Sir Harold Hillier Gardens & Arboretum
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Garden Name: Sir Harold Hillier Gardens & Arboretum
Last Modified (we set this): 26-01-2011
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Garden Owner: Mr. Tim Brooks
Address:
Jermyns Lane
Ampfield
Romsey
Postcode: SO51 0QA
County: Hampshire
Country:
tel: 01794-368787
fax: 01794-368027
website: www.hillier.hants.gov.uk
public email: info //at// hilliergardens.org.uk
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English Heritage Grade (I, II, II*):
Opening Days & Times:
NOTE for 2013: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.hillier.hants.gov.uk All Year; Daily; Summer: 10am - 6pm or dusk if earlier, last admission 5pmNov/Dec: 10am - 5pm. last admission 4pmClosed Christmas and Boxing day.
Parties / Coaches (Yes/No): Yes
Parties / Coaches Comments:
Viewing by Appointment (Yes/No): Yes
Viewing by Appointment Comments:
House Open for Viewing (Yes/No): No
House Open Comments/Dates/Times:
National/Scotland Garden Scheme days (Yes/No): No
NGS/SGS Comments (PLEASE include DATES and Times):
Best Times of Year to Visit:
A garden for all seasons, open throughout the year.
...To see (pair by line with Best times to visit):
Admission Prices:
Adult £8.70; child under 16 free; Concessions £7.50; Groups of 10+ £6.95pp. Friends of Kew freeGuided tours for groups £60.Membership: individual ticket £28.50pa; joint £52.50pa
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Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: Yes
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: Yes
Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: Yes
Other Facilities or Comments on (Yes/No) items above:
New Visitor & Education Pavilion.
Special Features, Events/Dates and other comments:
Champion TreesGhurka Memorial GardenWinter Garden.
National Collection: 11 National plant collections including:-Quercus - Oaks, Ligustrum - Privets, Cornus - Dogwoods, Photinia, Lithocarpus, Pinus - Pines, Cotoneaster, Hamamelis - Witch Hazels, Carpinus - Hornbeams, and Corylus - Hazels. Hillier plants.
Garden Designer: Sir Harold Hillier
Description of Garden:
Promoted as "gardens for all seasons", the collection provides a stunning range of colour and interest throughout the year and features 11 National Plant Collections, the Gurkha Memorial Garden and the largest Winter Garden in Europe which has over 650 different types of plants. The magnificent collection of over 42,000 plants from temperate regions around the world grow in a mixture of formal and informal landscapes set in 180 acres of rolling Hampshire countryside. The gardens contain a fine conifer collection and its National Collection of Witch Hazel is the largest such display in any garden in Britain. The Witch Hazel flowers from late December and survives the harshest winter.The Gardens run a progressive education policy for a wide range of user groups from primary school children to horticultural experts providing further knowledge and understanding and enhancing enjoyment of the Gardens.
Garden History:
The garden was established in 1953 by the distinguished plantsman Sir Harold Hillier. Sir Harold Hillier was born into horticulture and from an early age spent his childhood building an encyclopaedic knowledge of the plant world. In 1952, he purchased Jermyn's House, an 18th century manor house surrounded by 40 acres of fertile land. It was here that he was able to create his garden for all seasons - a personal 'stamp collection' of rare plants from all over the world. Over the next 30 years Sir Harold Hillier's avid pursuit of horticultural expansion took him to all corners of the globe and he introduced a stunning range of new and rare species from as far afield as Japan, Korea, Mexico and South Africa. Keen to ensure that his unique collection was not lost, he formed a charitable trust and, in 1977, gifted the Gardens to Hampshire County Council.
Local Inns (name, town):
Star Inn, East Tytherley
Accommodation (name, town):
Restaurants (name, town):
Star Inn, East Tytherley
Village/Town/Sightseeing:
Romsey has a selection of pubs, restaurants and hotels