NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME Beautiful gardens to visit in your area - plus raising vital funds for nursing and health charities. For more details, visit ngs.org.uk - please visit the website to confirm details ahead of your visit TERSTAN Longstock, Stockbridge, Hampshire, SO20 6DW WALHAMPTON Beaulieu Road, Walhampton, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 5ZG 5th <strong>May</strong> Glorious walks through large C18 landscape garden surrounding magnificent mansion (now a school). Visitors will discover three lakes, serpentine canal, climbable prospect mount, period former banana house and orangery, fascinating shell grotto, plantsman’s glade and Italian terrace by Peto (c1907), drives and colonnade by Mawson (c1914) with magnificent views to the Isle of Wight. 23rd <strong>Jun</strong>e, 21st July, 8th September A garden for all seasons, developed over 50years into a profusely planted, contemporary cottage garden in peaceful surroundings. There is a constantly changing display in pots, starting with tulips and continuing with many unusual plants. TWIN OAKS 13 Oakwood Road, Chandler’s Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 1LW 26th & 27th <strong>May</strong>, 22nd & 23rd <strong>Jun</strong>e, 10th & 11th August Evolving suburban water garden. Enjoy spring colour from azaleas, rhododendrons and bulbs, then summer colour from perennials, water lilies and tropical plants. A lawn meanders between informal beds and ponds, and bridges lead to a tranquil pergola seating area overlooking a wildlife pond. A rockery is skirted by a stream and a waterfall tumbles into a large lily pond, home to dragonflies. 22 AVON AVENUE Avon Castle, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 2BH 5th <strong>May</strong>, 16th <strong>Jun</strong>e, 28th July, 25th August Japanese themed water garden featuring granite sculptures, ponds, waterfalls, azaleas, rhododendrons, cloud topiary and a collection of goldfish and water lilies. Children must be under parental supervision due to large, deep water pond. No dogs please. BERE MILL London Road, Whitchurch, Hampshire, RG28 7NH 6th and 27th <strong>May</strong>, 26th August Garden built around early C18 mill on idyllic isolated stretch of the River Test, east of Whitchurch. Gardens have been built incrementally over 30 yrs with extensive bulb planting; herbaceous and Mediterranean borders with magnolia, irises, and tree peonies; summer and autumn borders; a traditional orchard and two small arboretums, one specialising in Japanese shrubs and trees. 36 | www.minervamagazines.co.uk
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