HUNGARTON COUNTRY GARDENS Saturday 10th June Sunday 11th June 2017 11am - 5pm
All Proceeds in aid of Hungarton Charities 2
Welcome to Hungarton Country Gardens 2017
We offer you a warm welcome to our open gardens weekend and hope you enjoy your time with us as much as we enjoy sharing our beautiful village with you.
The first open gardens was in 1988 and this is our 15th event.
You will find all our traditional stalls: Tombola, Pimms, Plants and Cakes as well as a variety of refreshments on offer (see the map - centre pages ).
We are pleased to welcome back a local celebrity in the garden at Old Cottage. Ady Dayman, from Radio Leicester’s Clueless and Gardeners’ Question Time, is here over the weekend to answer your gardening questions and judge the plant-pot sculptures displayed in some of our gardens. Make sure you pop in and see him.
We have some lovely craft stalls at Hope Farm, and wood carving at the Black Boy to take you the whole length of our village.
Open Gardens is a village effort and I would like to thank all those who have contributed. No matter how large or small, you have all made a difference and this wouldn’t happen without you.
The proceeds from the weekend are divided between Hungarton Charities for the upkeep of the Church, the Village Hall, Sports Court and Playground, and the Millennium Green.
Thank you for supporting us and we hope to see you again in 2019
Sam Mitchelson Open Gardens’ Chair
3 4 Our Historic Village Hungarton, according to Pevsner, is the ‘most complete’ example of eighteenth century estate building in Leicestershire, and it is this which gives the village its special character.
Although a settlement has existed here from Roman times, the majority of the historic buildings which you can see today date from when Shuckburgh Ashby of Quenby Hall rebuilt the village between 1765 and 1775. He built four farm houses, a parsonage, gatehouses on the entrances to the village, and cottages. They were all substantially built of local brick on marlstone plinths, mostly with date stones. You can see some beautiful brickwork on these old houses. Despite the scale of the rebuilding, the new houses were often built on the footprints of older buildings, retaining the pre eighteenth century village plan. The church dates from the 13th century and the school house is Victorian. Nearly all the properties are now in private hands. There are modern additions and new houses, but the historic style of the village is still evident.
COVER PHOTOS: Clockwise from the top: St John the Baptist Church Horses and sheep at Ashby House Farm A flower border at The Cottage Geese on a pond in the south of the parish Hungarton Main Street 5 6 7 8
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The garden of Old Cottage is host to BBC TV and Radio presenter, Ady Dayman. He is on hand to help with any gardening queries. Ady is a trained horticulturalist and garden designer and has won a medal at The Chelsea Flower Show. His presenting credits include Radio Leicester’s Clueless, and the gardening programme Down to Earth. Ady has also appeared in Gardeners’ World Live at the NEC along with Carol Klein and Joe Swift. Ady runs his own landscaping and gardening business, Ady Dayman Gardens. During these 2 days he will be judging the Plant Pot Sculpture Competition.
Contemporary glassware and design will also be showcased in the garden. Sally Beeston of Daisy Glass designs and handmakes fused glass products that range from small hangings to coasters, plates and other decorative and functional items. Sally has trained in Architectural Stained Glass and will be bringing examples of this work with her too. She works out of a studio at the bottom of her garden and sells her pieces through a range of galleries around the country; she also teaches fused glass to adults regularly at Wistow Art Gallery. Sally was recently selected as an exhibitor at Kirstie Allsopp’s Handmade Fair at Ragley near Coventry.
Old Cottage, originally two cottages, was built in 1772 by the own- ers of Quenby Hall and used to mark one of the entrances to the village. It served as a gate house along with the opposite cottage, The Hollies, the gates remaining in place until 1947.
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The Paddocks 2 Start and/or end your visit with a refreshing drink from the PIMM’S stall situated on one of the main lawns. Chilled non-alcoholic lemonade is also available.
The house dates from 1774 and has been extensively modernised. The well established gardens which featured in British Airways news magazine extend to nearly two acres and contain many fine trees, with a good collection of rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias. Well stocked borders surround the main lawn (which benefits from Green Thumb Lawn Services). Water features include an ornamental fish pond, a spring fed natural pond and a bog garden adjacent to the brook, which forms the bottom boundary of this sloping site. A variety of climbing plants can be seen around the garden. The main flower beds are covered by an automatic sprinkler system installed some years ago (H2O Irrigation Ltd now trading as Irrifence (Ltd). A new fern bed is being created near the main lawn.
Mostly hardy perennials & shrubs The Paddocks Main Street , Hungarton Just call in anytime throughout the year If the gates are open Or ring 259 5230 to check Helen’s in! PLANTS All sales aid Hungarton Charities
Helen’s Plant Stall, which is open throughout the early spring, summer and autumn, is situated on the front driveway, selling hardy perennials, shrubs, box plants, climbers and various plants for sunny and shady areas. Most of the varieties can be seen some- where in the garden.
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Shuckburgh Ashby built this cottage in 1769 as part of his model village. It is one of a pair of houses that formed a formal entrance to the village. It has a charming cottage garden with lawns, pretty borders, flowers and vegetables. The spring in the garden, at one time, provided drinking water to all the new post-war properties at Town End, via an electric pump and reservoirs. Mains water was laid to the village in 1955.
Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust have a display here
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The other half of the pair is Bluebell Cottage across the road from Sunnyside. It was originally its mirror image. The cottage was part of The Quenby Estate until 2014 .
HOMEMADE CAKES, JAMS & PRESERVES for sale here
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Hire Hungarton Village Hall 5 The Village Hall
Weddings, Parties, Charity Functions, Film Shows, Live Music, Talks In 1928, four local landowners were involved in the inauguration of the Village Hall. They represented the three Estates of the parish; Quenby, Baggrave and Ingarsby, and also the village itself. You can see the commemorative stones set into the wall outside. A few years ago, a collector in Minnesota USA sent us a commemorative mallet that had been used in the 1928 ceremony. He wanted it to go home!
Since 1928 the hall has been refurbished and updated many times, most recently in 2010. It is in regular use for village meetings and events as well as being let out for private functions.
REFRESHMENTS Well Equipped Professional Kitchen
Theatre Lighting HERE Disabled Access and Hearing Loop First Aid Kit Licensed Bar can be arranged Car Parking beside the hall and on the street Homemade sandwiches Per Day Per Half Day Per Hour Residents and Charities £60 £36 £10 Ploughman’s lunches Non-residents £90 £54 £15 Cream teas,
Commercial £120 £72 £20 Cakes
Capacity: Tea & coffee 90 for a sit down meal, 140 for a concert or dancing Soft drinks. Main Hall : 12m x 8m, Ante room: 5.5m x 4.5m, Kitchen: 4.5m x 2.7m
To book the hall, or for more details Call Richard Smith on 0116 259 5448 or Email [email protected]
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23 24 Playground & Sports Court Millennium Green 6a 6b Hungarton Millennium Green is one of only five or six in On your approach to the Millennium Green (6b) you pass through Leicestershire and Rutland, created as part of a national the village park, which contains the playground and sports court. scheme to mark the turn of the century. The project was sponsored The park provides a valuable amenity to Hungarton and the by the Countryside Agency and supported by local organisations, surrounding villages. including Hungarton Open Gardens.
Following a major fund raising project the old playground The project was started in equipment, which was over 26 years old, was replaced in 2016 February 1999 and the outcome with the new playground equipment you can see today. is a natural habitat created from what was a very boggy inaccessible area. A stream flows through the site and the nearby spinney helps to make a perfect natural environment, rich in plants and wildlife. A raised decking footway allows access and provides a safe refuge for birds and small animals. The ‘Green’ was planted with many native shrubs, trees and plants including oaks, marsh marigolds, foxgloves and reedmace, which not only enhance the area but also attract wildlife. More recently 100 English bluebells have been added, which are steadily increasing. The area Whilst significant grants were required, the project could not have has matured and requires very little upkeep leaving the varied commenced without the initial funds raised from previous open wildlife undisturbed. garden events. At the end of the boardwalk, a We hope you have time today to view the park and any families you can follow the path through with children will enjoy using the new equipment. the kissing gate which leads to the footpath at the end of Church Lane, creating a circular walk through the village.
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The Cottage was built around 1775. The original building consisted of two thatched cottages, each comprising one room upstairs and one room downstairs. A single storey lean-to at the side of the cottage, which once housed the local Post Office, was built over in the 1960’s to form a major extension. During the 1930’s the local carpenter and undertaker used the outbuildings as a workshop.
Spot the partridge family!
Tombola Stall just outside the Manor House. See if you can win a great prize!
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Vicary House was built as three cottages in 1772, but is now just one house. The name was changed from Woodbine Cottages in remembrance of a previous owner‘s son, John Vicary Fry, who drowned in Rutland Water. The lamp post, which is a feature of the front garden, is one of three designed around the turn of the 20th Century by W Banbury at the Municipal School of Art in Leicester. One of the other two was set up in Corah’s factory yard as a war memorial to the company’s workers who were killed in the Second World War. It now stands in St Margaret’s churchyard.
Bed & Breakfast Peter & Paula Taylor welcome you to Vicary House Main Street, Hungarton, Leicestershire LE7 9JR
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Old Cottage (page 9) 1 Ady Dayman from Radio Leicester, Daisy Glass HUNGARTON COUNTRY GARDENS The Paddocks (page 13) 2 Plants for sale, Pimm’s to Baggrave
Sunnyside Cottage (page 17) 1 3 Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust Display 16 15 Bluebell Cottage (page 17) to Leicester 4 Homemade cakes & preserves
Main Street The Village Hall (page 21) 14 5 Refreshments and toilets The Black Boy 13 Millennium Green (pages 24 & 25) 6 and Playground & Sports Court 12 7 The Cottage (page 29) 11
8 Vicary House (page 33) Colbaulk 8 9 9 The Old Farm (page 39) 7 Church Lane 10
St John the Baptist Church (page 43) 10 Barley Leas Floral displays on the theme ‘This Wonderful World’ 1 11 Meadow Haven (page 47) 2 3 CAR 4 12 Hope House (page 51)
Arts and Crafts Stalls PARK
13 Rose Cottage (page 55) 6 5 Village Hall 14 The Old Post House (page 59)
15 Swedish Cottage (page 63) Hot dogs & Burgers
Please keep your 16 The Black Boy (page 65) 17 Swedish House Wood carving Bric-a-brac, Ellie’s photographs
35 36 37 38 The Old Farm 9 Formerly known as Village Farm, these buildings were part of the reconstruction of Hungarton by Shuckburgh Ashby. The date stone is 1766. We believe that the bottom barn was originally the village laundry. The large fireplace is still there and the corner where the copper stood The buildings and yard formed a working farm until 1960 when the owners took ’Village Farm’ to the Beeby Road where they could have modern buildings suited to changing agricultural practices. We have converted the former coach house and stable to an annex and converted the farm yard to a secluded garden with many choice trees and shrubs to provide form and interest throughout the year. An old rose, probably Great Maiden Blush, and an apple tree survive from the farmyard days. There are plants in flower all through the year, most of them raised by us. There is fruit in abundance: a plum and fan-trained pears, apples, raspberries, loganberries, black, white and red currants, gooseberries, strawberries, figs and grapes. We grow vegetables and salads, with Grow boxes extending the season. We welcome you to enjoy the peace of our garden. Please feel free to sit and rest awhile.
39 40 41 42 St John the Baptist Church 10 This is a beautiful example
of a small medieval church ( 13th century) and is in regular use for worship. The interior of the church is in two parts; in the main congregation area are the Baggrave Pews. Here is the list of rectors which goes back to 1230. The other part consists of the Quenby Chapel. The clock was made by Gillett & Johnson and dates from 1891. The clock was refurbished in 2005 and fitted with an electric mechanism. There are three bells, Number One which chimes the hour is dated 1603 and it is thought the other two are earlier. The church was redecorated a few years ago and the boundary wall has been repointed and rebuilt in parts. We hope you will agree that this work has enhanced the beauty of the building and it windows.
FLORAL DISPLAYS
We have taken the theme of “This Wonderful World” for the floral decorations this time, depicting various countries and their traditions .
43 44 45 46 Meadow Haven 11 Meadow Haven was built in 1969 and has been the home of the current, 5th, occupiers since 1995.
This elongated bungalow and garden has in this time been considerably reinvented and renovated with the emphasis being on making both elements more productive and maintenance free.
However anyone making the effort to scale the drive up to and beyond the bungalow will be rewarded with access to several lawned and shrub filled areas and a vegetable patch and seating to enable them to enjoy what is possibly the best view in and over Hungarton.
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12 Hope House The garden at Hope House has evolved slowly over the past 24 years, but since 2014 we have made significant changes which have increased the capacity for vegetable growing. Formerly Hope Farm House, Hope
House was built in 1772 by the enlightened squire, Shuckburgh Ashby, as part of a model village for his tenant farmers. It was one of the last houses to be completed and is built in chequered Flemish bond brickwork.
The garages across the old farmyard were formerly cowsheds.
A variety of crafts are displayed here: Helen Collingwood Ceramics Number 8 Glass Emily Found a Thing The Doing Room And more...
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51 52 Mostly hardy perennials & shrubs The Paddocks Main Street , Hungarton Just call in anytime throughout the year If the gates are open PLANTS Or ring 259 5230 to check Helen’s in!
