golby, see the gardens as a continuous project and improvements are undertaken year by year. The gardens have been featured in many books and national publications, including Rosemary Verey's "Garden Plans" and David Hicks' "My Kind of Garden".


History: 


Local Inns: 
Snooty Fox, Lowick
Pheasant Inn, Keyston
Vane Arms, Sudborough

Accomodation: 
Thatches on the Green, Weldon, Corby

Restaurants: 


Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Oundle