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Waterperry Gardens tel: 01844 339226 Area: Oxford |
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| Visitor Information | www.waterperrygardens.co.uk -- email: events {at} waterperrygardens.co.uk |
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Waterperry Gardens |
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| Opening Days and Hours | ||||||
Mar - Oct; 7 days a week; 10am - 5.30pm. |
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| Parties
/ Coaches: Yes Must be booked in advance |
Groups
/ Coaches need Appointment: Yes |
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House
Open for Viewing: No |
National
Garden Scheme days: Yes 17th April - to see fritillaries 18th Sept for Michaelmas Daisies |
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Best
Times of Year to Visit: Mar - Oct |
To
see: Herbaceous |
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| Admission Prices | ||||||
| January 1st 2011 - February 11th 2011. All admissions £4.20 (under 16's free). Parties over 20 booked in advance £4.20 per person. February 12th 2011 to October 31st 2011. Adults £6.10. Concessions £4.80. Children aged 16 and under free. Party rate for groups of 20 or more booked in advance £4.70. November 1st 2011 to February 2012. Adults and concessions £4.30. Children aged 16 and under free. Party rate for groups of 20 or more booked in advance £4.2 |
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| Onsite Facilities | ||||||
| Parking:
Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes |
Shop:
Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes |
Teas:
Yes Light Refreshment: Yes Picnics: Yes |
Dogs
Allowed: No On Lead only: No Special Events: Yes |
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| Other
Facilities: No Picnics in garden. Dogs allowed in plant centre on lead but not allowed in the gardens Full programme of events - see own website |
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| Garden Features | ||||||
| 100 metre herbaceous border flowering May - Oct. Alpine Garden, Rose Garden, Waterlily canal, Formal Knot Garden and riverside walk. |
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| National Collection: Saxifraga, porophyllum group. | ||||||
| Description of Garden | Designer:
Beatrix Havergal and Mary Spiller |
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| This is an eight acre garden loved by plant enthusiasts for its large well-labelled plant collection. The gardens include one of the finest herbaceous borders in the country, flowering continuously from May to October. A Rose Garden, alpine gardens, island beds, water lily pond and a river walk complete the picture. A vast and fragrant citrus tree is to be found in the walled garden. | ||||||
| History of Garden | ||||||
| Waterperry House was first recorded in the Domesday Book and there would have always been a garden here to supply the house. When the house was extended in the 18th century, improvements were made to the gardens and these features can still be seen today, although unfortunately there are no records of the original garden plans. In 1932 Beatrix Hovergal moved her Garden School to Waterperry which proved to be highly successful and put the site on the gardening map. The horticultural methods and standards that she set have been maintained since her day. By the mid-70's the ornamental gardens were opened up to the public, and gradually went through a period of huge development, spearheaded by former Ladies Horticultural School student Miss Mary Spiller. |
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| Nearby Oxford Hotels, Facilities & Amenities | ||||||
| Hotels
& Accommodation: Bridge Hotel, Wheatley, Oxon |
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| Inns & Pubs: Clifden Arms, Worminghall George & Dragon, Chacombe |
Villages / Towns
/ Sightseeing: Oxford (8 miles) |
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