53 54 Rose Cottage 13 Rose Cottage was originally 2 cottages and a stable all fronting the road so has an unusually shaped garden. As you enter the garden by the gate in Chapel Yard you first come to the vegetable area which is devoted to growing potatoes, tomatoes, salads and herbs. This area is work in progress this year as we have had to have the conservatory replaced. You then pass through to our courtyard garden which gives us summer colour and an area in which we can entertain and relax. At the far end you climb a few steps to our third, a perennial garden which is a continual work in progress. By the front door of the cottage is an Ordnance Survey benchmark showing that we are 136 metres above sea level.
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This was the village Post Office and shop until 1971. Our garden is in two parts, a courtyard area and then through the stables to what is known locally as "the secret garden". It is predominantly a flower garden, but we have quite a productive fig tree, some raspberries and blueberries and a tiny greenhouse for tomatoes. Trying to fit a lot into a small space!
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61 62 Swedish Cottage At the 15 paddocks The Swedish Houses were pre-fabricated buildings imported from Sweden to help provide homes for a rapidly expanding population after the Second World War. They are timber framed and were built to a very high standard. Many were built in rural communities all over the British Isles, but few remain, having been demolished by the Local Authorities that erected them. Two survive in Hungarton.
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Why not treat yourself to a hot dog or burger from the BBQ while looking out over the beautiful local rolling countryside. (To 3pm on Saturday, 5pm on Sunday)
WITH MANY THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS
Nigel & Pat Bovingdon Kirby & West Dairy Ingarsby Leicester
Mr & Mrs Chauhan-Lad Mr M L Malhan Hungarton Park Hungarton Park
Costco, Thurmaston Mrs Pam Scott Baggrave Hall Pally & Ruby Hayre Hungarton Park Tesco Stores Hamilton Brian Henton & family Ingarsby Old Hall David & Laura Wilson DISCLAIMER: The publication of advertisements does not imply any endorsement by Hungarton Lowesby Hall Charities. Hungarton Charities cannot be held responsible for breach of copyright arising from Karen Holmes & family publication of artwork supplied. It is the advertiser’s responsibility to ensure conformity with the Hungarton Park relevant statutes
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Hungarton Charities The Black Boy Super 16 GRAND RAFFLE prizes Carry on to the top of the hill and reward Tickets £1 yourself with a refreshing pint. 1st: £100 Lawn Services Voucher GreenThumb, Billesdon OPENING HOURS THIS WEEKEND
2nd: Round of Golf 4 Ball 11th: £30 Voucher for Back Massage Bar: Saturday 11am—11pm GreenThumb, Billesdon Remy Beauty, Leicester Sunday 11am—5pm 3rd: £70 Hambleton Food Voucher 12th: Shampoo, Cut and Blow Dry J & M Allen, Quenby Hall Remy Hair Salon, Leicester Food served: Saturday 12 noon—2.30pm 4th: John Frieda Hair Products 13th: £36 Voucher Sunday 12 noon—4pm John Frieda, London George’s Hair Salon, Oadby 14th: Indian Head Massage 5th: The Black Boy Meal Voucher Kevin Deighnan will be demonstrating his M & R Thompson, Hungarton Chakra, Great Glen 15th: £25 Voucher WOOD CARVING skills here. 6th: £50 Lingerie & Swimwear Bennett’s of Evington Browns, Stoneygate 16th: £25 Voucher 7th: £35 Boboli Meal Voucher Parson’s Nurseries Across the road, you will find the Bric-a Brac Boboli Italian Restaurant, Kibworth 17th: Sports Massage stall and a display of Ellie Harris’s photographs 8th: £35 The Lighthouse Meal Bridge 4 Studio Voucher The Lighthouse Seafood Restaurant, 18th: Gym Session One-to-One Kibworth Bridge 4 Studio
9th: Jodie Aziz Silk Scarf 19th: Chiropody Treatment Goodbye! Janet Homan, Leicester Jodie Aziz, London We hope you’ve enjoyed your visit to our village. 10th: Willow Pheasant 20th: Rake and Hose Reel John Shone, Rutland Willows A S Mowers, Billesdon Hungarton Charities are: 21st: Wine and Biscuits Waitrose St John the Baptist Church, the Village Hall, the Playground and Sports Court, the Millenium Green Promoter : Cynthia McLauchlan Draw: Sunday 11 June 2017
We are very grateful for the generosity of the donors Thank you for supporting us of all the raffle prizes
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Many thanks to all those who have supported us by advertising
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