***************************************************************** * 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 *** Tintinhull House 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: Tintinhull House Garden Last Modified: 19-01-2011 Garden ID: 0292 pic: 0292_Tintinhull.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: Farm Street Tintinhull Yeovil Postcode: BA22 9PZ County: Somerset tel: 01935 823289 fax: 01935 826357 website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-tintinhullgarden email: tintinhull //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-tintinhullgarden 12th Mar - 30th Oct, 11-5, Wed - Sun Closes at dusk, if earlier. Open BH Mons. Last admission 30mins before closing Best Times of Year to Visit: April to September To see: A good range of plants and design ideas for small gardens. National Collection: National Garden Scheme days: Yes Comments: Saturday 12th June Parties / Coaches: yes Comments: Viewing by Appointment: Yes Comments: House Open for Viewing: Yes Comments: One room only Admission Prices: Gift Aid Admission (Standard Admission prices in brackets) Garden: adult £6.20 (£5.55), child £3.05 (£2.75), family £15.45 (£13.85) Parking: Yes Lavatories: Yes Disabled Access: No 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: Picnics in car park. Weddings available. Partial access for the disabled. New for 2010: Woodland Walks Video cams in bird boxes. Features: Delightful formal garden; A tranquil oasis of small pools, secluded lawns and beautiful borders; Particularly fine azalea garden, fountain garden and kitchen garden Designer: Pyllis Reiss Description of Garden: A delightful 2 acre formal garden, created in the last century around a 17th century manor house. It has small pools, varied borders and secluded lawns that are all neatly enclosed within walls and clipped hedges. There is also an attractive kitchen garden. History: Phyllis Reiss from Hull designed and worked on these gardens from 1933 until her death in 1961. She left Tintinhull to the National Trust in 1953. In 1980 Penelope Hobhouse became tenant and for the next fourteen years continued to experiment and rejuvenate the garden. Local Inns: The Lamb Inn Accomodation: The Crown and Victoria Restaurants: Village/Town/Sightseeing: Tintinhull