***************************************************************** * 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 *** Larmer Tree 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: Larmer Tree Gardens Last Modified: 26-01-2011 Garden ID: 0550 pic: 0550_Larmer.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: Address: Tollard Royal Nr. Farnham Postcode: SP5 5PY County: Wiltshire tel: 01725 516228 fax: 01725 516321 website: www.larmertreegardens.co.uk email: larmertree //at// rushmoreuk.com English Heritage Grade: II Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.larmertreegardens.co.uk 26th Mar - 30th Oct; Sun - Thurs; 11am - 4.30pm Closed July, 11th Aug & 24th Aug - 11th Sept: closed for the End of the Road Festival Best Times of Year to Visit: Mar - June To see: Flowering shrubs - Camelias, Rhododendrons, magnolias National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: No Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: For parties of 12+ with garden tour led by Head Gardener Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: By appointment only House Open for Viewing: No Comments: Admission Prices: Adult £3.75; Child £2.50; Over 60s £3; Family £12.50; Children under 5 free. NB. Extra charges may apply for event days. Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: No Plants for Sale: No Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: No Other Facilities: Lunches, Teas and Light Refreshments available on Suns & Bank Holidays. disabled visiting on Mon - Thurs, please phone ahead to ensure special facilities available. Features: Dell garden with ponds, Indian buildings, thatched buildings, Open air theatre, macaws & peacocks. Portrait Days - 18th Feb, 10th April and 10th October Portman Horse Trials - 6th/7th Apr Larmer Tree Festival - 14th July - 18th July End of the Road Musical Festival - 10th - 12th Sept Designer: Description of Garden: This Victorian Pleasure Garden was built to "enlighten and educate" by the well-known philanthropist, Augustus Henry Pitt-Rivers in 1880. The Dell Garden contains acid-loving plants, crinodendron, eucryphias, camillias, rhododendrons and hydrangeas. "Quarters" was originally built for picnicking, but now contains beautiful shrub beds with thatched arbors. The main lawn is surrounded by unusual buildings of Indian origin, plus an open-air theatre and a temple. History: General Pitt-Rivers inherited the Rushmore Estate in 1880 and created a Victorian "leisure park" consisting of a race course, a museum for his archaeological collection (now at Oxford), an art gallery, golf links and the Larmer Tree Gardens, as he called them. Today the Gardens are all that remain, although a new golf course has recently been created. The Larmer Tree once represented an ancient boundary between Dorset and Wiltshire and tradition states King John (1189-1216) hunted in this area many times and met with his huntsmen under the branches of the Larmer Tree. Local Inns: King John Inn, Tollard Royal, 01725 516207 Accomodation: See own website for list Restaurants: Rushmore Golf Course, open to non-members. Village/Town/Sightseeing: