Hampshire Travel Guide - Gardens

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Hampshire Travel Guide - Gardens

Basing House Location map Basingstoke, Hampshire The Tudor garden of this ruined palace has recently been recreated. Redbridge Lane, Basing, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, RG24 7HB Location: 2 m E Basingstoke town centre Website: Basing House Email: enquiries.museums@hants.gov.uk Phone: 0845 603 5635 Fax: 01256 326 283

Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway Location map Exbury, Hampshire Plan for a long stay in this 200 acre garden begun in the 1920's by the Rothschild family. Known for developing hybrid rhododendrons and azaleas. Notable eatures include pools, a winter garden, a rock garden, fruit trees, a daffodil meadow, and an iris garden. Southampton, Exbury, Hampshire, England, SO45 1AZ Location: 11 m SE Totton via A326, B3054 and minor road Website: Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway Email: nigel.philpott@exbury.co.uk Phone: 023 8089 1203 Fax: 023 8089 9940

Furzey Gardens Location map Minstead, Hampshire An informal modern garden set around a 16th century cottage. There is ample botanical interest at all seasons of the year, with a lakeside walk, heather garden, and Summer and Winter flowering trees and shrubs. School Lane, Lyndhurst, Minstead, Hampshire, England, SO43 7GL Location: off A337 Website: Furzey Gardens Email: info@furzey-gardens.org Phone: 02380 812 464 Fax: 02380 812 297

Hillier Gardens and Arboretum Location map Ampfield, Hampshire 166 acres containing over 40,000 plants from all over the world. Well labelled scree, heather, bog, and herbaceous gardens. Jermyns Lane, Romsey, Ampfield, Hampshire, England, SO51 0QA Location: off A31 Website: Hillier Gardens and Arboretum Email: info@hilliergardens.org.uk Phone: 01794 369 317 Fax: 01794 368 027

Hinton Ampner Garden Location map Bramdean, Hampshire Hinton Ampner is one of the great gardens of the 20th-century. It is a masterpiece of design by Ralph Dutton, 8th and last Lord Sherborne, uniting a formal layout with varied and informal plantings in pastel shades. A 5ha (12-acre) garden of all year interest with scented plants and magnificent vistas over parkland and rolling Hampshire countryside. The house is tenanted but can also be visited and contains a fine collection of English furniture, Italian paintings and hard-stones. Alresford, Bramdean, Hampshire, England, SO24 0LA Location: 1 m W Bramdean on A272 Website: Hinton Ampner Garden Email: hintonampner@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01962 771 305 Fax: 01962 793 101 National Trust

Holly Hill Garden Location map Southampton, Hampshire A small suburban garden with sloping, terraced garden rooms. Features include a wildlife pond, a cascading waterfall, roses, clematis, wildflowers, and hardy geraniums. Past winner of Best Overall Garden – Southampton in Bloom competition. 93 Holly Hill, Bassett, Southampton, Hampshire, England, SO16 7ET Location: 2 miles north of Southampton centre just off Bassett Avenue. Exit the M3 at J14 onto Bassett Avenue, access only from the northbound lane. Website: Holly Hill Garden Email: info@hollyhillgarden.com Phone: 02380 767704 Fax: 02380 766400

Houghton Lodge Location map Houghton, Hampshire A delightful mix of formal and informal gardens beside the River Test. Here you will find imaginative topiary, including a dragon, chalk walled garden, woodlands walks to a secluded grotto, an orchid house, riverside walks, and lovely herbaceous borders. The gardens provide a setting for the 18th century Gothic cottage of Houghton Lodge. Stockbridge, Houghton, Hampshire, England, SO20 6LQ Location: 1.5 m S Stockbridge on minor road Website: Houghton Lodge Email: info@houghtonlodge.co.uk Phone: 01264 810 502 Fax: 01264 810 063

Mottisfont Abbey Location map Mottisfont, Hampshire The National Collection of Roses calls the grounds of this 12th century abbey home. The estate includes Mottisfont village and surrounding farmland and woods. The park features the largest London plane tree in England, plus small formal gardens. Romsey, Mottisfont, Hampshire, England, SO51 0LP Location: 4.5 m N Romsey, off A3057 Website: Mottisfont Abbey Email: mottisfont@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01794 340 757 Fax: 01794 341 492 National Trust

Queen Eleanor's Garden Location map Winchester, Hampshire Tucked neatly in a narrow space behind the Great Hall of Winchester Castle is a quiet gem, Queen Eleanor's Gardens. This peaceful oasis is an accurate recreation of an early medieval garden, complete with many features that would have been present during the 13th century, and all the plants are known to have been grown in that period. Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England, SO23 8PJ Location: city centre, SE Westgate archway Website: Queen Eleanor's Garden Email: the.great.hall@hants.gov.uk Phone: 01962 846 476

The Vyne Location map Sherborne St John, Hampshire 50,000 new snowdrops! Gardening at the Vyne is on a grand scale that humbles one's own visit to the garden centre... Large and varied country park to explore, from formal gardens to meadows, woods and wetlands. Basingstoke, Sherborne St John, Hampshire, England, RG24 9HL Location: 4 m N Basingstoke, off A340 Website: The Vyne Email: thevyne@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01256 883 858 Fax: 01256 881 720 National Trust

West Green House Garden Location map Hartley Wintney, Hampshire A popular historic garden featuring a number of interesting follies and a series of small, walled gardens. In the largest of these 'garden rooms' is a patterned herbaceous border and clipped yew hedges. West Green, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, England, RG27 8JB Website: West Green House Garden Email: westgreenhouse@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01252 844611 National Trust

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