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3 Hortus Loci Hampshire, RG27 £85 Tuesday 21 April | 10am – 3pm Do you love the RHS Chelsea Flower on a behind the scenes tour of the beds Show? Do you want to learn more about and polytunnels. the behind the scenes work of the After lunch, designer Tom Massey will © Jonathan Myles-Lea © Jonathan Myles-Lea worlds greatest flower show? If so this talk about his highly anticipated Chelsea event is for you! garden for 2020, his choice of plants and The Laskett Gardens Snowdrop Event Nurserymen Mark Straver and Robin how his designs are progressing from Herefordshire, HR2 £150 Wallis will talk about how the plants are concept to nerve-racking completion. selected and grown before taking guests Thursday 27 February | 10am – 3pm Sir Roy Strong invites you to join him ‘Under Milk Wood’. Guests will also be alongside our Perennial Fellows for a treated to a rare snowdrop theatre display The Manor House Gardens rare and exclusive visit of his garden, followed by a hearty three course winter Buckinghamshire, HP27 £75 created with his late wife Dr Julia feast with wine in The Colonnade Court. Thursday 14 May | 10am – 2.30pm Trevelyan Oman, in the heart of winter. An exclusive snowdrop and Laskett It affords our guests the opportunity to themed gift bag will be given to all guests. Head Mark Thompson will give appreciate the garden’s structure with the a short introduction to the garden, before natural forms of the deciduous trees leaving guests to explore the late Lord against the formality of the hedging and and Lady Carrington’s creation. spectacular topiary. Discover the bursting with We will visit Julia’s Walk, featuring an peonies and delphiniums leading to a entirely new wild garden with a croquet lawn surrounded by mixed borders. meandering path flanked by lavish The north garden is dominated by an planting of the spring flowers she old yew tree, four ornamental ponds, loved – especially snowdrops which herbaceous borders and a two and a half with primulas, astilibe and hostas. she collected. acre . We will then make our way to a nearby Lady Emma Monson will give a short Guests can also visit the Lyde Garden,* eatery for lunch. talk about Galanthus Mrs. Macnamara syn. © Jonathan Myles-Lea sheltered by large wych elms and planted *Access via steps and board walks.

4 | Special events 2020 | 5 Combermere Abbey Hall Farm & Brightwater Gardens Cheshire, SY13 £80 Lincolnshire, DN21 & LN8 £80 Wednesday 20 May | 11am – 2.30pm Tuesday 2 June | 10.30am – 4.30pm We start our day at Hall Farm, where we in relation to the house and surrounding Explore part of the thousand acres of will be joined by owner and passionate landscape. The formal garden rooms rolling parkland, walled gardens and plantswoman Pam Tatam. The formal and are planted with peonies, shrub roses, ancient woodlands alongside spectacular informal areas make this a truly eclectic herbaceous perennials and seasonally Gothic architecture, enchanting garden with something different around planted pots. There is also a lavender walk waters and a breath taking Edwardian every corner. which will be in full bloom. Glasshouse. The three-acre garden includes stunning The contrasting naturalistic gardens with Head Gardener Natalie Angus will mixed borders, a sunken garden, pond a viewing deck, planted with rare trees guide us through The Walled Gardens and an intimate walled garden. From the overlooking a small lake and grass paths comprising of a secluded , bottom of the garden, we will follow the leading through prairie borders and areas Croquet Lawn and the world’s only fruit path to the medieval moat which is being of wildflowers make this garden a must see. tree maze of espalier apples and pears, turned into a wild garden. totalling half a mile in length. We will then make the short journey to The Geometric Garden creates a series Brightwater Gardens for a light lunch of ‘rooms’ on both sides of a central The winding paths, thick with plantings before we explore the series of formal espaliered hornbeam avenue. There is funnel visitors down to the tranquil mere, and naturalistic garden rooms within this a to enjoy, very much impressive at 145 acres and being the eight-acre estate. the Victorian plant collectors dream largest within an estate in the UK. and filled with majestic specimen trees After the tour, we will have a fantastic Owners Chris Neave and Jonathan planted in the era. lunch at the nearby Combermere Arms. Cartwright have developed the gardens

