***************************************************************** * 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 *** Furzey Gardens 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: Furzey Gardens Last Modified: 08-03-2011 Garden ID: 0148 pic: 0148_FurzeyGdns.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: Mr Lucio De Feo (administrator) Address: School Lane Minstead Lyndhurst Postcode: SO43 7GL County: Hampshire tel: 02380 812464 fax: 023 80812297 website: www.furzey-gardens.org email: office //at// furzey-gardens.org English Heritage Grade: Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.furzey-gardens.org All year; daily except Christmas and Boxing day; 10am - 5pm (dusk in winter). Gallery open March - Oct. Best Times of Year to Visit: May To see: Azaleas and Rhododendrons National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: No Comments: Admission Prices: Adult £7; Child £4; Family (2A + 3C) £19.50 Groups of 10-20 discount of 10% Disabled visitor and helper free Annual membership available on site Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: No Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: No Other Facilities: Guide dogs only. Refreshments including cream teas are available in the large well-stocked Craft gallery which displays a wide range of arts & crafts. A good selection of plants are also available from the adjacent nursery shop run by the Minstead Training Project for young people who have learning disabilities. Features: Art & Craft Gallery and delightful informal and peaceful gardens. Designer: Hugh Dalrymple Description of Garden: Set in the heart of the New Forest at Minstead, these delightful, informal gardens were established in 1922 and offers extensive collections of azaleas and rhododendrons. There is a sensory garden, lake, heather garden and a host of Summer and Winter flowering shrubs and trees of botanical interest at all seasons. Younger visitors are entertained by the play log cabins but of more general is interest is the kitchen and original fireback and bread oven in the restored Forest Cottage which dates back to 1560. History: Local Inns: Trusty Servant, Minstead White Hart, Cadnam Accomodation: Bartley Lodge, Bartley Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: Minstead