***************************************************************** * 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 *** Cranborne Manor Garden 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: Cranborne Manor Garden Last Modified: 20-01-2011 Garden ID: 0307 pic: 0307_Cranborne.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: Sandra Hewitt Address: Cranborne Wimborne Minster Postcode: BH21 5PP County: Dorset tel: 01725-517248 fax: 01725-517862 website: www.cranborne.co.uk email: English Heritage Grade: II* Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.cranborne.co.uk 1st Mar - 30th Sept; Wed only; 9am - 5pm. Last admission 4pm Estate Walks, car park open 9am - 5pm, Mon - Sat; 10am - 5pm; Sun & BHs Garden Centre: Mon - Sat; 9am - 5pm, Sun/BHs 10am - 5pm Best Times of Year to Visit: Spring and Summer To see: Spring bulbs and crab apple orchard. Herbaceous perennials. Old roses, clematis. National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: 1st Apr, 6th June Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: For Group Garden Visit enquiries please call 01725 517402 House Open for Viewing: No Comments: Admission Prices: Adult £5; Child £1; Over 60s £4.50. RHS members free with membership card. Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: No Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: No Other Facilities: Partial facilities for the disabled. Garden Centre Features: Designer: Mounten Jennings Description of Garden: The beautiful and historic gardens of yew hedges, walled, herb, mount and wild gardens originate in the 17th century. They were originally laid out by Mounten Jennings, with John Tradescant supplying many of the original plants. Springtime at Cranborne is particularly good with displays of spring bulbs and the crab apple orchard in the wild garden. History: The main walls and turret stairs date from King John and the Middle Ages; the richly carved porches and mullioned windows and oak stairs are Jacobean; the Classic West wing and balustraded terraces of the Walled North garden were built during the reign of Charles I. The South Court and Gatehouses were built by Robert Cecil about 1612. The rest of the garden with its lawns, roses and cut yews follow the original plans as laid out by John Tradescant, gardener to King James I and Robert Cecil, the Yew Allee and some of the hedges being of that date. Cranborne Manor has been almost continually lived in for well over 300 years, ever since it was acquired by the Cecil family in the early 17th Century. Local Inns: Fleur de Lys, Cranborne Sheaf of Arrows, Cranborne Rose & Thistle, Rockbourne Accomodation: La Fosse, Cranborne Alderholt Mill, Fordingbridge Fleur de Lys, Cranborne Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: