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Garden Name: West Green House Garden
Last Modified: 20/01/2011
Garden ID: 0110

pic: 0110_WestGreen.jpg

Owner: Miss Marylyn Abbott
Address:
West Green
Hartley Wintney
Hook
Postcode: RG27 8JB
County: Hampshire

tel: 01252 845582
fax: 01252 842029
website: www.westgreenhouse.co.uk
email: enquiries {at} westgreenhouse.co.uk

Features: 
Opera season:
Don Giovanni - 30th/31st July
The Merry Widow - 6/7th August

English Heritage Grade:
II*

Opening Times:
23rd April - 18th September; every Wed, Sat and Sun; 11am - 4pm
except the 3 weekends of Opera season

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
Easter
June /July

To see: 
Massed bulbs in lakefield
Restored walled garden, Nymphaeum, Lake field, Paradise Garden and the new Five Bridges garden

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
Comments: 

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: by appointment any day except Weds or Sats

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments: Special garden talks can be arranged. 

House Open for Viewing: No
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adult, Apr - Sept: £8; Child (over 5 yrs.) £4

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

Other Facilities:
Traditional Afternoon Tea 2.30 - 4pm (has to be preordered) £13.50 incl scones, clotted cream, sandwiches, cakes etc. served in the Walled Garden - weather permitting. Picnics in nearby orchard, or in car park.


Designer: Marylyn Abbott
Description of Garden:
These gardens are surrounded by a neo-classical park studded with follies, monuments and birdcages. The restored lake gives a perfect backdrop to one of the most spectacular garden creations this century. The Nymphaeum, a grand Water Garden, and water again in an Islamic inspired Paradise Garden, and a 190 metre long garden of the Five Bridges. Four parterres and a Green Theatre all add to the beauty of this critically acclaimed garden, indeed BBC Gardeners' World were here to make their first special on just one garden and its gardener. 
These gardens have been painstakingly restored to reflect the beauty of their 18th century origins. The uniquely coloured plant combinations of the formal gardens are complemented by the decorative potagers and their ornamental fruit cages, making an exciting architectural statement within the original walls.


History: 
1720's manor house surrounded by two gardens.

Local Inns: 
The Cricketers, Hartley Wintney

Accomodation: 
Tylney Hall, Rotherwick

Restaurants: 
Many in the village of Hartley Wintney

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Hartley Wintney