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Bourton House Garden tel: 01386 700754 Area: Gloucestershire |
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| Visitor Information | www.bourtonhouse.com -- email: info {at} bourtonhouse.com www.gloucestershiregardens.org/map.php |
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Bourton House Garden |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
Open to general public every Weds, Thurs, Friday from April to October (excluding Easter) |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes Advance booking necessary |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes Sunday 14th Aug |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: April to October Late summer |
To
see: All of interest herbaceous borders |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| Adult £6; Child under 16 free | ||||||
| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: No Lunches: No |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: No |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: Disabled access is limited to 60-70% of the garden. Tea/Coffee and home-made cakes available June - Sept in 16th century Tithe Barn Saturday 18th to Saturday 25th June in Tithe Barn Ann Blockley Exhibition: 'Experimental Flowers in Watercolour' and Book Launch NOTE: The garden will be open during this exhibition, including Sat/Sun Tues 26th July Charity Opening in aid of RNLI - Saving Lives at Sea |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| Topiary (including knot garden and parterre), wide herbaceous borders, unusual shade house, water features. HHA/ Christies Garden of the Year 2006 |
English Heritage Garden Grade: II | |||||
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| Description of Garden | Designer:
Monique Paice |
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| An award-winning intensively planted three-acre garden surrounding an 18th century Manor House and Grade I listed 16th century Tithe Barn. The garden features wide herbaceous borders with stunning plant, colour and texture combinations; imaginative topiary including a knot garden, parterre and topiary walk; water features include a raised Basket Pond from the Great Exhibition of 1851; a unique shade house with novel shade-loving plants and many creatively planted pots. The unusual, rare and exotic make this garden a plantsman's delight. HHA/Christie's 'Garden of the Year' 2006. |
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| History of Garden | ||||||
| The garden was created over a 20 year time frame by the former owners, Mr & Mrs R Paice. Under new ownership in 2010, It continues to evolve and develop in the care of long-serving Head Gardener Paul Nicholls and his assistant Jacky Rae. | ||||||
| Nearby Gloucestershire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Rectory Farmhouse, Stow-on-the-Wold The Old Bakery, Blockley |
Restaurants: Churchill Arms, Paxton Kings Head, Chipping Campden |
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| Inns & Pubs: Horse & Groom, Bourton-on-the-Hill Fox & Hounds, Great Wolford |
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  - Gloucestershire |
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