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Stunning spring Herbaceous displays of borders of exotic rhododendrons, summer colour azaleas and Autumn splendour camellias and fabulous fungi

Exhibitions We politely ask that final numbers Our website is regularly updated with are confirmed to us 48 hours before details of forthcoming exhibitions held arrival date. in the Five Arrows Gallery, set within Pre-payment – Cheques should be our Gardens. made payable to Gardens How to Get to Exbury Ltd. Payment can be made by credit 20 minutes south of junction 2, M27 card by phoning the Group Bookings West. Take the A326 and follow the Administrator on 02380 891203. brown tourist signs to Payment on arrival – If payment is to & Steam Railway. Approximate be made on arrival, the Group Organiser driving times: – 30 or Coach Driver should approach our minutes, Bournemouth – 60 minutes, designated group entrance and pay for Oxford – 1 hour 30 minutes, all the gardens admissions. Pre-booked London – 2 hours. Steam Railway tickets will be available for collection at this point. Payment – Payment for group visits Date Exclusions – (only railway) - can be made in advance or on arrival. Groups cannot be booked during our Halloween event.

Group Organiser receives free entry into the Gardens and a free ride on the Exbury Steam Railway. Coach drivers are entitled to free entry into the Gardens, a train ride and a discount in Mr Eddy’s Tea Rooms.

How to find us Exbury’s beautiful woodland garden covers 200 acres and is a jewel in the Exbury Gardens, SO45 1AZ. A36 from M3 heart of the National Park. Created by Lionel de Rothschild Winchester Free Parking from London in 1919, Exbury is a spectacular gardens offering natural beauty Salisbury Only 20 minutes from and horticultural variety on the edge of the . This 2 3 Southampton M27 M27 junction 2 west earthly paradise offers a riot of colour in spring, an oasis 1 from of tranquillity in summer followed by a spectacular from Portsmouth Contact information show as the leaves change in autumn. Tel: 02380 891203 A31 Lyndhurst Email: [email protected] The New Forest Adult / Senior Child under 16 Railway Tickets Explore by Buggy Mr Eddy’s Tea Rooms AdmissionAdmission Must be accompanied Under 3 ride for free IndividualIndividual ticketstickets maymay be purchased onon arrival. arrival. Under 3 ride for free Tel: 02380 898737 by a paying adult See overleaf for Chartered Experience details website: www.exbury.co.uk £4.00 £5.00 Group prices* If booked in advance * allocation Chartered Buggy Registered Charity: Exbury Gardens Ltd. Registered Charity 801349 £9.00 £4.00 t 2018 £5.00 on a first-come £100.00 if purchased on arrival first-served basis We reserve the right to close the gardens due to bad weather without prior notice. T h e S o l e n Please call or check the website for details and updates.

*A group constitutes 15 or more paying adults and the ‘Group Concessionary Admission Prices’ to the Gardens are as above. Flowering Seasons Guided Tours perennials and grasses. The waiting times are likely on year at various times, serving a Exbury Chartered Buggy Guided tours are a maximum of journey includes a bridge, tunnel busy days. Buggies seat 12 selected range of refreshments £100 Jun-Oct. March – Daffodils, heathers, Service 25 people per guide. and our Dragonfly Pond. The passengers and places are subject to the weather. Your group will ride with one camellias, magnolias Steam Railway celebrated its allocated on a first-come, Meet & Greet £50 of our knowledgeable and 10th anniversary in 2011 with first-served basis. Tickets must Visiting Times friendly buggy chauffeurs April – Magnolias, A 30 minute introduction to the a visit from HRH The Prince of be purchased on arrival at the We recommend you allow a on a 45 minute trip around rhododendrons, primroses Gardens and their history, with Wales (following in his mother’s Gardens. minimum 2½ – 3 ½ hours to the gardens. Up to 12 a summary of current flowering footsteps) and The Duchess of May – Rhododendrons, explore the Gardens (but up passengers per tour and conditions. Usually taken with a Cornwall. Visit ‘The Dream that azaleas, bluebells, wisteria Catering at Exbury to 5-6 hours in the spring), gardens admission is gentle stroll towards Home Wood Became Steam’ walk-through Our catering team at Mr Eddy’s plus time to spend in the also required. June – Water Gardens, but can also take place on a exhibition in the Engine Shed. Tea Rooms would be delighted Tea Rooms and on the candelabra primulas, coach or – if previously arranged Trains depart Exbury Central Pre-booking essential and with the Exbury caterers – in Mr to discuss group lunch menus Steam Railway. subject to availability. Stewartias regularly from 12 noon*. Tickets for your party. Early morning Eddy’s Tea Rooms. can be ordered in advance at a Call: 023 8089 1203 July – Summer Lane tea/coffee and pastries, lunches Senior Guide Tour £80 discounted rate of £4.00, or can and afternoon cream teas may Garden (Railway), wild A 1½ - 2 hour historical tour be purchased on arrival at the flowers, Herbaceous beds all be pre-booked for your group. of the Gardens, recounting Gardens for £5.00. For menu and specific dietary August – Hydrangeas, stories and anecdotes of the de *During busy periods or on Special Event requirements please telephone eucryphias, shady riverside Rothschild family and visiting the days, timings may differ. Changes will be advertised at the Visitor Entrance. 02380 898737 or you can email walks, Herbaceous perennials best of the colour. Tour starts an enquiry to [email protected]. at the Visitor Entrance and can September – Herbaceous finish within the Gardens, at Access For All Additional catering at beds and exotic flowers in the the Steam Railway, Five Arrows Exbury Gardens is widely the Tennis Court Tea Sundial Garden. Hydrangeas Gallery or the Visitor Entrance. accessible, with the majority Garden will be open daily during the and early autumn colour Head Gardener Tour £100 of pathways on level ground. Wheelchairs are available free October - Autumn colour For the more specialist group, tours can focus by request on of charge on a first-come, of maples, sweet gums first-served basis. The buggy and dogwoods, nerines any aspect of the horticultural collection according to the and Steam Railway are good and National Collection of ways of seeing the Gardens Nyssa and Oxydendrum season – camellias, magnolias, rhododendrons, azaleas, summer with your feet up! The Steam November – Late autumn exotics or autumn colour. Lots of Railway has 4 wheelchair- colour and fabulous fungi advice and tips will be passed on. friendly carriages. Mr Eddy’s Sensory tours available. Tea Rooms is also accessible. Toilets and baby changing Tours last two hours. facilities are available. The Exbury Gardens Steam Railway Exbury Buggy Service The popular Exbury narrow Exbury’s scheduled chauffeur- gauge Steam Railway takes driven buggy trips are available visitors on a magical journey throughout the year to around the north-east corner transport visitors between of the Gardens and through points of interest in the the Summer Lane Garden Gardens. This service is planted with bulbs, herbaceous extremely popular and