Abbey Dore Court Garden is open between April and September.
New Opening Times for 2012
The Garden will be Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday between 11am and 5pm in 2012.
Other days and Groups are always welcome but must make a prior booking. Please call Charis Ward on 01981 240419 (but please call before 9am or after 6pm).
Sorry no dogs are allowed in the garden.
Prices:
Admission – £4.00
Map – 50p
History – £1.00
Season Ticket – £10.00
When to visit
In March and April, hellebores flower throughout the garden.
One border is devoted to doubles, anemone centred, picotees and some named varieties.
Pulmonarias and geraniums are also beginning with new seedlings appearing every year.
The start of May sees the specie paeonia followed by paeonia lactiflora which will last well into July.
Throughout June, July and August, the many herbaceous perennials take over. Important among them are astrantia, papaver and helenium.
In August agapanthus, grasses and crocosmia are at their best, followed by a large collection of colchicum.
This is just a very small selection of my favourite plants. There are also unusual herbaceous perennials, shrubs and bulbs everywhere whilst clematis flower all summer making this a garden for all months.
Progress for 2012
This year promises to be another exciting year for all of us at Abbey Dore Court. The main house has had an enormous amount of work done on it both outside and in. It is now under the control of my grandchildren and they have set it up for country house rentals allowing a wide variety of people to come and enjoy both the house and the area which I am delighted about.
Nothing rests in the Garden either. In the past year my grandson Julian has been an enormous help and is with me again in between fire-fighting duties and his landscape gardening business.
We have created a new entrance to the garden which is a little more comfortable for me and my dog to work from than the large open barn we have rattled around in for the past few years.
The garden rejuvenation continues and we continue to work harder than ever.
This year I am again supporting the Air Ambulance and the Brooke hospital for animals instead of the NGS.
As always, it is a pleasure to welcome returning and new visitors and I hope that you will enjoy your visit.
Charis Ward, March 2012