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Summer Social at The Place For Plants
THE PLACE FOR PLANTS
By kind permission of Rupert and Sara Eley you are invited to join us for a magical summer evening in this beautiful garden. Rupert has very kindly agreed to take us on a tour of this wonderful arboretum, and the borders and roses will be at their best, so this will be a very special event. We will be having a supper of a selection of wonderful cheeses with crusty bread and chutneys, with a glass of wine. Extra glasses will be available at £2 per glass. £15 for members, and £17 for guests. Numbers are limited to 50 for this event.
There is plenty of parking space through the gates. Please note that the nursery will not be open for plant sales.
Select the ticket type and quantity then 'add to basket'. If you need some guest or non-member tickets, once added then just select the other type, quantity and add’ again. When ready you will see the basket icon, top/bottom right, click this to start check out.
Tinkers Green Farm, Cornish Hall End CM7 4HP
THURSDAY 12th July – 2-5pm 2023
By Kind invitation of Peter and Denny Swete
Denny is a well-known garden designer and created this most interesting garden from scratch. The 17th century cottage now sits in the middle of the five acres made up of gardens, orchard and meadow.
The lawns are surrounded by yew hedging and richly coloured herbaceous borders, which include roses and perennials, leading on to another enclosed area, where there is a dark grey ornamental pool. The charming potager has fruit trees, an interesting variety of vegetables and cutting flowers,
Cost £12.00 to include Tea and Cake In aid of St. Nicholas Hospice
Minimum of 15 people
Directions – From Steeple Bumpstead take B1057 heading for Finchingfield. When you reach Cornish Hall End take the first right hand turn signed Great Sampford. Follow this road for approximately one mile, you pass an avenue of poplars and after a short distance parking will be on the right.
Select the ticket type and quantity then 'add to basket'. If you need some guest or non-member tickets, once added then just select the other type, quantity and add’ again. When ready you will see the basket icon, top/bottom right, click this to start check out.
EAGG Dorset Holiday 2023
EAGG DORSET HOLIDAY BY COACH 13th to 15th June 2023
PRICE £416.00 per person (Single Supplement £92) National Trust members £400.00 *
Staying at the Best Western Royal Chase Hotel, Shaftsbury
Half board - Breakfast and dinner included
Depart Lavenham 8.00am
* Members of the National Trust please have your membership cards with you
JUNE 13th – MALVERLEYS, EAST END, NEWBURY RG20 0AA
10 acres of exceptional gardens designed and developed over the last 9 years to include magnificent mixed borders, a flame border, cool garden, pond garden and new stumpery
A vegetable garden sits within a walled garden with wonderful fruit cages . Meadows open out to views over parkland.
We have tea/cake here and you are welcome to bring a picnic if you wish.
CADENHAM MANOR, FOXHAM, CHIPPENHAM SN15 4NH
4 Acre garden around a listed C17 manor house and dovecote. The rooms divided by yew hedges and moats contain wonderful displays of old roses, mixed borders with fountains and statues, water garden and vegetable and herb garden.
We have tea here with the owner, Victoria Nye.
JUNE 14th - MAPPERTON GARDENS, BEAMINSTER DT8 3NR (Visit garden only)
Terraced valley gardens surrounding Tudor/Jacobean manor house with orangery and Italianate formal gardens with fountains and lower garden with shrubs and rare trees.
Restaurant here to buy lunch/snacks.
ABBOTSBURY GARDENS, WEYMOUTH DT3 4LA
The maritime Mediterranean climate enables a fabulous display of sub-tropical plants
(selected wheel chair route) in a 30 acre walled garden with wonderful views of the Jurassic coast from the top of the Magnolia Walk.
Restaurant here where you can buy tea/drinks etc.
JUNE 15th – MOTTISFONT, ROMSEY (NATIONAL TRUST) SO51 0LN The world famous collection of old-fashioned roses surround this 18th century house with a medieval priory at its heart. The house contains the drawing room painted by Rex Whistler and a 20th century art collection.
Restaurant here to buy lunch/snacks
THE OLD RECTORY, FARNBOROUGH. OX12 8NX (photograph)
Mr and Mrs Michael Todhunter will welcome us to this immaculately tended garden of rooms containing herbaceous borders, secret garden, roses, vegetables and bog garden with an explosion of rare and interesting plants and stunning views across the countryside.
We have tea here.
We journey home arriving in Lavenham at approximately 7.00/7.30pm
£416 per person National Trust members £400 *
Single room supplement £92.00
BOOK DIRECT BY PHONING KINGS COACHES and ask for a booking form for the EAGG holiday (01206 210332)
Easton Lodge Gardens, Dunmow
Easton Lodge, Little Easton, Dunmow CM6 2BD Essex
Harold Peto’s gardens
The Gardens of Easton Lodge are the only example in East Anglia of the work of the Edwardian garden designer, Harold Peto. Peto originally trained as an architect and brought to Easton Lodge his passion for Italianate, French and Japanese designs, including many architectural features. Peto’s 1902 designs for the Countess of Warwick included formal lawns, a sunken Italian garden, a yew walk, a treehouse, a glade and a Japanese garden. Today, they continue to form the outline of the Gardens, which the Trust is restoring as funds allow.
The Italian Garden
Peto’s Italian garden was the centrepiece in his garden design. It includes a 30m long water lilypond, surrounded by stone balustrades, and is set within flower beds and borders. Its wide gracious steps and its paving were from honey coloured Ham Hall stone. The Edwardian planting in the garden provided both structure and colour. The Trust’s volunteers work to ensure that the Italian garden is colourful throughout the seasons. Landsec funded the restoration of the one set of stone steps in use in 2019; and the Trust fundraised and completed the restoration of the balustrade around the lilypond in 2021. The Trust will prioritise further replacement of stonework in the Italian garden as funds permit.
Directions: Little Easton, Dunmow, CM6 2BD. (Use Satnav CM6 2BB). Entrance is on the right about ¼ mile beyond Little Easton Church. Directional signs from Dunmow. What3words for car park – stocky.bulletins.opponent
Arrive 10.30 for 11.00 start of guided tour and history of the gardens and the late owner, The Countess of Warwick. After the tour, tea and cake and the opportunity to explore the gardens until closing at 3.00 p.m. Picnics are welcome.
Entry price includes Tea & Cake.
bookings will close on the 15th May 2023
Minimum of 12 people