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Garden Name: The Ham
Last Modified: 26/01/2005
Garden ID: 0500

pic: 0500_TheHam.jpg

Owner: Sir Simon Hornby
Address:
Wantage


Postcode: OX12 9JA
County: Oxford

tel: 01235 770222
fax: 01235 768763
website: 
email: 

Features: 
Arboretum, Walled garden, Water garden

English Heritage Grade:


Opening Times:
By appointment only

Best Times of Year to Visit: 
May-June
October

To see: 
Bulbs, Spring Blossom, Iris, Paeony, Roses
many flowering shrubs

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:
£5; No concessions.

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

Other Facilities:
Catering by pre-arrangement only.


Designer: Simon Hornby & Martin Lane Fox
Description of Garden:
The garden was started in 1990 and has been designed to have flower and colour from February to October, and is at its best in late May, June and October. It is a garden of great beauty throughout the Spring and Summer.

The Letcombe Brook running through the garden is a great feature showing off beds of astilbe, rodgersia, iris and many other water plants. The shrub beds contain a large collection of viburnums and many other shrubs of interest. The Walled Garden of just under one acre contains six separate rooms, each distinct in character. The great variety in the Walled Garden shows off herbaceous plants, roses and foliage plants to magnificent effect. 

This is a plantsman's garden of stunning beauty, as perhaps one might expect from such a well-known name in gardening circles (ex-President of the RHS).


History: 


Local Inns: 


Accomodation: 
Bear Hotel, Wantage

Restaurants: 
Crab, Vhieveley

Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Wantage