The Cottage Garden Society GARDENS TO VISIT 2011

ur thanks to all those members who have Oagreed to open their gardens to CGS visitors in 2011. This booklet opens with a list of Village Open Days. These are very enjoyable events, and a wonderful opportunity to see many gardens on one outing. Do support them if you can. The second part of this booklet lists members’ own gardens which are open, either on specific dates, or by arrangement. They appear under their respective counties.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: ● NGS stands for National Gardens Scheme. ●Unless an exact date and time is given for visiting, please always phone or write to make an appointment ahead of your visit. ● It has not been possible to include entrance fees for some entries. Please check first if you need to know before your visit. ● Where possible, owners have said whether disabled access is available. If you are at all concerned about access, please check before visiting, when telephoning for an appointment.

1 VILLAGE OPEN GARDEN DAYS 2011 SUNDAY APRIL 24TH & SUNDAY 29TH MAY 2-6pm, SUNDAY JUNE 19TH Otterton, Nr Budleigh Pereira Road, Harborne, Salterton, Devon Birmingham B17 9JN 10 gardens open in beautiful SUNDAY APRIL 24th 2-5pm Devon village on the River Otter. No 14 (Mike Fowler) and No Teas, plants galore and lunches 50 (Peg Peil, CGS) availble in the pub or the Mill SUNDAY JUNE 19TH 2-5pm cafe.Free parking and easy access. both the above and also No All enquiries Gill Barlow 48 (Rosemary Klem) and No Tel 01395 567440. 55 (Emma Davies and Martin Commander) SATURDAY 4TH JUNE 2011 No 14- wildlife friendly garden 2-6pm and SUNDAY 5TH with mature borders. JUNE 11-4.30pm, Rippingale, No 50- plantaholic's garden with Lincolnshire. many unusual plants for sale. We are celebrating our 21st No 48- tiered, sloping site with Anniversary of Village Open mature shrubs and large pond. Gardens. There will be approxi- No 55- sloping, graveled garden mately 10 gardens open in the with mixed planting and small village of Rippingale, pond. Lincolnshire. The village is 4.5 Tel 07905-892831 evenings. miles north of Bourne on the A15 road and will be signed at SUNDAY 29TH MAY 12 - the Rippingale / Kirby 5pm, Bretherton, Nr Leyland, Underwood crossroads. Contact Lancashire, PR26 9AN Chris Bladon Tel 01778 440499 Four gardens, incl two CGS or by email: members, open for NGS. Plants [email protected]. for sale at Jacqueline Iddon’s nursery. Teas, sculpture and floral SUNDAY 5TH JUNE 1-6 pm art demonstrations, live music, and SUNDAY 17TH JULY, garden produce for sale. Tel Kris 1-6pm Newnham Open Jolley 01772 600896 Gardens, Newnham, Nr Faversham, Kent 2 Newnham is a small village in the Bawtry and Gainsborough. Kent North Downs, an AONB, Contact Hugo Dunkley about 4 miles from Faversham Tel 01777 816003 and 5 miles from Lenham, [email protected] accessible from the M2/A2 and M20/A20. (Use postcode ME9 SATURDAY 11TH JUNE & 0LQ for satnav.) SUNDAY 12TH JUNE The popular and successful 10:30am-5:30pm Newnham Open Gardens Stogumber, near Williton, comprises between 12 and 15 Taunton, Somerset will be gardens being opened on each of opening its gardens for the 29th the 2 days; Pimms and successive year as follows. Ploughman's lunches (James The village is to the west of the Pimm was born in the village); A358, 3 miles S of Williton. afternoon teas; plant sale in June, Admission provisionally £5 produce in July; bell-ringing; and (covers both days). something for the children. Free There will be plant & cake stalls, parking. Entrance £4 for adults wonderful home-cooked food with accompanied children free. available all day. Tel 01795 890537 or, nearer the Come and enjoy 12 or more time, www.twokentvillages.org interesting gardens, meet the gardeners & explore the village. SUNDAY 5TH JUNE 2pm- Proceeds shared by St.Mary's 5pm Barwell Open Gardens, Church, Stogumber; Somerset Leics Hospice & The Childrens 8 gardens to view. Entrance Hospice South-West. £2.50. Programmes, teas, stalls at Tel: Brenda Wilson 01984 the Village Hall, High St., 656413. Barwell. Contact Margaret Pickering Tel 01455 843007 SUNDAY 19TH JUNE 2pm - 6pm, Kelsall Village Open SUNDAY 5TH JUNE 12 noon- Gardens Day 5pm, Gringley Garden Programmes, costing £4 per Festival adult, children free, are Around 8 open gardens in obtainable from The Morris Gringley-on-the-Hill, North Dancer pub car park on Chester Nottinghamshire Road.