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The 12 acre Dorothy Clive Garden is surprisingly intimate and informal. It embraces a
variety of landscape features, including a superb woodland garden, an
alpine scree, a damp garden and spectacular summer flower borders.
Visitors can rest on the many garden seats provided throughout the
grounds and enjoy the tearoom's home-baking on the terrace lawn, whilst
taking pleasure from the lovely views of the surrounding countryside.
Admission to Garden and Fair: Special
Event Price: £2.50 (half normal price).
For this special event
RHS partnership garden free entry terms do not apply.
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here for a printable version of these details.
We will have wonderful array of
plants at this friendly and relaxing event:
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Box Court
Garden Plants with a great selection of
herbaceous plants concentrating on species plants. |
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Chris Cooke:
will
be bringing his award winning range of rare and unusual hardy and
half hardy plant species including Amorphophallus, Cautleya,
Cautleya, Hedychium Pelargonium species, etc. (RHS Gold Medallist) |
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Conquest Plants Nursery a local favourite with a
beautiful range of hardy plants with coloured and variegated foliage |
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Field House Nursery
will have plants from their National Collections of Auricula and
Astrantia as well as rare dwarf bulbs, alpines and perennials on their colourful display
(RHS Medal Winner, Hampton Court 2009) |
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Green's Leaves
will feature Prostantera cultivars, choice foliage plants with
flowers - Beschornerias, Libertia, Fascicularia, Dark Foliage plants,
Agave, Dyckia, Grevilleas, Grasses, Phormiums |
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Hall Farm Nursery
will bring a wide range of perennials with an emphasis on late
flowering types. (RHS Gold Medallist including Chelsea Gold) |
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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) |
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Holden Clough Nursery
with a large collection of Crocosmia in flower, will also feature
a wide range of shrubs, perennials, ferns, ornamental trees and
heathers. (RHS Medallists) |
| Mary Green
will bring a great range of Hostas, Ferns and shade loving plants.
(RHS Gold Medallist) |
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Plantagogo (Cheshire)
will
feature both new and heritage varieties from their National
Collections of Heuchera and Heucherella as well as plants from their
proposed collection of Tiarella. (RHS Gold Medallists including
Chelsea Gold). |
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Slack Top
Nurseries with their award winning range of
Alpines. (RHS Medallists) |
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SpecialPerennials.com:
Their National Collection of Heleniums will be in full flower, plus
a large of other late flowers including Rudbeckia, Persicaria,
Crocosmia, a brilliant range of grasses and many many more plants
from their wonderful garden nursery. |
| Wheelwright's
Cottage Plants with a good range of cottage
garden plants including Astrantia, Anenome, Crocosmia, Echinacea,
Galega, Lythrum and Nepeta. (New
to this event) |
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Woodfield Nursery
will bring a great range of hardy perennials with many varieties of
Geranium plus some interesting shrubs. |
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The Dorothy Clive Garden:
plants grown in the
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Venue Details:
The Dorothy Clive Garden
Willoughbridge
Market Drayton
Shropshire
TF9 4EU
Tel: 01630 647237
email: info@dorothyclivegarden.co.uk
website: www.dorothyclivegarden.co.uk
Directions:
The garden is in North Staffordshire, close to the Shropshire and
Cheshire borders. It is on the A51, midway between Nantwich and Stone, two
miles from the village of Woore.
From North and South
Exit M6 at Junction 15
Follow signs for A53, signed Market Drayton and Shrewsbury
Turn right at junction into A51. Drive half mile - garden is on the right.
From West
On A51 (from Nantwich); Garden is 2½ miles south east of the village of
Woore (4 miles east of Bridgemere)
On A525 (from Whitchurch); Turn right at A51 at Woore. Garden is 2½ miles,
on left
On A53 (from Market Drayton); Turn left at junction with A51. Drive half
mile - garden is on the right.
From East
Join A500 at Stoke-on-Trent heading south (first exit from A50 roundabout
just after Britannia Stadium.
Before reaching M6 Junction 15, follow signs to Market Drayton and
Shrewsbury (A53)
Turn right at junction into A51. Drive half mile - garden is on the right.
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