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Slape Manor

A limited number of tickets have been made available for this exclusive special event. Please meet on the main front drive to the house by the porch where garden owners Tarsha & Paul will welcome you. After giving the background to their thinking behind the ongoing development of the gardens, Head Gardener, Hannah Gardner will then give a talk and guided tour around the gardens.

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About Slape Manor

Slape Manor was taken over by the current owners in late 2020 and is now in a process of transformation overseen by Landscape Designers Lulu Urquhart and Adam Hunt in collaboration with Head Gardener Hannah Gardner and the Slape Manor garden team with owner Tarsha Finney. Explored as part of their Best in Show winning Rewilding Britain Garden at The Chelsea Flower Show 2022, Slape Manor has been an influential project in the development of Urquhart and Hunt’s understanding of the relationship between garden design, the practice of gardening through time, complex ecologies and biodiversity at a landscape scale.

Slape Manor is a river valley garden. It sits between a SSI designated ancient alderwood forest and the River Brit. It features a 19th century woodland, an early 20th century Italianate sunken garden, and a revived walled kitchen garden.

Spacious lawns, wildflower meadows, and primula fringed streams lead down to a lake. Walk over the stream with magnificent hostas, gunneras and horizontal Cryptomeria japonica ‘Elegans’ around the lake. Admire the mature wellingtonias, ancient wisterias, rhododendrons and planting around the house.

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Slape Manor features

Location details

Slape Manor,
Netherbury,
Bridport,
Dorset,
DT6 5LH

Directions to Slape Manor
Turn W off A3066 to Netherbury. House ½m S of Netherbury on back road to Bridport signed Waytown.

Slape Manor openings

For this open day you need to pre-book your ticket in advance. To book tickets please click on the book button below.

Refreshments The visit will include a glass of local sparkling wine, oysters, charcuterie & cheeses. There will also be live music.
Admission Adult: £50.00
Opening times 16:00-18:30

Visit by Arrangement

This garden opens for By Arrangement visits from February to 1 December for groups of between 8 and 20.

Please contact the garden owner to discuss your requirements and arrange a date for a group or bespoke visit.

Accessibility

  • Mostly flat with some sloping paths and steps. Ground is often wet and boggy.
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FAQs

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

Yes, coaches are accepted at Slape Manor. Please get in touch with the owners for details.

Yes, dogs are welcome at Slape Manor. Please keep the dogs on fixed short leads in the garden and keep in mind that you are responsible for controlling the dog’s behaviour. For any specific rules please ask the owners.

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

Yes, one or more routes at Slape Manor are accessible to wheelchair users.

Yes. Slape Manor 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.