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Please use the following format and info on your own site to link to your page in Gardens-Guide.com: at Gardens-Guide.com http://www.gardens-guide.com The premiere directory of open gardens in the UK and Ireland today Ask your friends and suppliers as well to link to your page in Gardens-Guide as well. Every link we get into your page helps rankings for both of us in search engines. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Osterley Park and House Last Modified: 19-01-2011 Garden ID: 0278 pic: 0278_OsterleyPark.jpg NOTE: If this says "missing", then please send us a picture for your page which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Owner: National Trust Address: Jersey Road Isleworth Postcode: TW7 4RB County: Middlesex tel: 020 8232 5050 fax: 020 8232 5080 website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/osterley email: osterley //at// nationaltrust.org.uk English Heritage Grade: II* Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/osterley Park: Daily; 8am -7.30pm (6pm closure in winter). Car Park closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Gardens: 26th Feb - 6th Mar; Sat & Sun; 12noon - 3.30pm 9th Mar - 30th Oct;; Wed - Sun; 11am - 5pm. Garden closes at 4pm from 9th to 27th March 5th Nov - 27th Nov; Sat & Sun; 12noon - 3.30pm Open Good Friday and Bank Holiday Mondays Last admission 30 minutes before closing. Best Times of Year to Visit: April / May May - July To see: Bluebells Mrs Child's Flower Garden National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: 6 June, Sunday Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: No Comments: House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: 23rd Feb - 27th Mar; Wed - Sun; 12noon - 3.30pm 30th Mar - 30th Oct; Wed - Sun; 12noon - 4.30pm 5th Nov - 27th Nov; Sat & Sun; 12noon - 3.30pm 3rd Dec - 18th Dec; Sat & Sun; 12noon - 3.30pm Admission Prices: Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets) House and garden: adult £9.20 (£8.25), child £4.60 (£4.15), family £23 (£20.70). Garden: adult £4 (£3.60), child £2 (£1.80). Car park: £3.50. Park: admission free Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: No Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: Yes Other Facilities: Picnics in grounds. Dogs allowed in park on leads only Features: New for 2010: Ornamental vegetable plot in the Tudor Walled Garden featuring Heirloom varieties specialising in pumpkins and gourds and with a purple and yellow colour theme. Designer: Description of Garden: The 18th century garden at Osterley is currently undergoing a major restoration which will return it to its former glory. Highlights include the Pleasure Grounds, a formal flower garden, wild flower meadow and several garden buildings including a Robert Adam designed Garden House stocked with orange and lemon trees. In late April / May there is a stunning display of bluebells. Within the 350 acres park and farmland there are lakes, meadows and many fine trees. A real glory is the House itself and no visit would be complete without an examination of its stunning interiors, perhaps the best remaining example of Adam's work History: In 1761, the Child family, founders of Child's Bank commissioned the fashionable architect Robert Adam to transform the neglected Tudor mansion at Osterley into an elegant neo-classical villa. Osterley became the family's principle country residence; used for entertaining and impressing their friends and business associates. Mrs Sarah Child was an innovative garden designer, and in the late eighteenth century created a Garden to match the splendour of the House. Recent research has led to the exciting discovery of documents relating to her original designs, including plant lists, which will enable the National Trust to recreate the gardens. Local Inns: several on Chiswick Mall, off the Great West Road Accomodation: Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: