Gardens open for Gardens in the Wild
Some very special
private gardens will open exclusively for the Festival on Saturday
and Sunday afternoons from 2.30pm - 6.00pm.
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map.
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Rhodds Farm
Upper Tan
House
Owners: Richard and Cary
Goode
Address: Rhodds Farm, Lyonshall, Kington HR5 3LW
Open on: Saturday and Sunday, 2.30 - 6.00 pm
Charge: £5, children free
A two acre garden within 60 acres of pasture and
woodland. Formal garden in front of
dovecote, double herbaceous borders, informal mixed planting around
a wildlife pond,
wild flower meadow and woodland walk.
Directions: From Titley take the
B4355 to Kington. At the first roundabout turn left in the
direction of Leominster and Hereford, and keep left at the second
roundabout staying on the
A44 in the direction of Leominster. After about a mile turn right a
few hundred yards after Penhros Court down a small lane. Continue
down here for almost a mile to a small crossroads. Go straight
ahead down the drive marked to Rhodds Farm.
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Owners: James and Caroline
Weymouth
Address: Upper Tan House,
Stansbatch, Leominster HR6 9LJ
Open on:
Saturday and
Sunday, 2.30 - 6.00 pm
Charge: £6 with Stansbatch Barn,
children free
South facing garden sloping down to the
Stansbatch Brook - an idyllic spot.
Deep herbaceous border with informal and unusual planting, a pond
and bog garden,
formal vegetable garden framed by yew hedges and espaliered pears.
Reed beds
and wild flower meadow resplendent with common spotted
orchids.
Directions: From Titley take the B4355 in the direction of Presteigne. After about half a mile take a right hand turn on a sharp bend sign posted to Shobdon and Staunton on Arrow. After a couple of miles turn sharp right at the stall of Stansbatch nursery down a small lane. Go on for a couple of hundred yards and you will find the drive for Upper Tan house on the left.
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Stansbatch Barn
Brilley
Court
Owners: Charlie and Catherine
Janson
Address: Stansbatch, Leominster,
Herefordshire, HR6 9LG
Open on:
Saturday and
Sunday, 2.30 - 6.00 pm
Charge: £6 with Upper Tan house,
children free
An informal garden, a third of an acre,
densely planted with perennials, bulbs and grasses,
some unusual. Planted to sit easily in the long view to the
Black Mountains.
Directions: A short walk from Upper Tan House.
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Owners: David and Roseanna Bulmer
Address: Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire HR3 6JF
Website: www.hergest.co.uk
Open on: Saturday and
Sunday, 2.30 - 6.00pm
Charge: £5, children free
Brilley Court garden sits on a southerly slope high above the River Wye, looking to the Black Mountains. The garden was made out of an old semi-walled farmyard 35 years ago. Herbaceous borders - walled kitchen garden with flowers and fruit, a picking garden, wild flower areas and a long valley stream garden. This is not a plantsmans garden but a place where we grow flowers and plants that we love!
Directions: From Titley take the B4355 to Kington.
At the first roundabout turn left in the direction of
Leominster and Hereford, and go straight ahead at the second
roundabout on the A4111 to Hereford. After 5 miles you will go
through Eardisley, and half a mile further on turn right on A438 in
the direction of Brecon .You will pass through Winforton and
then you will pass the toll bridge over the Wye at Clifford on your
left. Soon after this take a right on a very tight turning
uphill signed to Brilley. Follow the road for about 1 1/2 miles,
the house is signposted down a drive on the left.
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Newport House
Owners: David and Jenny
Watt
Address: Newport House, Almeley,
Herefordshire, HR3 6LL
Open on: Saturday &
Sunday, 2.30 - 6.00 pm
Charge: £5, children
free
Formal borders with mature yew hedges surrounding
graceful
Georgian house and overlooking a lake. Organic 2 ½ acre walled
garden
restored to a very high standard with 2 green houses including a
tropical one.
Directions: From Titley take the
B4355 to Kington. At the first roundabout turn left in the
direction of Leominster and Hereford, and go straight ahead at the
second roundabout on
the A4111 to Hereford. After 4 miles turn left towards Almeley.
Continue on for 2 miles until
you see the drive for Newport House on the left.
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Owners: Noel Kingsbury and Jo
Eliot
Address: Montpelier Cottage, Brilley, HR3
6HF
Open on: Saturday & Sunday, 2.30 -
6.00 pm
Charge: £5, children free
The very wild-style naturalistic garden at
Montpelier Cottage has been made by
garden writer Noel Kingsbury, and his wife Jo Eliot, since moving
here in 2007. It aims to create a seamless link between the garden
and the surrounding landscape, with plantings dominated by
perennials and grasses. Inspirations include German parks planting,
and semi-natural environments like American prairie and other
European wildflower meadows. The one acre garden merges into three
acres of former pasture land, some of which has a very rich and
interesting wetland wildflower flora. There are also trial beds and
research plots, which focus on long-term issues of plant
competition and management.
Directions: From Titley take the
B4355 to Kington. At the first roundabout turn left in the
direction of Leominster and Hereford, and go straight ahead at the
second roundabout on the A4111 to Hereford. After 5 miles you will
go through Eardisley, and half a mile further on turn right on A438
in the direction of Brecon .You will pass through Winforton and
then you will pass the toll bridge over the Wye at Clifford on your
left. Soon after this take a right on a very tight turning uphill
signed to Brilley. Follow the road for about a mile and the house
is signposted down a lane on the right.
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Owners: Jane and Julian
Meredith
Address: The Forge, Byford,
Hereford HR4 7LD
Open on: Saturday and Sunday,
2.30 - 6.00 pm
Charge: £5, children
free
Large kitchen garden, flower borders, dye plants,
30 hives
of bees all on the banks of the river Wye. Tea and cakes
provided.
Directions: From Titley take the B4355 to Kington. At the first roundabout turn left in the direction of Leominster and Hereford, and go straight ahead at the second roundabout on the A4111 to Hereford. After 5 miles you will go through Eardisley. Keep on the main road ,which becomes the A438 after Eardisley, in the direction of Hereford. About 5 miles from Eardisley you will see a large house in parkland on a hill on the left. Turn right at the sign for Byford and follow the road through the village. The Forge is down a track to the right at the far end.
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Owners: Emma and Ed
Bulmer
Address: The Court of Noke,
Pembridge, Herefordshire HR6 9HW
Open on: Saturday and Sunday,
2.30 - 6.00 pm
Charge: £5, children
free
Ongoing restoration of an 18th century water garden with long vistas, lots of water and architectural hedging. Designed and renovated by interior designer Edward Bulmer.
Directions: From Titley take the B4355 to Kington. At the first roundabout turn left in the direction of Leominster and Hereford, and keep left at the second roundabout staying on the A44 in the direction of Leominster. Continue on for a couple miles, turning left at a crossroad in the direction of Shobden. You will find Court of Noke after about two miles on the left.
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Owners: Christopher
Good
Address: Titley Mill, Titley,
Kington HR5 3RX
Open on: Saturday and Sunday,
2.30 - 6.00 pm
Charge: £5, children
free
This four acre garden was begun about 10 years
ago in an overgrown orchard.
Emphasis on simplicity: bulbs in grass, roses,
clematis and honeysuckles clambering
through trees, bog garden in old leat. Woodland garden under stand
of wild
cherries, and a new walk down to the river.
Directions: Head out of Titley towards Kington. Take the
first left at junction signed Lyonshall, Whittern. Go down hill and
bear right, through conifer copse and over River Arrow. Titley Mill
is 50 yds beyond on left hand side. Parking in field opposite
Mill.
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Garden Rover 20th and 21st June.
Gardens
regularly open in the neighbourhood
Address: Westonbury Mill Water
Gardens, Pembridge, Herefordshire, HR6 9HZ
Website:
www.westonburymillwatergardens.com
Open: 11am-5pm
daily
Charge: Adults £4.40, children
£1.
The 3 ½ acre garden is laid out round a tangle of
streams and ponds behind the old corn mill with wonderful views to
the surrounding meadows and hills. It is bursting with the
colours
and textures of exuberant planting and has a surprise around every
corner. There is a huge collection of unusual plants to interest
the serious plants person while the fantastic follies
will delight everyone – and may play a few gentle tricks on
you.
