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6 stunning borders set around Aston Pottery. 72 metre double hornbeam border full of riotous perennials. 80 metre long hot bank of alstroemeria, salvias, echinacea and knifophia. Quadruple dahlia border with over 600 dahlias, grasses and asters. Tropical garden with bananas, cannas and ricinus. Finally, 80 metres of 120 different annuals planted in four giant successive waves of over 6000 plants.

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Aston Pottery
Aston Pottery
Aston Pottery
Aston Pottery
Aston Pottery
Aston Pottery

About Aston Pottery

Aston Pottery has developed some of the most innovative and spectacular gardens to be seen anywhere in Britain today. All planting is done in response to the plants characteristics, i.e. the hot bank is planted as a hill side of perennial plants but using plants that rot and die elsewhere in the garden. For example, eremurus lilies, lobelia tupa, cannas and dahlias.

Whilst the annual border with nearly 6000 annuals is just an excuse to plant over 120 annuals, from sunflowers to ricinus, cosmos to cleome, asters to zinnias and clarkia to calendula. It is without doubt the largest wall of annual flowers you will see anywhere in Britain today, being 80 metres long and over 7 metres wide. The dahlia border features over 380 dahlias all planted within 32 rooms created by the planting of 3 grasses. Each room holds 12 dahlias and are separated into their categories of waterlily, ball, cactus, decorative and collarette, and are off-set by plantings of agapanthus and asters.

Our Hornbeam Walk is planted to give a new experience to the knowing eye every month. If bees and butterflies are your thing, come between July and August for a chance to see our rare Black Bumble Bee, Bombus ruderatus.

For more information on our gardens, please visit our website: www.astonpottery.co.uk to see photos of us planting the gardens and to read articles from the various magazines that have written about us.
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https://www.astonpottery.co.uk

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Location details

Aston Pottery,
Bampton,
Oxfordshire,
OX18 2BT

Directions to Aston Pottery
On the B4449 between Bampton & Standlake.

Aston Pottery openings

This garden has now completed its National Garden Scheme openings for this year.

Accessibility

  • Our gardens are fully accessible for wheelchair users. Please note that the paths consist of a mixture of paving, tarmac and grass.
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FAQs

Payment is by cash only. Please get in touch with the owners for more details.

Sorry, there is no available parking for coaches at Aston Pottery at this time.

Sorry, no dogs are allowed in the garden at this time.

Yes, there are various plants offerred for sale at Aston Pottery, please enquire with the owners for more details.

Yes, one or more routes at Aston Pottery are accessible to wheelchair users.

Yes. Aston Pottery seeks to offer a sustainable refuge for nearby fauna and wildlife. These sanctuaries host diverse habitats supporting indigenous flora and fauna and nurturing local biodiversity.