(CW6 0RS) The village is located beside the The village is just off the A54, A161, approx mid-way between seven miles east of Chester, 3 situated on the south side of the and the refreshments) cost £5 Sandstone Trail. Some eight and can be purchased from an gardens will open having a variety open garden on the day or in of terrain, including walled, advance from Roger Pike, Bryn terraced and sloping areas. Heulog, Talley, Llandeilo, SA19 Further details from Jane Beattie, 7YH, Tel 01558 685741 or e-mail Rushleigh House, Chester Road, [email protected]. Full Kelsall CW6 ORT. Tel 01829 details can be found on the village 751032 or from Jenny Talks Tel website www.talyllychau.org.uk 01829 759470. SATURDAY 18TH & SUNDAY SATURDAY 11TH and 19TH JUNE, 11am-5pm daily. SUNDAY 12TH JUNE, 11-4 Eardisland, near Leominster, pm Hacconby Open Garden Herefordshire Weekend, Bourne, Lincs. The annual and very popular Some of the best Lincolnshire Eardisland Open Gardens gardens open to the public, 3 Weekend is an opportunity to visit CGS members. Unusual plants, about a dozen gardens ranging teas. 3 miles North of Bourne, from large formal ones to small East of the A15. Contact Cliff cottage gardens in the beautiful Curtis, 01778 570314. award-winning riverside village of Eardisland. Day-long SATURDAY, 11TH JUNE refreshments are provided, 10.00am-4.30pm Talley together with disabled facilities. Village Gardens. In 2011 this will be in aid of the Several private gardens in the village church. village will be open for visitors to DIRECTIONS: Eardisland lies 5 see the wide range of gardens miles west of Leominster and the and gardening skills present in event will be well signed. this quiet rural setting. Talley is a WEBSITE: the village site is small village in Carmarthenshire www.eardisland.org.uk on the B4302, just 7 miles north CGS contact: Serena Askew, of Llandeilo. Visitors should enter 01544 388637 or serena.askew postcode SA19 7YP into their @btconnect.com. satnav for the centre of the village. A single ticket will permit entry into all the open gardens. Tickets (including a map showing the locations of the open gardens 4 SUNDAY 19TH JUNE 12-5pm, SUNDAY 10TH JULY 1pm - Bretherton, Nr Leyland, 5pm Emsworth Open Lancashire, PR26 9AN Gardens, 23 New Brighton Three gardens, incl two CGS Road, Emsworth , members, open for NGS. Plants Hampshire PO10 7PR for sale at Jacqueline Iddon’s Open for NGS. nursery. Teas, sculpture and floral Long, narrow densely planted art demonstrations, live music. cottage garden developed over Tel Kris Jolley 01772 600896. the last 6 years by CGS member. Open together with another local SUNDAY 19TH JUNE 10-5pm, garden. Plant sales. Teas, cakes Starston Village Open and cream teas. Emsworth is a Gardens Day. Starston delightful fishing village with Village, Norfolk many pubs and restaurants and Approximately 20 gardens of additional interests to make for an various style and size, in this excellent day out. picturesque village near Harleston on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. SUNDAY 17TH JULY 12-5pm Refreshments, lunches and teas. & SUNDAY 4TH Plant sales. Website: SEPTEMBER 12-5pm, www.starstonvillage.co.uk Bretherton, Nr Leyland, CGS contact: John Formston - Lancashire, PR26 9AN email [email protected] Four gardens, incl two CGS Tel. 01379 853042. members, open for NGS. Plants for sale at Jacqueline Iddon’s SUNDAY 19TH JUNE 2-6pm. nursery. Teas, sculpture and floral Buckland village, art demonstrations, live music, Oxfordshire garden produce for sale. Tel Kris Approx. 12 house, cottage and Jolley 01772 600896. school gardens open. Teas in village hall. Plant sales. DIRECTIONS Just off A420 Swindon to Oxford road, 4 miles east of Faringdon. Contact Cliff Moon, Woodbine Cottage, Buckland, SN7 8RB, tel 01367 870288, email [email protected]

5 MEMBERS GARDENS TO VISIT BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CHESHIRE Old Thatch Gardens, Yew Tree House, Hall Lane, Coldmoorholme Lane, Hankelow, Crewe CW3 0JB Bourne End, Bucks SL8 5PS (Janet & Martin Blow) Tel (Jacky and David Hawthorne) 01270 811443 / 0771 699 0695. Tel 01628 527518 Email: [email protected] [email protected] WEBSITE: www.jacky- WEBSITE: hawthorne.co.uk www.specialperennials.com DIRECTIONS:11 miles west of DIRECTIONS: Off A529 Bourne End, 3 miles east of between Nantwich (5 miles) and Marlow. Off A4155 thatched Audlem (1 mile). Ample parking house on left just before public alongside track across village house. Public car park 100 yds on green. Walk to rear of green and towards River Thames. turn left. Follow HALL LANE for OPENING TIMES: 14th May - 100 yards, we are last entrance 31st August 2011. Saturdays, on right. Sundays and Wednesdays. OPENING TIMES: Open for Recognised internationally as a the NGS 1pm - 5pm on garden of exceptional design and July 2nd, 3rd, 16th, 17th, 23rd planting, Old Thatch Gardens 24th have been awarded a star in The August 6th, 7th, 13th, 14th Good Gardens Guide and are September 3rd, 11th featured in the Most Amazing (£2.50 to NGS) Gardens in Britain and Ireland. Helenium Collection open days Formal, contemporary and (1pm - 5pm) August 20th, 21st naturalistic, the gardens are alive (£2.50 to maintain collection) with the sights and sounds of Free guided tours of collection wildlife. Delicious homemade available. cakes in the old stables tea room. CGS members welcome by 6 appointment at other times. directions. Groups welcome - garden talks, A cottage garden with large tours and teas available for group collection of hardy geraniums, visits. Plant Heritage National Small Plantman's garden with Collection of Geranium Phaeum attached nursery. Featuring group, with many other plants eg. cottage style beds and borders. Crocosmia, Schizostylus and Primula, National Collection of Helenium all growing in heavy clay soil. (best times July - Sept), Day Lily Also Galanthus in season. (100+ varieties, best times June - Teas available by arrangement. July), Border Phlox, Centaurea Plants for sale, nursery attached. (National Collection applied for) Sorry, no disabled access. and Geum. Terrific variety of plants and always something of interest. Plants for sale from our CORNWALL nursery. Full catalogue online or Hidden Valley Gardens, SSAE to our address. Find us in Treesmill, Nr Par Cornwall the RHS Plant Finder under PL24 2TU (Tricia Howard) code MSPE. Tel 01208873225 Email: hiddenvalleygardens@yahoo. co.uk Website: CUMBRIA www.hiddenvalleygardens.co.uk 1 Sycamore Close, OPENING TIMES: Thursdays Whitehaven CA28 6LE. (Mrs to Mondays, March 20th to Jean Purkiss) Tel 01946 October 15th, 10am - 6pm. 695831. Email: DIRECTIONS: From A390 [email protected] between St Austell and WEBSITE: www.cottagegarden- Lostwithiel, turn onto the B3269 plants.com towards Fowey, then right after OPENING TIMES: Open by 200 yards following the signs. appointment and on specific days An intimate award winning four- advertised in local press and on acre garden and specialist plant local radio. CGS members nursery, nestled in a secluded welcome any time by hidden valley. The garden has appointment. Please telephone many themes including a first. Please telephone for Mediterranean area, colourful 7 herbaceous and cottage garden My garden is open as part of beds, a ‘hot’ border, pond garden, Bridgerule Open Gardens (total Japanese area and an iris garden, of 8 gardens in and around the plus potager, Fairy Well, and village of Bridgerule) to raise fernery. money for the Devon and Cornwall Air Ambulance. Lunches and cream teas, cakes DERBYSHIRE and raffle. 25 Ashby Road, Kegworth, Derbys, DE74 2DH. (Richard Little Ash Bungalow, Fenny Woods) Tel 01509 674732 or Bridges, Honiton, Devon Email: liliesandchillies@ EX14 3BL. (Helen Brown) btinternet.com. [email protected] Open June 5th 11am-5pm for Tel 01404 850941 NGS. Small admission charge, OPENING TIMES: Sundays 5 plants & refreshments available. June, 21 Aug (1.30-5.30pm). Plantswoman's one and a half acre garden packed with different DEVON and unusual perennials, shrubs, The Bridge Mill, Bridgerule, bamboos and trees. Designed for Holsworthy, Devon EX22 year-round interest, wildlife and 7EL. (Rosie Beat) Email: owner’s pleasure. Inspirational [email protected] colour-coordinated mixed long Tel 01288 381341 borders provide interest Large self sufficient veg garden, throughout late spring, summer cottage garden, herb and dye and autumn. Glorious view plant garden, new woodland towards River Otter and East /water garden by the mill (on- Hill. Natural stream and damp going). 16 acre smallholding with woodland area, with wildlife Culm grassland and rare plants. meadows and gravel/alpine The mill is close to the centre of garden. Teas. Bridgerule village - directions and DIRECTIONS: 3m W of map on the website Honiton. Leave A30 at Iron www.thebridgemill.org.uk Bridge from Honiton 1m, OPENING TIMES: Sunday 19th Patteson's Cross from Exeter June 2011, 10.30am - 5pm 1/2m and follow NGS signs. 8 ESSEX shrubs, herbaceous and mixed Malt Cottage, Lamb Corner, planting. Areas of shade and full Ardleigh Road, Dedham, sun, fruit and vegetables, small Colchester CO7 6EE (Alex pond and greenhouses. Pankhurst) Tel 01206 322203. Something to see at most times of DIRECTIONS: Halfway the year. Plants usually for sale. between Dedham and Ardleigh Sorry, no disabled access. on the B1029, near the junction CGS welcome at most times - with Birchwood Road please telephone first (leading to the A12). OPENING TIMES: CGS members welcome any time by HAMPSHIRE appointment. Please phone first. 35,Warsash Rd, Warsash, Medium sized, partially walled Southampton, SO31 9HW. garden on gravel soil. Borders, (Micheal and Felicity Cory) raised beds, unusual plants, [email protected]. Tel especially sun-loving. Some 01489 572554. colour theming, cottagey style. OPENING TIMES: Sunday June Latest project is a large gravel 12th 2pm-6pm. Open for the garden which looks good even in British Red Cross. Front and back the usual droughty late summer. gardens, plus veg patch. Tea, Limited disabled access. coffee and homemade cakes. Entry £2, children free. Dogs on leads please. Visits at other times GLOUCESTERSHIRE by appointment. Roselea, Woolaston DIRECTIONS: From A27 turn Common, Lydney, GL15 6NT off Barnes Lane, Sarisbury (Mrs Joan Storrar) Tel 01594 Green or Brook Lane, Park Gate. 528160 At roundabout by Clock Tower DIRECTIONS: Gloucestershire, in village turn left for Titchfield Forest of Dean. A48 Gloucester and in 200yds we are just past the 28m, Chepstow 6 miles. Half a Victory Hall, next to a dentist's mile off A48. surgery. OPENING TIMES: Open most of the time. Charity box. Half-acre cottage garden. Trees, 9 HEREFORDSHIRE Weobley. Bachefield House, OPENING TIMES: Sunday 1st Kimbolton, Leominster HR6 & Monday 2nd May 2-5pm. OEP (Jim and Rowena Gale) One third of an acre evolving Tel 01568 615855. since 2007. Mixed planting of Charming traditional cottage- ornamental trees, shrubs, roses, style garden of 1 acre. On a perennials and spring bulbs for gentle hill slope, the beds and year round colour and interest.. borders bulge with beautiful Fruit trees, soft fruit, vegetables blooms and foliage. Particular and herbs providing near