Directions: From Titley take the B4355 to Kington. At the
first roundabout turn left in the direction of Leominster and
Hereford, and keep left at the second roundabout staying on the A44
in the direction of Pembridge and Leominster. After about 4
miles you will see Westonbury Mill sign posted on the right. Take
this turn and continue down the drive to the
garden.
Address: Bryan’s Ground,
Stapleton, near Presteigne, Herefordshire, LD8 2LP
Website:
www.bryansground.co.uk
Open: Sundays & Mondays
from 2-5 pm from April 20th until August 10th
Charge: £6, children
£2
Three acres of intimate garden rooms that have
been growing since 1913. Furnished
with follies and fragrant flowers, towers and topiary,
pools and a potager, and paths
to five acres of specimen trees on the banks
of a
river, on the border with Wales.
Directions: Go to the centre of Presteigne and pass the
church on your left.
The road passes over a bridge and out of the town. Just a
quarter-mile from the
bridge, take a right turn and follow the road for about 1 mile,
past B&B
on the right. Bryan’s Ground is a little further on, on the
right.
Hergest Croft
Address: Kinnerton, Presteigne,
Powys LD8 2PD
Website:
www.whimblegardens.co.uk
Open: 10.30 – 5.30
pm
Charge: £4.00
Tucked away on the south facing slopes of The
Radnor Valley
this richly planted garden is a
subtle tapestry of colour throughout the season.
In the main garden a yew walk leads into a
box-edged parterre planted with bulbs, perennials and some unusual
annuals. Beyond, roses and rare clematis scramble. A small garden
is scented by a hedge of Hidcote lavender, and a
gate cuts through a beech hedge leading to the
meadow beyond where even finer views of the surrounding hills can
be seen from the balustraded toposcope.
Directions: From Titley take the B4355 to Kington. At the
first roundabout turn right
onto the A44 in the direction of Rhyader. Continue on for about 4
miles and turn
right at Walton onto the B4372 in the direction of Presteigne.
Follow the brown
signs to the nursery, a couple of miles further on to the east of
Kinnerton.
Address: Ridgebourne
Road, Kington, Herefordshire, HR5 3EG
Website: www.hergest.co.uk
Open: Daily 12 –
5.30pm
Charge: £6,
children free
Hergest Croft Gardens lie
in the heart of the Welsh Marches with stunning views
towards the Black Mountains.
There are gorgeous flower borders, an old fashioned
kitchen garden, azaleas, a
maple grove and park woodland. Gift shop and tearooms.
Directions: From Titley take the B4355 to Kington. At
the first roundabout turn right
onto the A44 in the direction
of Rhyader. Turn left after half a mile at Floodgates,
in the direction of Kington
town centre. Follow the road uphill for about 200
yards
and turn right at the sign
for Hergest Croft. Follow the road to the car park
opposite the
gardens.
Stocktonbury Gardens
Address: Stocktonbury
Gardens, Kimbolton, Herefordshire, HR6
0HB
Website: www.stocktonbury.co.uk
Open: 12 - 5 pm Wednesday
to Sunday
Charge: £6.00
It has been in the Treasure family for three
generations and much of the garden was pasture until the pair
transformed it into this well-acclaimed garden. The original
Victorian kitchen garden and impressive monkey puzzle tree are
still very much part of the new garden. Now 30 years old the garden
is home to mature plantings and offers keen gardeners plenty
of inspiration. Both men were inspired by Raymond’s relative
the late John Treasure (well known for his garden at Burford House
near Tenbury Wells) and their friend, the late
plantsman Christopher Lloyd.
Directions: From Titley take the B4355 to
Kington. At the first roundabout turn left in the
direction of Leominster and Hereford, and keep left at the second
roundabout staying on
the A44 to Leominster. At Leominster, turn right at the T junction
and follow the road into town.
At the traffic lights, turn left and then right at the mini
roundabout. Follow the road to the next roundabout and turn left
onto A49. After about a mile turn right to Kimbolton.
The garden is about 1/2 mile on the right.
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