A new build house enjoying a high position looking towards the Ashby canal with beautiful views. The ¼ acre rear sloping garden has had extensive landscaping to create multi level areas providing seating and lawned areas with well-stocked borders of mainly herbaceous plants grown from seed or splitting to create all year-round interest and colour. Opens Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May, Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July with 8 Hinckley Road.
A rural country garden on a quiet road to Battram Woods with curved borders heavily planted with shrubs and perennials. Just to name a few: a Robinia ‘Lace Lady’, Viburnum, Thalictrum, Eremurus, Oriental poppies and roses. Further highlights inc a Cornus alternifolia ‘Argentea’, a natural pond, and a circular seating area offering views of the National Forest. Opens Saturday 6th June.
Six very different and interesting small and medium gardens displaying a variety of planting styles with a range of early summer flowering. 20 Ripon Street is a small terraced courtyard garden with ornamental trees, shady planting, perennials and climbers and a pond. The Bishop’s Lodge, the garden of the Bishop, has a contemplative feel with a large lawn with multi layered plant borders. 30 Springfield Road is a gravel based garden with an extensive range of climbers, dry and traditional planting. 149a Avenue Road has intensively planted squares with climber, shrubs and perennials and a fern border accessed through a paved courtyard. 119 Carisbrooke Road is planted to encourage wildlife through its extensive perennials border and wild grass aspects. 154 Shanklin Drive is planted as a Mediterranean style garden with rows of lavender adjoining and gravel insert planting. There is also an ornamental pond. Opens Sunday 7th June.
Medium sized town garden wrapped around a C16 cottage surrounded by mature evergreens planted with alliums, hostas, ferns, callas, salvias, hardy geraniums, climbers, roses and much more. The back garden has wide herbaceous borders with drifts of pastel and silver cottage garden perennials, a rock edged pond with a waterfall, a chicken run, a greenhouse, vegetable beds and a patio packed with pots. Opens Saturday 13th and 14th June.
3 gardens which provide different interests to visitors. Wendover Drive is a well manicured estate garden which inc a variety of hostas and ferns complemented by perennials and annuals for colour. 182 Ashby Road, a 120ft cottage style garden packed with lots of colourful perennials and many salvage collectables-cited around the garden. 133 Ashby Road, is a 300ft relaxed town garden with mature trees, rhododendrons, hostas, ferns, wildlife pond and folly. Opens Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th June.
A large country garden with themed borders, inc moon, pink wedding, bronze and a recently planted golden border to celebrate 50 yrs of gardening. There is a small prairie area and 4 ponds. A kitchen garden and several old varieties of fruit trees. Around the garden and in the greenhouse you will find plants that have originated in China. There is an avenue of old Chestnut trees. Opens Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th June with The Old Rectory.
A 10 yr project to turn a medium size plot dominated by car parking and conifers into a garden. Terraced herbaceous borders, edged by an entirely self-seeded dry gravel garden lead to a courtyard with reflecting pool and terrace. Kitchen garden, raised beds, greenhouse, small orchard and island beds. Pond with bog garden, and fern rockery lead to a sunken patio overlooking the horse pond. Opens Sunday 21st June.
A large level mature garden in a central location within the village. This is a garden for gardeners interested in plants with colour and variety everywhere. There are north and south facing borders with a good mix of sun and shady areas, sumptuous pot planting, and a lovely vine laden pergola shading the main terrace. There is a fine collection of acers both in the borders and in pots. Opens Sunday 26th July.
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