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Garden Name: Bourton House Garden
Last Modified: 31/01/2011
Garden ID: 0138

pic: 0138_Bourton.jpg

Owner: Mr. and Mrs R. Quintus
Address:
Bourton-on-the-Hill
Moreton-in-Marsh

Postcode: GL56 9AE
County: Gloucestershire

tel: 01386 700754
fax: 
website: www.bourtonhouse.com
email: info {at} bourtonhouse.com

Features: 
Topiary (including knot garden and parterre), wide herbaceous borders, unusual shade house, water features.
HHA/ Christies Garden of the Year 2006

English Heritage Grade:
II

Opening Times:
Open to general public every Weds, Thurs, Friday from April to October (excluding Easter)
Groups may visit Monday to Friday from April to October. Advance booking essential.

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
April to October
Late summer

To see: 
All of interest
herbaceous borders

National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: Yes
Comments: Sunday 14th Aug

Parties / Coaches: Yes 
Comments: 

Viewing by Appointment: Yes
Comments: Advance booking necessary 

House Open for Viewing: No
Comments: 

Admission Prices:
Adult £6; Child under 16 free

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: No
Lunches: No
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: No
Dogs allowed: No
Only on Lead: No
Events: Yes

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


Designer: Monique Paice
Description of Garden:
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.




History: 
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.

Local Inns: 
Horse & Groom, Bourton-on-the-Hill
Fox & Hounds, Great Wolford

Accomodation: 
Rectory Farmhouse, Stow-on-the-Wold
The Old Bakery, Blockley

Restaurants: 
Churchill Arms, Paxton
Kings Head, Chipping Campden

Village/Town/Sightseeing: