***************************************************************** * Gardens-Guide.com * 250,000 UNIQUE VISITORS in 2011 * 2,000 garden pages viewed per day from March to September 2011 * * 1,000+ Page Views! - One-Quarter of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com * were EACH viewed more than 1,000 times in 2011. * * 500+ Page Views! - HALF of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com were * EACH viewed more than 500 times in 2011. * ***************************************************************** *** UPDATE FORM *** Shute House 1) Please COPY the entire FORM BELOW 2) Make any changes in BRIGHT RED -OR- mark changed Section Headers with: *** 3) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED backto us: wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** *** also - SEARCH ENGINE BOOSTING for both YOU and Gardens-Guide.com *** If your webmaster could place a link from your own website directly to your page on Gardens-Guide.com, this will improve it's rankings in Google and other search engines. 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: Shute House Last Modified: 18-02-2012 Garden ID: 0311 pic: 0311_ShuteHouse.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: Mr. & Mrs. John Lewis Address: Donhead St. Mary Shaftesbury Postcode: SP7 9DG County: Dorset tel: 01935 814389 fax: 01935 815535 website: email: janecrutcher //at// hotmail.co.uk English Heritage Grade: Opening Times: Open all year - by prior appointment only - to groups of 20+ only, every day, excluding Bank Holidays; Mon - Fri; 10am - 12 noon, 2pm - 4pm. Best Times of Year to Visit: Spring & summer To see: Camellias and roses National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Between 20 - 40 people, minimum 20. Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: No Comments: Admission Prices: £4.50, No concessions. Tours: £35 per tour. £55 per tour with owner. Because of the layout of the garden it is impossible to accommodate more than 20 people per tour, so a second tour is £25, or £35 with owner. 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: No Other Facilities: Plants are available for sale by arrangement. Lunches, teas and refreshments are also only available by arrangement. Light lunches from £20 per head Tea & coffee with biscuits from £5 per head, or £7 to include homemade cakes. Features: Garden design by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, featuring a famous rill. Designer: Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Description of Garden: Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, one of our finest landscape architects, was commissioned in 1969 to create a water garden for Lady Anne and Captain Michael Tree. The result was Shute House Gardens; his favourite and, some say, finest work. The River Nadder rises at the top of the garden and is diverted into canals, waterfalls, rills and mysterious pools through a series of atmospheric "rooms". There is a parterre of Box hedges containing six gardens, each with a different theme; a Camellia Walk with over a hundred varieties; a canal of Arum Lilies overlooked by Chinese balconies; an amphitheatre in Box behind a double bridge swathed in Wisteria and Ivy; a "beastly" garden full of menacing Arisaemae and Orthiopoga; and the world-famous Rill, tumbling musically down to the beautiful Kashmiri bubble fountains. Shute House has been restored and developed by the present owners, John and Suzy Lewis, who commissioned Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe to complete the gardens when they arrived in 1994. The work continues to this day. History: Local Inns: Beckford Arms, Fonthill The King John, Tollard Royal The Lamb, Hindon Accomodation: The Grosvenor Hotel, Shaftesbury King John, Tollard Royal The Lamb at Hindon Restaurants: Fleur-de-Lys, Shaftesbury Chutneys (Indian), Shaftesbury Happy Garden (Chinese), Shaftesbury Village/Town/Sightseeing: Shaftesbury - 5 minutes away. Wardour Castle - 10 mins. Stourhead - 30 mins Hadspen - 30 mins Cranbourne - 30 mins