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Bide-a-Wee-Cottage tel: 01670 772238 Area: Northumberland |
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| Visitor Information | www.bideawee.co.uk -- email: info {at} bideawee.co.uk |
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Bide-a-Wee-Cottage |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
1st May - End of August; Wednesday and Saturday only; 1.30pm - 5pm |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes Group visits are very welcomed outside the regular opening times, although closed on Sundays |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: No Welcomed, but by appointment, though not on Sundays. |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes Sat 23 Apr (1.30-4.30); Sat 30 July (1.30-5) |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: Late June |
To
see: Himalayan lilies (Cardiocrinum giganteum) in flower |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| £2.50; child free Free to RHS members on production of card for regular opening times only Group visits for 20+ people - min. fee £90 |
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| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No |
Teas:
No Light Refreshment: No Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: No |
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| Other
Facilities: Guide dogs only. Partial access for the disabled. Doddington Farm Ice cream on sale |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| Nursery specialising in unusual perennials, ferns and grasses, all tried and tested in the garden. | English Heritage Garden Grade: | |||||
| National Collection: Centaurea | ||||||
| Description of Garden | Designer:
Mark Robson |
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| The garden is set within Northumberland countryside, on an exposed hillside above the Font Valley. The 2 acre garden features large drifts of unusual perennials, grasses and ferns, with the majority of the garden planted informally. Paths and steps meander through natural rock and dry stone walls. A pond and small stream form the focus of the quarry; the damp margins are planted with bog plants and primula. The cool humid atmosphere on the North bank of the quarry provides a home to Cardiocrinum, the Giant Himalayan Lily. The garden also features a large collection of Centaurea all distributed within the matrix of planting. Adjacent to the garden is a half-acre wild flower meadow that is also home to the beehives. As you enter the garden there is a small nursery selling plants that are propagated from tried and tested stock in the garden. The garden has been featured in television programmes including Gardeners' World, with major articles appearing in horticultural magazines, the Royal Horticultural Society Journal (Vol.120, part 7) and The Gardeners World Magazine. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| A developing project, originally created out of a small disused sandstone quarry 20 years ago . | ||||||
| Nearby Northumberland Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Pele Cottage, Wingates, Longhorsley The Haven, Rothbury |
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| Inns & Pubs: Beresford Arms, Whalton |
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  - Northumberland |
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