self- emphasis on roses, peonies and sufficiency. irises. Part-walled kitchen garden, All proceeds to Midland Air gravel beds, pond and Ambulance. summerhouse with fine views. Plants for sale.Teas and cakes. Adm. £3.50, children free. Restricted disabled access. DIRECTIONS: 3 miles E of Leominster. Take A4112 off A49, after 10 yds 1st R (signed LANCASHIRE Hamnish), 1st L (signed Southlands, 12 Sandy Lane, Grantsfield), over crossroads Stretford, Manchester, M32 (signed Bache), continue for 1 9DA, Lancashire. (Maureen mile, garden on R (past rd to Sawyer) Email: Gorsty Hill). [email protected] OPENING TIMES: Open for Tel 0161 283 9425 Web site: NGS Suns June 5 & Aug 14 (2- www.southlands12.com 5.30). Visitors welcome by DIRECTIONS: 3m South of appointment June-August. No Manchester Sandy Lane ( B5213) coaches; no dogs. Home made is situated off A5181 (A56) 1/4 teas. Plants for sale. mile from M60 Junction 7 OPENING TIMES:Open for the West View, King’s Pyon, HR4 NGS Saturday 9th July & Sunday 8PS (George and June 10th July 1pm - 6pm. Lukins) Tel 01432 830287 Artists’ south facing garden DIRECTIONS: In centre of unfolding into series of beautiful King’s Pyon. Hamlet 7 miles SW garden ‘rooms’, including of Leominster, 3 m E of Mediterranean garden, organic 10 kitchen garden and ‘woodland’ June12th, Sunday, 1pm - 5pm. garden. Private visits welcome by Extensive herbaceous borders, appointment. large glasshouse, 2 ponds and Two very diverse gardens. water feature. Live Jazz. 79 Crabtree Lane is a 3/4 acre Exhibition of Art derived from year round garden comprising the garden. Refreshments. many established and contrasting Featured in Gardens Monthly hidden areas. Colour themed 2010 and Manchester Evening herbaceous beds recently News 2010. replanted, rose garden, fish pond Open for private visits June 1st to and wild life pond, large rockery, the end of August. pergola covered by wisteria. Spring and woodland garden, Crabtree Lane Gardens, alpine garden and late summer 79 & 81 Crabtree Lane, hot bed. A derelict dry stone Burscough, Ormskirk, bothy and a recently completed Lancashire L40 0RW. slate roofed stone potting shed (Peter & Sandra Curl) Email: with an exotic garden surrounded [email protected]. by stone walls. Tel 01704 893713 81 Crabtree Lane has water Website: features, old fashioned rockery, http://www.ngs.org.uk/garde vine covered pergola, trompe ns/gardenfinder/garden.aspx l’oeils. Central gazebo with ?id=18296 climbers. Herbaceous plants. DIRECTIONS: 3 miles NE of Arches with clematis and roses. Ormskirk. Follow A59 Preston - Liverpool Rd to Burscough. Hazel Cottage, 6 South View, From N before 1st bridge turn R Bretherton, Leyland, PR26 into Redcat Lane - brown sign 9AN. (Kristin and John Jolley) Martin Mere. From S pass Tel 01772 600896 through village over 2nd bridge DIRECTIONS: Between then L into Redcat Lane, after Southport and Preston, from A59 3/4 m turn L into Crabtree take B5247 towards Chorley for Lane. 1.5 miles. Garden signposted off OPENING TIMES: May 15th, B5247 (South Road). Sunday, 1pm - 5pm OPENING TIMES: Sundays 11 29th May, 19th June, 17th July, integrated range of habitats 4th September 12-5pm for NGS. showing the finest plants for Other times visitors welcome by every situation, from moist shade appointment. One third of an to well-drained sun. Sculpture acre Victorian subsistence plot, gallery. Demonstrations of wood developed to encompass a series carving and flower arranging, live of themed spaces packed with music on NGS days. Home-made plants to engage the senses and teas on all regular and charity the mind. Home-made teas on open days. Hardy plant nursery NGS days. Limited disabled attached. Disabled access. Please access. CGS members welcome telephone or visit website for by appointment any time but group visit information. please telephone first. Wedgwood Garden, Hazelwood, North Road, Wedgwood Shore Road, Bretherton, Leyland, PR26 