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Singleton Botanic Gardens tel: 01792 298 637 Area: Wales |
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| Visitor Information | www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1348 -- email: |
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Singleton Botanic Gardens |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
All year; 7 days a week; Sept - Easter; 9am - 4.30; |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes Yes, up to 54 |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes 17 tour required |
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House
Open for Viewing: Yes |
National
Garden Scheme days: No |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: April - Sept. |
To
see: High quality bedding schemes Orchids, rainforest. |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Free | ||||||
| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
No Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
No Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: Band concerts and children's entertainment throughout August as part of "Botanics in Bloom" |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| Ornamental gardens with many first introductions into the UK Herb garden, vegetable garden Herbaceous borders and rock gardens Desert House and Tropical House |
English Heritage Garden Grade: | |||||
| National Collection: Rhododendrons | ||||||
| Description of Garden | Designer:
Lord Swansea |
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| The herbaceous border, planted in 1921, greets you warmly as you enter the garden. In the central rectangle, the display beds have collections of iris, dahlias, chrysanthemums, sweet peas, carnations, asters, delphiniums and penstemons. Other beds display high quality bedding schemes. The Japanese Bridge spans the waterfall and is surrounded by dwarf Japanese acers. The herb garden features many Mediterranean plants and the Rock garden is in the process of regeneration as many plants have outgrown their original sites. The garden feature collections of magnolias, camellias and an internationally famous collection of rhododendrons. There is also an Archery lawn, lily ponds, and a bog garden. | ||||||
| History of Garden | ||||||
| Veranda House was purchased by John Henry Vivian in 1847 for his son Henry Hussey Vivian and his wife Jessie. Sadly, Jessie died a year later after giving birth to their son and as a result Henry resolved not to live in the house, so by 1853 only the estate lodge remained, the principal part of Veranda House having been dismantled. The Singleton Estate amalgamated a dozen farms into its 250 acres and by 1851 the Walled garden had become the kitchen and flower garden serving the needs of the Vivian family. Henry Hussey Vivian lived in part of the estate, now called the Ornamental Gardens, and his wife Sarah, who was an enthusiastic gardener, was the driving force behind the plant collections. The County Borough Council purchased the estate in 1919 for use as a public park, at the instigation of Daniel Bliss who had trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and who from 1920 oversaw the transformation of the park and garden. | ||||||
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