6 | Special events 2020 | 7 Canterbury Cathedral Gardens Canterbury, CT1 £80 Tuesday 9 June | 10am – 4pm Head Gardener Philip Oostenbrink will start our tour at the Precincts, home to the public walled Memorial Garden and the Herb Garden. We will then visit the private two-acre garden of the Deanery. The modern planting is complimented by the backdrop of ancient flint walls, a large and lawn surrounded by borders filled with perennials, exotics, mature trees and shrubs. The Archdeaconry

garden includes a Japanese Zen pit and © Philip Oostenbrink Sunken garden. * Due to parking restrictions around Canterbury, guests After the tour, we will enjoy a buffet will need to use the park and ride. Full details will be lunch in The Lodge. sent out ahead of the event. at Allt-y-bela Monmouthshire, NP15 £230 Torry Hill Kent, ME9 £80 Thursday 4 June | 9.45am – 5pm Tuesday 16 June | 10.30am – 2pm Create your own border design with the and architectural style of a place. Created by Lord and Lady Kingsdown, the the one and a half acre walled garden laid backdrop of Arne Maynard’s own garden. In the afternoon, you will work on your beautiful Torry Hill is formed around the out with climbing plants and shrubs that Head Gardener Dean Peckett and own border design, creating a mood remaining walls and paths of the former flower throughout the year in honour Creative Director Kristy Ramage will give board and planting plan for your chosen Victorian mansion house which was of Lord and Lady Kingsdown’s silver a tour of the gardens and talk you through area. Our day will finish with afternoon tea. demolished in 1937. wedding anniversary. some of Arne’s most iconic planting An absolute must for anyone with an We will tour the stunning bottom garden There is also a walled kitchen garden schemes and border combinations. interest in plants and garden design. with traditional herbaceous borders, a from where a veg-box scheme is run. This is a chance to ask questions about formal rose garden with 500 hybrid tea After exploring the gardens we will make how Arne has laid out the garden at and floribunda roses. We will then visit our way to a nearby restaurant for lunch. Allt-y-bela, considering the level changes, the underlying garden structure and the evolving planting choices for the different garden areas. Before lunch, you will have a chance to explore the house with a drink and canapés, to gain an understanding of the important links between the inside and outside spaces and how to draw out and bring together the landscape, location © William Collinson

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11 York Gate is truly inspirational due to its realistic size and garden rooms, Fullers Mill is a tranquil waterside full of exciting ideas to implement in your own garden. In Spring 2020 the retreat. It combines light dappled garden will reopen with a fabulous new cafe, gift shop and heritage centre. woodland with rare shrubs, perennials,

lilies and marginal plants, collected © Marcus Harpur over 50 years by the creator of the an RHS partner garden. Treat yourself garden, the late Bernard Tickner MBE. in The Bothy tea room and take a bit of The garden was awarded the Visit the garden home with you by England official seal of approval and is purchasing plants grown on site.

Become a Friend of Fullers Mill from £12 and get free entry to the garden on all public open days, invitations to private events, priority booking of our exclusive Special Events garden tours and regular garden updates.

West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 6HD Opening times: 1 April – 30 Sept 2020 | Wed & Fri 2pm – 5pm | Sun 11am – 5pm

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Through our new heritage centre you Our new larger cafe will be serving will wind through new garden rooms fabulous lunches and afternoon teas. in the one acre gem that was started in You can browse through our 1951 by the Spencer family. wonderful gift shop and take a bit of New for 2020 is an exotic garden York Gate home with you from our created with a remarkable collection new plant centre, propogating plants The Laskett’s four acre garden tells bequeathed to us including towering from the garden. the story of Sir Roy and his late wife tree ferns, Jurassic Tetrapanax and Additional parking has been added Dr Julia Trevelyan Oman’s marriage hardy bananas, plus many more. to help us welcome more visitors. and their creative lives through a series of garden rooms. The Wildflower Meadow is thriving We look forward to welcoming you and improving every year. to the garden in 2020. These include a rose garden, pleached lime avenue, fountains and statuary as Become a Friend of York Gate from £25 and get free entry to the garden for you well as a spectacular array of topiary, rich and a friend on all public open days, invitations to private events, priority booking herbaceous and prairie style borders and of our exclusive Special Events garden tours and regular garden updates. the Belvedere which affords a wonderful view across the gardens. © Jonathan Myles-Lea Back Church Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS16 8DW Garden open: 1 April – 1 November 2020 | Wed – Sun | 11am – 4.30pm Laskett Lane, Much Birch, Herefordshire HR2 8HZ Cafe open and gifts available all year from April 2020 | Wed – Sun The gardens are open to pre-booked groups on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 0113 2678 240 | yorkgate.org.uk | [email protected] 07513 124 947 | thelaskettgardens.co.uk | [email protected]

