***************************************************************** * Gardens-Guide.com * 250,000 UNIQUE VISITORS in 2011 * 2,000 garden pages viewed per day from March to September 2011 * * 1,000+ Page Views! - One-Quarter of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com * were EACH viewed more than 1,000 times in 2011. * * 500+ Page Views! - HALF of all gardens listed on Gardens-Guide.com were * EACH viewed more than 500 times in 2011. * ***************************************************************** *** UPDATE FORM *** Charts Edge 1) Please COPY the entire FORM BELOW 2) Make any changes in BRIGHT RED -OR- mark changed Section Headers with: *** 3) email the ENTIRE FORM UPDATED backto us: wd (at) armchair-travel (dot) com **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** *** also - SEARCH ENGINE BOOSTING for both YOU and Gardens-Guide.com *** If your webmaster could place a link from your own website directly to your page on Gardens-Guide.com, this will improve it's rankings in Google and other search engines. Please use the following format and info on your own site to link to your page in Gardens-Guide.com: at Gardens-Guide.com http://www.gardens-guide.com The premiere directory of open gardens in the UK and Ireland today Ask your friends and suppliers as well to link to your page in Gardens-Guide as well. Every link we get into your page helps rankings for both of us in search engines. **************************************************************** **************************************************************** **************************************************************** Garden Name: Charts Edge Last Modified: 26-01-2011 Garden ID: 0557 pic: 0557_ChartsEdge.jpg NOTE: If this says "missing", then please send us a picture for your page which is at least 1000 x 1000 pixels in size. Thanks! Owner: Sarah Bigwood Address: Hosey Hill Westerham Postcode: TN16 1PL County: Kent tel: 01959 565541 fax: 51.2582,0.0776 website: www.chartsedgegardens.co.uk email: info //at// chartsedgegardens.co.uk English Heritage Grade: Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.chartsedgegardens.co.uk 15th Apr - 18th Sept; every Fri & Sun; 2pm - 5pm Best Times of Year to Visit: To see: National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: 15th May; 2pm - 5pm 12th June; 2pm - 5pm 17th July; 2pm - 5pm Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: Yes, if outside normal opening times House Open for Viewing: No Comments: Admission Prices: Adult £4 Over 60s £3.50; Child free Private tours: £5 per head which includes tea and biscuits and a tour by the Head Gardener. Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: No Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No Teas: Yes Refreshments: No Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: Yes Only on Lead: Yes Events: No Other Facilities: Features: Rock gardens with over 150 varieties of plants. Sculpture trail. New rill garden and rainbow border. Featured on TV. Designer: Mrs. P. Bigwood Description of Garden: A 9-acre hillside garden which is still being restored. It has a large collection of rhododendrons, azaleas and magnolias with some fine specimen trees and, in its mixed borders, many rare plants. The majority of the plants are labelled. There is also a Victorian folly, a rock garden and water cascade, new rainbow borders and a rill to complete the picture. There are fine views from the garden over the North Downs. History: Originally Charts Edge was a Victorian House and garden in private ownership. In the 1970s it was sold to an equestrian family who neglected the garden, but it has been restored by the present owners since they bought it in 1989. Local Inns: Grasshopper, Westerham Accomodation: Kings Arms, Westerham Restaurants: Many in Westerham Village/Town/Sightseeing: Westerham Chartwell Squerryes Court Quebec House Emmetts Hever Castle Penshurst Knowle Chiddingstone Castle