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Owner: Alexandra Hayward Address: Renishaw Sheffield Postcode: S21 3WB County: Derbyshire tel: 01246 432310 fax: 01246 430 760 website: www.renishaw-hall.co.uk email: enquiries //at// renishaw-hall.co.uk English Heritage Grade: II* Opening Times: 30th March - 30th Sept. Wed - Sun and Bank Holiday Mondays; 10.30am - 4.30pm. Last admission 4pm Best Times of Year to Visit: April May June July and August To see: Camellias, daffodils Bluebells, rhododendrons Roses Herbaceous and mixed borders National Collection: Yuccas National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: TBC - see website Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: Comments: Hall tours for groups can be arranged at 11am or 2.30pm or on Thursday evening - Public Hall tours on Friday at 12.30 and 2.30pm. Advance booking recommended. Viewing of the Hall is by guided tour only. Admission Prices: Gardens, Museums & Galleries. Adult £6; Concessions £5; Children £3, Family tickets from £15, Under 5 free, Parking £1 per car Guided Tour of Gardens often led by David Kesteven - Head Gardener. Garden tours for 2012 - 12th April "Magnificent Magnolias"; 14thJune "Towering Delphiniums"; 5th July "Herbaceous Heaven". All tours £6 plus admission. Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: No Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: Yes Other Facilities: Disabled Access: Yes - some restrictions. See website for access statement. Features: Gardens, museum, art galleries and parkland. Very extensive calendar of events including Fanfare for Spring in Feb, Easter for families, Bluebell Fortnight, Music in the Garden, theatre, Plant and food fairs, Classic Cars and many others right through the season. Please see their website for details. New for 2011- Hortus Sitwellianus: The making of the gardens of Renishaw. A new and very special exhibition on the development of the garden through the centuries. The Children's Fairytale Garden with statues, storytelling corners, maze and living willow tunnel. Ancient and modern statues. Designer: Sir George Sitwell Description of Garden: Renishaw, halfway between Sheffield and Chesterfield, is an oasis of beauty and the arts in an area otherwise dominated by industry and mining. The gardens at Renishaw Hall are among the most important Italianate gardens in the country. The principles of Italian gardening include garden rooms, views and the sight and sound of still and moving water. The eight acres of garden are divided into 12 smaller rooms by yew hedges, each with its own character. There are three rose gardens containing many historic varieties underplanted with clematis, peonies, lilies and geraniums and interplanted with unusual flowering shrubs. More than 1,000 roses flower in the summer, scenting the air and blooming beside the many classical Italian statues - this has led some to call this the most romantic garden in England. Deep lush herbaceous borders with carefully-chosen colour themes flank the middle lawn which leads on to the White Garden and the Ballroom Garden where the flowers are blue, yellow and white and Anthony Noel has added focus and drama to the planting. There is also a secret garden with a pocket handkerchief tree and an Indian bean tree. The visitor must also see the Bottom Terrace which is a sheltered south facing border some 200m long, in a perfect position to grow some rare and tender shrubs and flowers in almost jungle-like profusion. This is in complete contrast to the fishpond garden, opposite where the geometric design of water, yew, and grass is unrelieved by any flower planting. To either side of the formal gardens are walks in a more natural landscape. Lady Ida's Walk takes in fantastic yew trees and offers long views across the beautiful Derbyshire countryside. On the other side of the garden there is a woodland walk that leads to Renishaw's three lakes, two contemporary with the garden (c1890), and the other dug out in the winter of 2000. There are ponds in the formal gardens, the central one reflecting its tall spray of water, and flanked by classical statues gazing out over the view. History: The formal garden was laid out in 1895 by Sir George Sitwell (1860 - 1943) in the classical Italianate style. In 1909 he published 'On the Making of Gardens', which attacks Augustan formalism in garden design and the romantic landscape. It has been described as 'an argument for imaginative thought in garden planning'. He was ambitious in the changes he made, and planned to make, around the estate. His eldest son Osbert looked on his energetic activities with something of a jaundiced eye: 'He abolished small hills, created lakes and particularly liked to alter the levels at which full grown trees were standing. Two old yew trees in front of the dining-room window at Renishaw, were regularly heightened and lowered; a process which I believe could have been shown to chart, like a thermometer, the temperature of his mood'. Local Inns: Mossbrook - Eckington Accomodation: Sitwell Arms - Renishaw Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: Renishaw / Eckington 2 miles Chesterfield 6 miles (trains to London in less than two hours)