***************************************************************** * 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 *** Special Plants Nursery 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: Special Plants Nursery Last Modified: 15-03-2012 Garden ID: 0632 pic: 0632_Special_Plants_Nursery.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: Derry Watkins Address: Greenways Lane Cold Ashton Chippenham Gloucestershire SN14 8LA Cold Ashton Chippenham Postcode: SN14 8LA County: Gloucestershire tel: 01225 891686 fax: website: www.specialplants.net email: derry //at// specialplants.net English Heritage Grade: Opening Times: \Nursery open Mar - Oct; daily; 10am - 5pm (often 9am - 6pm). Garden open every Tuesday April 3 through Oct 9 with a free 30 minute talk in the garden at 11, repeated at 2:30 NGS: Thurs 21st June, 19th July, 16th Aug, 20th Sept, 18th Oct Garden visits can be arranged for groups of 6 or more on weekdays. Tours of the garden are available for groups of 12 or more. Best Times of Year to Visit: July - October To see: Late summer colour National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: NGS: 21st June, 19th July, 16th Aug, 20th Sept, 18th Oct Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: No Comments: Admission Prices: Adults £4, Child Free. Talk every Tues Season ticket £20 Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: Yes Events: Yes Other Facilities: Coaches by arrangement only. Lunches by arrangement only. Free plantlist and garden map Extra garden open days with a short practical talk on what's happening in the garden week by week. Talks at 11am, repeated again at 2.30pm. No need to book, included with garden entrance £4 or £20 for a season ticket so you can come when you like. Features: Gravel garden, topiary shapes in the landscape, unusual plants, ponds, bog garden, wonderful views. Designer: Peter Clegg, architect, and Derry Watkins, plantswoman Description of Garden: Architect-designed steep hillside garden. Swirling shapes designed to reflect surrounding countryside, densely planted with extraordinary plants from adjoining nursery. Sunny south-facing slope with ponds and springs and shady woodland areas. New fields being sculpted for viewing platforms History: Derelict barn surrounded by derelict fields until 1997 Local Inns: Accomodation: bed and breakfast list available Restaurants: The Catherine Wheel,Marshfield. The Crown, Tolldown near Dyrham. Village/Town/Sightseeing: Bath, Westonbirt, Dyrham Park, Iford Manor, Casstle combe