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Brook Cottage tel: 01295 670303 Area: Oxford |
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| Visitor Information | www.brookcottagegarden.co.uk -- email: oldworkshops {at} btinternet.com |
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Brook Cottage |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
Easter Monday - end October; Monday - Friday incl BHs.; 9am - 6pm. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes Mons 25 Apr; 29 Aug (9-6) |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: June - Sept |
To
see: Shrubs, roses, herbaceous borders, bog plants, clematis |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Adult £5; Child free; Over 60s £4; Season tickets available | ||||||
| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: Yes On Lead only: Yes Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Food & refreshments for groups booked in advance. DIY tea/coffee and biscuits for individual visitors. Cream teas on Bank Holiday Mondays. |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| All the wooden garden furniture is specially designed and hand-made - several of the pieces were commissioned to celebrate special anniversaries. | English Heritage Garden Grade: | |||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
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| The four acre garden has been formed by an architect and a plantswoman almost entirely since 1964 on the west facing slope of a valley. Apart from a small area above the 17th century house, the whole site consisted of rough pasture. The landscaping has been designed to link level areas of lawn and terrace with the natural slopes and to create enclosures with yew and copper beech hedges. Groups of now mature trees and shrubs growing in grass, merge the garden into the surrounding countryside. A wide variety of plants is grown, some rarely seen, including bulbs, perennials, over 200 shrub and climbing roses, flowering and foliage shrubs, water and bog plants, and a gravel garden. A number of the borders are colour-coordinated: soft shades of pink and blue in one, 'hot' colours in another. The White Border is seen against the yew hedge, while the Yellow Border is backed by a hedge of copper beech.There is something of interest to be seen throughout the season. The water garden with primulas, iris, astilbes, day-lillies and many other bog plants is at its best from early June. The extensively planted 'hanging garden' of species, old-fashioned and modern roses for which the garden is renowned is at its peak from late June to the end of July. Over 60 varieties of clematis scramble over walls and shrubs and around the tennis court, many flowering from July onwards when the herbaceous perennials are at their best. A tea room in the old barn looks out onto a lawn bordered by blue and white agapanthus interspersed with kniphofias in shades of lemon and lime. The season ends with hips, berries and autumn colour. The diversity of planting is supplemented by tender perennials displayed in numerous ornamental containers. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| Designed and planted by the owners over a period of some years, mainly because during the week they both lived in London where Mr David Hodges practised as an architect. | ||||||
| Nearby Oxford Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: |
Restaurants: Moody Cow at the Wykham Arms, Sibford Gower |
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| Inns & Pubs: The Bell, Shenington Moody Cow at the Wykham Arms, Sibford Gower |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Tiny early Norman church in village. |
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