Adlington Hall

Plant Hunters' Fair, real special plant fairs and rare plant fairs

Adlington Hall
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Adlington Hall 30th May 10.30am - 4pm

Home of the Legh family since 1315, Adlington Hall is one of the oldest and most historic Cheshire houses. The 2,000 acre Estate contains parkland landscaped in the 18th century in the style of 'Capability Brown' complete with ha-ha. The Lime Avenue dating from 1688 is one of the oldest surviving in Britain and leads to a woodland Wilderness with winding paths, temples, bridges and follies in a rococo manner. A path through the laburnum Arcade leads into the formal Rose Garden, then on to the Maze created in English Yew. The Father Tiber water Garden provides a peaceful haven with its ponds, fountains and water cascade and the newly created parterre provides a colourful addition to the east wing. Other features include a large herbaceous border, rockeries, specimen trees, azaleas and rhododendrons.

The plant fair will be held in front of the house again this year and will feature even more top quality nurseries specialising in a varied range of plants with something for every plant lover.

	The fair and garden are open from 10.30am to 4pm and entry to both is at the special low price of £3.00 (normally £5.00)
	There will be free guided tours of the garden by the Head Gardener, Anthony O'Grady at 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm
	Traditional teas and fresh homemade cakes available.
	The hall will be open for guided tours at 11.30am, 12pm, 1.30pm & 2pm. There is an additional charge of £5.00 per person to enter the hall.

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We have a great range of nurseries for this event:

	Chris Cooke will be bringing his award winning range of rare and unusual hardy and half hardy plant species including Arisaema, Meconopsis, Pelargonium species, Polygonatum, Roscea, etc..(RHS Gold Medallist) (New to this event)
	Conquest Plants Nursery a local favourite with a beautiful range of hardy plants with coloured and variegated foliage. Anthony Norman can offer advice on getting year-round colour in the garden and in planters.
	Green's Leaves will feature Prostantera cultivars, choice foliage plants with flowers - Beschornerias, Libertia, Epimediums, Dark Foliage plants, Grevilleas.
	Hillview Hardy Plants hold two National Collections - Acanthus and Albuca. They will also be bringing Cannas (National Collection Applied For) and perennials in flower (RHS Medallists)
	Holden Clough Nursery will feature a wide range of shrubs, perennials, ferns, ornamental trees and heathers. (RHS Medallists)
	Hooksgreen Herbs - A very wide range of classic and unusual herbs (RHS Medal Winners) (New to this event)
	Keith's Plant Books - a range of books on gardening, garden design, plant monographs, botanic art etc. (New to this event)
	Mayfields Plants will have a wide variety of cottage garden perennials including unusual varieties of Digitalis
	Packhorse Farm Nursery will bring a range of Trees and Shrubs including a great selection of Acers and Cornus (RHS Gold Medallists) (New to this event)
	SpecialPerennials.com with a range of summer perennials including the largest range of Heleniums (National Collection) anywhere, flowering plants from the proposed National Collection of Centaurea, Geum, old and hard to find varieties of border Phlox, one of the largest ranges of Day Lilies in the country, Achillea, Rudbeckia and many more beautiful and garden worthy plants.
	Stonyford Cottage Nursery with a great range of perennials, trees, tender plants and many rare and hard to find Sempervivums.
	Tissington Nursery will be bringing a good selection of quality unusual perennials with especially good ranges of Nepeta, Penstemon, Geranium and Geum. (New to this event)
	Wheelwright's Cottage Plants with a good range of cottage garden plants including Astrantia, Anemone, Campanula, Digitalis, Libertia, Meconopsis, Polemonium, Osteospermum, Trollius and Sisyrinchium.
	Woodfield Nursery will bring a great range of hardy perennials with many varieties of Geranium plus some interesting shrubs. (New to this event)
	East Cheshire Master Composters will be on hand to give advice on all aspects of composting.

Venue Details:

Adlington Hall,
Mill Lane,
Macclesfield,
Cheshire
SK10 4LF

Tel: 01625 827 595
Email: enquiries@adlingtonhall.com
website: www.adlingtonhall.com

See pictures of the 2009 event.

Directions:

From Stockport (Distance 7.5 miles approx.) Follow the A6 to Hazel Grove, then take the A523 (towards Macclesfield) and continue to Poynton. Pass the Adlington Travel Lodge/Little Chef and at the crossroads with traffic lights (Legh Arms public house) turn right into Mill Lane, following it for approx. 500 yards. The entrance to Adlington Hall and the Hunting Lodge is on the left.

From Macclesfield (Distance 5.75 miles approx.) Head for the A523 (Stockport Road) towards Manchester and carry straight over all the roundabouts. Pass the Butley Ash public house on your left. At the traffic lights go straight on, still following the A523 for approx. 2 miles. At the next set of lights (Legh Arms public house) turn left into Mill Lane, following it for approx. 500 yards. The entrance to Adlington Hall and the Hunting Lodge is on the left.

From M60 junction 3 (Distance 8.5 miles approx.) Leave the motorway at junction 3 signposted A34 Manchester Airport/Congleton. This merges with the A34 Kingsway. Go straight through the traffic lights, following the A34 Congleton route. Continue until you have reached a roundabout signposted Dean Row/ Styal/ Woodford/ Poynton. Take the 4th exit for Dean Row. Go straight through the traffic lights and over the roundabout. At the next roundabout turn left, passing the Shell garage on your right and the Unicorn public house. At the next roundabout take the 2nd exit on the left, B5358 Macclesfield. This is Lees Lane. Continue for about 1.5 miles, passing Parkers Garden Centre and Jacksons Ford Car dealership. Approx. half a mile after the Ford dealer turn left at the junction marked Adlington Hall. This is Mill Lane and after about 1 mile turn right into Adlington Hall and The Hunting Lodge.