12 | Special events 2020 | 13 Woolton House Berkshire, RG20 £100 Tusmore Park Oxfordshire, OX27 £130 Friday 26 June | 11am – 3pm Thursday 25 June | 10am – 2.30pm Woolton House is a stunning Grade II A spectacular oak stands on an expansive Originally a 14th century park, yew balls contain perennials and listed 18th century country house. lawn beside the house. Beyond in the Tusmore Park is steeped in history. annuals for seasonal colour that In the four-acre garden, the current woodland, Sculptor Andy Goldsworthy Tusmore is a spectacular 52 acre cascade alongside the restored steps owners started with a completely clean has created a large mound in a clearing. private garden with an additional 22 and terraces. slate and sought the advice of the French This is a garden of great style, maintained with great care and gardened with acre private . Clipped balls and pyramids of yew lead designer Pascal Cribier, whose work enthusiasm and panache. Currently parts of the garden are the eye along the rectangular includes the Tuileries Garden in Paris. being redesigned by Tom Stuart-Smith reflection pools to the clipped beech Cribier designed the magnificent After your tour, a light lunch will be served. and three of the six phases have been avenue. There is a beautiful abundant contemporary potager in the walled completed. Perennial are thrilled to border full of ceanothus, cercus, garden. There is also a Chinese cutting have Head Gardener Paul Gough as astilbes, rose-covered pyramids and garden in hot colours. our tour guide for the day. bronze fennel. The sunken garden is The Rose garden, surrounding a cleverly full of herbaceous perennials that Guests will be able to enjoy the enlarged formal pool, is a collaboration include delphinium, salvia, aquilegia, , which were designed to between the Browns and Cribier. Aralias alchemilla and verbena. reflect the character and historic give height and structure and Rosa elements of the neo-Georgian house. After the tour, we will head to a chinensis ‘Sanguinea’, a hard-to-find sibling Formal planting of box hedging and nearby eatery for lunch. of ‘Mutabilis’, droops over the waters edge.

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For a suggested annual contribution of £2500* our Fellows receive: • Invitations to exclusive ‘money can’t buy’ Fellowship events. Our 2020 events include: © Michael Le Poer Trench Poer © Michael Le • A Lords Cricket Tour • An evening of music in a Notting Hill garden square Stavordale Priory Somerset, BA9 £145 • A private tour of The Yorkshire Arboretum with the Director John Grimshaw Thursday 2 July | 1pm – 5pm • Priority booking for our annual Special Events programme The day will start with lunch before we The vegetable garden is more a potager • Our bi-annual Perennial Fellowship newsletter and additional regular begin our tour. with fruit and flowers in the mix. communications about how your gift is changing lives Stavordale Priory has been the home of Michael’s birthday arboretum leads to • Complimentary access to York Gate and Fullers Mill for two people Sir Cameron Mackintosh and Michael the “Les Misérables” elephant and then Le Poer Trench Esq for over 25 years. It through a woodland grove to a series of was first built as a priory for Augustinian ponds and lakes surrounded by generous canons in the 13th century and was beds of moisture-loving primulas and iris. converted into a private residence in 1538. This is a garden of atmosphere and The gardens originally laid out by the great horticultural passion and recently previous owner and described by a garden enthusiast friend Georgia Langton have now been developed as incredibly romantic! and extended by Michael and his team. “Arts and Crafts” is an overused phrase, but if meaning a garden of outdoor rooms, topiary, stone walls and gorgeous “tapestry-style” planting it can apply to much of what we see at Stavordale. © Jonathan Myles-Lea

Beds overflow with richly coloured *A minimum payment of £500 secures the Fellowship benefits. You may purchase these benefits perennials with structure provided by separately without making any further donation. The balance of £2,000 is the suggested donation. tightly clipped box and topiary yews. Trench Poer © Michael Le

16 | Special events 2020 | 17 Scotland £545 15 – 17 July | Deposit £100, single supplement £110 Join us for a 3 day tour of some of the most iconic Scottish gardens, with exclusive access to The Beechgrove Garden and staying at the Aberdeen Douglas Hotel.

