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Visitors to the Garden are welcome strictly by appointment
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Open Times for 2009

1st May - 31st July

1st September - 30th September

There is an admission fee of £5.00 which includes a printed guide and plant list.

 

 

The Manor House
Upton Grey
Hants
RG25 2RD

Phone
00 44 (0)1256- 862827

Fax
00 44 (0) 1256- 861035

" Planting ground is painting the landscape with living things "

Gertrude Jekyll

 

Gertrude Jekyll laid out a varied and interesting garden that gives examples of a wide spectrum of her prodigious talents. To the West of the house lies Jekyll's only surviving and faithfully restored Wild garden. It is traversed by mown grass paths which meander through longer grass, rambling roses, shrubs, bamboo and a small copse of Walnut trees. These paths lead towards the pond which is surrounded by rocks and planted with indigenous and water-loving plants.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Besides jekyll's incorporation of cultivated plants, nature has introduced endemic plants like Bladder Campion, Oxeye Daisies, Pink & White Campions, Pyramid Orchids, various vetches and other downland plants.

 

 

The pond , once a natural spring fed clay and straw puddled pond is now a lined pond. Its is surrounded by yellow Iris, Meadowsweet,Tansy and Bergamot. In the pond is a few simple waterlilies, elodea and parrots feather. These last two aquatic plants are kept under stricked control being thinned out at least 3 times a year.What they offer along with the waterlillies is a complete pond ecosystem including various dragon flies, newts, frogs,grass snakes and a large assortment of smaller insects. The weed offers great protection for the fish from the Herons and a fantastic breeding environment.

 

 

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