Hesketh Bank, Preston, 9AY. (Jacqueline Iddon & Lancs PR4 6XP Thompson Dagnall) www.wedgwoodgarden.com Jacqueline Iddon Hardy (Susan & Denis Watson) Plants 01772 601433, Email: www.jacquelineiddonhardy- [email protected] plants.co.uk Tel 01772 816509 DIRECTIONS: Between DIRECTIONS: Southport and Preston, from A59 From Southport, approx 1/2 mile take B5247 towards Chorley for 1 on right after Hundred End mile. Bear left onto B5248 (North junction. Road). Garden is first entrance From Tarleton drive 2 1/2 miles on right. down Hesketh Lane & Station OPENING TIMES: Sundays Road, turn left onto Shore Road 29th May, 19th June, 17th July, and garden is 2 miles on left. 4th September, 12-5pm for NGS. Yellow NGS posters in hedges. Also every Wednesday from 25th Use post code on Google Earth May to 3rd August, 1pm-5pm. or satnavs. One and a half acre garden and OPENING TIMES: hardy plant nursery set in mature Garden open with NGS on orchard, has a beautifully Saturday & Sunday 25th & 26th 12 June, 10am to 5pm. Website: http://marigold- Open by appointment during cottage.webs.com June & July, please telephone, OPENING TIMES: email or write. From 11am-4pm Admission £3. Children free. Entrance £3.00 Refreshments. Plant sales by Sunday May 1st NGS Chelsea FS exhibitor. Sunday May 15th St Andrews A one acre country garden one Hospice mile from the Ribble estuary. Sunday May 29th Lifeboats Diverse themed areas include a *Saturday June 25th NGS planted gravel garden with pots, *Sunday July 17th St Barnabas formal pond, secluded small lawn Hospice area, larger lawn area, Sunday September 11th NGS surrounded by extensive *Four Sutton-on-Sea Open herbaceous borders in sun or Gardens these dates. shade, with mature trees. 50 foot Other times - CGS members any square glasshouse with figs, time by appointment. Individuals tomatoes and recreational area, and groups welcome. Please with an adjacent secluded patio telephone first. leading to a 90 foot square This seaside plantswoman’s parterre with nine single colour garden has doubled in size with themed beds linked by rustic bark the acquisition of adjacent land. paths, archways and pergolas and New vegetable plot, greenhouse, in the centre a rose covered summerhouse, gravel garden and gazebo. Then onto to a wild raised beds providing more flower meadow containing a planting and design opportu- variety of fruit trees. nities. Oriental influence from years spent in the Far East. Home-made teas. Plants for sale. LINCOLNSHIRE Wheelchair access. Dogs on leads Marigold Cottage Garden 77 Church Lane, 21 Chapel Street, Hacconby, Sutton-on-Sea LN12 2NP Bourne, Lincs. (Cliff Curtis) (Stephanie Lee) Tel 01507 Tel 01778 570314 442151 Email: Cottage style garden overflowing [email protected] with plants for all seasons. Large 13 collection of snowdrops and ‘Sharane’ Lynn Road, West spring bulbs, asters for late Rudham, King's Lynn, season. Open any time, please Norfolk PE31 8RW. (Michael telephone first. and Eileen Barratt) Tel 01485 528576 OPENING TIMES: Open for NORFOLK NGS on 24 July, 11am - 5 pm. Hill Cottage, School Road, A plantsman’s cottage garden Edingthorpe, North featuring a collection of 161 Walsham, NR28 9SY (Shirley daylilies and borders packed with Gilbert) Tel 01692 403519 perennials, hostas and ferns in Email: Shirley@ 1/3 of an acre. We will be flandershouse.demon.co.uk serving teas and cake. Plants for DIRECTIONS: North Norfolk, sale. Signed for parking on the 3 miles NE of North Walsham day off B1150. OPENING TIMES: Open all year, best in May and June.By OXFORDSHIRE appointment only. Duns Tew Village Hall, Duns Small 1/4 acre garden Tew, Oxfordshire, OX25 6JN. surrounding traditional Norfolk Small village garden open to cottage, densely planted CGS members. specialising in drought resistant OPENING TIMES: Sunday 1 varieties, and never watered. May 2011, 12 noon to 4pm. Organic vegetables and fruit all PLANT