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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: Saltram Last Modified: 18-01-2011 Garden ID: 0246 pic: 0246_Saltram.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: National Trust Address: Plympton Postcode: PL7 1UH County: Devon tel: 01752 333 500 fax: 01752 336 474 website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-saltram email: saltram //at// nationaltrust.org.uk English Heritage Grade: II* Opening Times: NOTE for 2012: Please check with garden owners or their website to confirm current dates open http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-saltram Park: All Year; daily; dawn - dusk Garden: 2nd Jan - 10th Mar; Sat - Thurs; 11am - 4pm 12th Mar - 30th Oct; daily; 11am - 5pm 31st Oct - 31st Dec; daily; 11am - 4pm Last admission to house 45 mins before closing. Garden closed 24-26 Dec. Best Times of Year to Visit: Spring To see: carpets of naturalised bulbs National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: Parties / Coaches: Yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: pre-booking House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: 20th Feb - 28th Feb; Sat & Sun 12noon - 4:30pm 13th Mar - 31st Oct; Sat - Thurs; 12noon - 4-30pm Admission Prices: Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets) House and garden: adult £10.10 (£9.10), child £5 (£4.50), family £25.10 (£22.80), family (1 adult) £15.10 (£13.70). Garden only: adult £5.20 (£4.70), child £2.90 (£2.50). Reduced rate when arriving by bicycle or public transport (on house ticket) Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: Yes Shop: Yes Plants for Sale: Yes Lunches: Yes Teas: Yes Refreshments: Yes Picnics: Yes Dogs allowed: No Only on Lead: No Events: Yes Other Facilities: Dogs only allowed in outer areas of park on lead. Park restaurant open 28th Mar - 28th Oct; daily; 11am-5pm. 29th Oct - 20th Feb '08; daily except Fri;11am -4pm Features: Magnificent Georgian house with opulent Robert Adam interiors, gardens, follies and landscaped parkland; Exquisite Georgian mansion in landscaped park; Film location for Sense and Sensibility; Varied, family-friendly; Arts and crafts gallery; Garden, riverside and woodland walks. Western Apartments are newly opened to visitors. Designer: Description of Garden: The original eighteenth century landscape of Saltram Garden has been overlaid with later influences of shrub borders and fine specimen trees planted in spacious lawns. Paths lead back and forth along parallel lines, each revealing a special plant or glimpse of building along its route. The Lime Avenue, which dates from the late nineteenth century, is under-planted with a succession of bulbs and wildflowers. Half-hardy shrubs such as Hoheria 'Glory of Amlwch', Acca sellowiana, Loquat and the Cinnamon Suede trunked myrtle grow amongst the glades. The Orangery is home to potted citrus trees during the winter months which are moved outside to the Orange Grove (behind the Chapel Gallery) in May. The Mediterranean flavour here is enhanced with Chusan Palm, yucca and Italian Cypress. Below the Orange Grove there is a recently replanted border designed by the late Graham Stuart Thomas, and adjacent to this an area of tender exotics. On the south side of the garden, beyond the Lime Avenue, is a new area, the "Serpentine Walk" with views out over the Parkland. Planting here is themed especially for winter interest and new wildflower areas will be developed in 2006. History: Built for John and Lady Catherine Parker in the 1740s, its panoramic views originally encompassed the estuary, the citadel, tiers of hills and the woods of Mount Edgcumbe but sadly these have been obscured by housing and bypass developments. The diarist Fanny Burney, who visited Saltram in 1789 as part of the entourage of George III, has a vantage point, Fanny's Bower, named after her. Local Inns: Accomodation: Restaurants: 'Chez Nous', Plymouth Village/Town/Sightseeing: Plymouth - Hoe, Barbican and National Maritime Aquarium