Cawdor Castle

Day 2 We take a journey through the most the oldest, dating back to the Renaissance spectacular countryside to Logie Steading. including a maze using 1200 holly plants. The gardens have been transformed over The was laid out in 1710 the years with trees and shrubs and the and contains a few of the original fruit trees dry stone walling and woodland allowed and clipped yew hedges. The steep Wild the introduction of unusual planting. Garden is set amongst the Big Wood trees. We will then make the journey to Cawdor To finish off the day, we will be treated Castle for a two-course lunch. The castle to a Whisky tasting... when in Scotland! has three very different gardens, each Gordon Castle with its own history. The Walled Garden is Day 3 Day 1 The day starts at the home of Scotland’s much loved TV programme, The Our first day will start with a delicious Beechgrove Garden. Head Gardener two-course lunch, before visiting the Mairi Rattray will guide us through the Walled Garden at Gordon Castle designed , productive veg plots, ponds by award-winning designer Arne Maynard. and specifically designed ornamental At almost eight acres in size it is one of areas. Not open to the public, this is a rare the oldest and largest kitchen gardens glimpse into a familiar garden. in Britain and has been lovingly restored We will then visit Douneside House for a to its former glory. Herbs, cut flowers, fine dining lunch with extensive views fruit and vegetables are grown within its across the Grampian Mountains before ancient walls. exploring the gardens. The 17 acre gardens We will then visit the beautiful woodland were first laid out by Lady MacRobert in the garden at Airdlin Croft which is attractive early 20th Century and include an to wildlife and horticulturally interesting. arboretum, arts and crafts terrace garden, Figs and peaches are produced and there walled garden, rock-pool gardens and more. is a fine collection of Hostas and seed- T&Cs: Deposit due 16/12/19. Balance due grown Rhododendrons. In a relatively 01/05/20. Travel not included to and from new section a shelterbelt is protecting Aberdeen, guests to arrange their own travel. Douneside Gardens plantings of Quercus and Aesculus. For full T&Cs, visit perennial.org.uk/scotland

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A Secret Garden West Sussex £85 Holme Pierrepont Hall Nottinghamshire, NG12 £65 Thursday 9 July | 10am – 2.30pm Thursday 3 September | 10.30am – 2pm

Spanning eight acres, the gardens have Traditional border plants rub shoulders Starting in The Garden, there is displays of wild tulips, daffodils, hellebores been beautifully restored by the renowned with roses and annuals to create both a a beautiful box which was laid out and aconites. garden designer Arne Maynard and the visually appealing and scented experience. in 1875, possibly by William Nesfield. The An apiary of bees can be found in the old current owners. Join Head Gardener At the garden’s heart is a one and a half rest of the garden comprises two rose beds orchard along with a cello housing Benjamin Pope as he leads you on a secret acre walled kitchen garden bursting with and several herbaceous borders with walls a honey bee colony. garden tour. inspiration for you to take away. covered with clematis, roses and wisteria. After our tour, we will depart to a nearby Both formal and informal spaces are woven After our tour, we will depart to a nearby The East Garden features a wildflower eatery for lunch. together with a mixture of topiary, hedges, eatery for lunch. meadow which is renowned for its dazzling ancient trees and old buildings.

Cotswold Wildlife Park Oxfordshire, OX18 £80 Friday 11 September | 5.30pm – 9pm

Join Head Gardener Tim Miles and discover 160 acres of integrated landscape, enclosures and gardens which are at their most spectacular in September. Learn about the unusual horticultural challenges faced and how plants are Tonbridge School Kent, TN9 £75 used to enhance the lives of over 260 species of exotic animals, push seasonal Monday 13 July | 10.30am – 2pm boundaries and create theatrical effects. Tonbridge School was founded in 1553 by Garden and The Garden of Remembrance. The Walled Garden boasts an array Sir Andrew Judde and occupies 150 acres. The borders are typically mixed with a of exotic planting including towering The gardens provide a stunning backdrop striking selection of mature trees, shrubs, bananas, cacti and succulents, as well to the 16th and 21st century buildings. bulbs and perennials, along with as a richly planted Tropical House. Head Gardener Stephen Harmer will manicured lawns. After a buffet dinner guests will be guide guests around the gardens including We will then enjoy lunch on the Skinners entertained by eminent garden designer the Front of , Smythe Library Library Garden lawn. James Alexander-Sinclair.

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