SALE of clematis, bulbs year round. Greenhouse, herb and unusual perennials. Home garden and fruit arch. made teas. Disabled access. Featured on BBC Gardeners’ All proceeds to Oxfordshire World ‘Cottage Garden Special’ Young Diabetics in 2008. Garden Workshops held every month. Plants for sale from nursery. Teas and refreshments SOMERSET available. Disabled access. Henley Mill, Wookey, CGS members welcome any Somerset, BA5 1AW time, please telephone first . (Peter & Sally Gregson) Tel 01749 676966 14 www.millcottageplants.co.uk July, Wed 3rd August and Sun Email:millcottageplants@tis 14th August, 1pm-5pm. cali.co.uk Cream teas on the Weds, DIRECTIONS: 2m W of Wells. homemade teas on the Sun. Off A371. Turn L into Henley Admission £4 children free. Lane, driveway 50yds on L Share to Sue Ryder Manorlands OPENING TIMES: Visitors Hospice. welcome by appointment May to Almost 5 acres of garden with Sept, incl coaches and groups many features, ponds, mature Admission£3, children free trees etc. Garden having been 2.5 acres beside R Axe. restored over the last 18 years by Traditional and unusual cottage current owners. Full details and plants informally planted in directions in Yellow Book. formal beds with roses; Open for groups of over 15 by hydrangea borders; shady ‘folly appointment in August. garden’' and hot summer borders with grasses and perennials. Millrace Nursery and Ornamental kitchen garden. Garden, 84 Selby Road, Rare Japanese hydrangeas in Garforth, Leeds LS25 1LP newly-planted woodland area. Yorks. (Carol Carthy) Our renowned specialist nursery, Tel 0113 2869233 Mill Cottage Plants lies beyond www.millrace-plants.co.uk with its collection of hydrangeas, Email: that is open to visitors. Disabled [email protected] access. Sorry, no dogs. OPENING TIMES: Website: www.millcottageplants@ Opening for the NGS on googlemail.com/the garden Sunday 26th June 1pm-5pm and Sunday 14th Aug 1pm-5pm, seed collecting opportunity at a small YORKSHIRE extra cost for local hospital. The Grange, Carla Beck Tea and cakes are available on Lane, Carleton, Skipton, both dates to raise funds for local BD23 3BU (Margaret Wooler) hospices. Tel 07740639135 Our garden has been developed OPENING TIMES: over the last 10yrs and now Open for the NGS onWed 20th extends to 4 acres with mixed 15 borders, vegetable garden, woodland, wildflower meadow, SCOTLAND West Lodge, Kilravock, Croy, large bog garden and a 1 acre Inverness, Highland IV2 5PG wildlife pond. (Mr & Mrs C Buss) Our small specialist nursery will Tel 01667 493736 also be open with all plants Email: grown from stock plants in the [email protected] garden. Please see web site for Website: http://in-the-buss- catalogue. shelter.webs.com The garden is also open for OPENING TIMES: Garden groups of 10 or more by open for CGS members by appointment. appointment throughout June, July, August WALES and open Thursday 21st and GLAMORGAN 28th July 7-9pm. Brynheulog, 45 Heol y Graig, Small 1/4 acre cottage garden, 6 Cwmgwrach, SA11 5TW miles east of Inverness. Over 300 (Lorraine Rudd) Tel 01639- daylilies - largest in local area! 722593 Island beds packed with plants, DIRECTIONS: Off the A465 - pond, veg/fruit garden, hosta look for yellow signs through the bed, raised bed making the most village. Full directions are on the of a problematic area, and some NGS website at www.ngs.co.uk. plants for sale. Phone/email for OPENING TIMES:Sunday 19 directions, or see entry in yellow June 10.00am - 4.30pm Garden book, Gardens Of Scotland open under the Yellow Book 2011. Website: Scheme for the past 5 years, 3/4 www.gardensofscotland.org acre garden, plantaholic, growing everything from orchids to veg in cottage garden style. The garden has been televised on Open Gardens and A Little of Paradise. There will be a harpist playing in the garden in the afternoon. All monies raised go to the Yellow Book Scheme. Teas & cakes. Plants for sale. 16