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Garden Name: Vann
Last Modified: 13/01/2011
Garden ID: 0436

pic: 0436_Vann.jpg

Owner: Mrs. Caroe
Address:
Hambledon
Nr. Godalming

Postcode: GU8 4EF
County: Surrey

tel: 01428 683413
fax: 
website: vanngarden.co.uk
email: vann {at} caroe.com

Features: 
Gertrude Jekyll Water Garden 1911
W.D. Caroe pergola and additions 1907. Yew Walk 1909
NEW Centenary Garden

English Heritage Grade:
II

Opening Times:
March - July, by appointment

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
March - April
April - June

To see: 
Spring bulbs
Blossom, Azaleas and Water Garden.

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Comments: Easter Monday 2nd May; 2pm - 6pm teas 
Sunday 27th March - Sunday 3rd April; 10 am - 6pm 
Tuesday 3rd May- Sunday 8th May; 10am - 6pm
Sunday 5th June - Sunday 12th June; 10am - 6pm

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments: March - July 

House Open for Viewing: No
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adult £5; Children Free; groups (with introductory talk by owner and guided tour) £6 pp

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: No
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: No
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: No
Picnics: No
Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: No

Other Facilities:
Limited facilities for the disabled. Morning coffee/tea homemade biscuits. Lunch e.g. lasagna and salad, fruit, glass of wine/fruit juice and afternoon tea with homemade cakes, for groups by arrangement only. Picnics in car park field only.


Designer: 
Description of Garden:
A five-acre garden, maintained by the family with three days' help a week, surrounds and complements a historic family home dating from the 16th century, giving a series of garden rooms of great variety, from the formal "old cottage garden" at the front, with a delightfully informal planting, to a robust pergola of Bargate stone extending east, by W.D. Caroe. The unique Water Garden by Gertrude Jekyll (1911) comprises a succession of small ponds crossed by stone paths and bridges.

Island beds in the old orchard allow for experiment with more "modern" plants, and double borders created in part of the former vegetable garden, allow use of plants of special interest.

A stream runs through the garden from the north, enclosed by large yew hedges, dating from 1909. Originally planted as a rose garden, the depredations of the wild deer have led the owners to remove the roses and re-plant with foliage plants to give year round interest.


History: 
Laid down in 1909 by W. D. Caroe. Water Garden by Gertrude Jekyll in 1911. Adaptation for easier maintenance over the past 50 years.

Local Inns: 
Swan Inn, Chiddingfold
White Horse, Hascombe
Sun Inn, Dunsfold

Accomodation: 
Crown Inn, Chiddingfold

Restaurants: 
Godalming High Street - numerous
Haslemere High Street

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Winkworth Arboretum
Compton
Hascombe, including Hascombe Church
Watts Gallery and Chapel
Chiddingfold
Haslemere Museum
Godalming Museum - Gertrude Jekyll Collection