Dorothy Clive has a stunning summer show (c) SpecialPerenials.com

The Dorothy Clive Garden
Dates: 24th & 25 (Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday) August 10:00 - 17:30 

Intro 
Contacts
Directions 
Nurseries in Attendance

To celebrate 50 Years of the Garden Trust, Dorothy Clive Garden are hosting an exciting new event featuring 

12 specially selected nurseries, 
Guided tours of the garden 
Lectures by the Garden Curator, Paul Macauley on the history of the garden
A chance to meet members of the Shropshire Group of the Hardy Plant Society and find out more about benefits of membership and their 2008/9 Programme of activities. 

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 Offer for this event only: £2.50 (half normal price)

RHS Members' Partnership garden free entry also applies under its normal terms.

Contacts

For information about the gardens and prebooking a coach party contact Elaine Mann at:

The Dorothy Clive Garden
Willoughbridge
Market Drayton
Shropshire
TF9 4EU

Tel: 01630 647237
email: info@dorothyclivegarden.co.uk
website: www.dorothyclivegarden.co.uk

For further information about the plant fair please contact:

Janet & Martin Blow
SpecialPerennials.com
Yew Tree House, Hall Lane
Hankelow
Cheshire CW3 0JB

Phone: 0845 327 0343 (local rate plus answerphone)
Office: 01270 811443
Mobile: 0771 699 0695
email: plants@specialperennials.com

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
Take A53, signed Market Drayton and Shrewsbury
Turn right at junction with 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
On A525 (from Whichurch); 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
On approaching M6 Junction 15, follow sign to Market Drayton and Shrewsbury (A53)
Turn right at junction with A51. Drive half mile - garden is on the right.

Nurseries in attendance:

Conquest Plants Nursery
Green's Leaves
Hall Farm Nursery

Hillview Hardy Plants

Holden Clough Nursery
 
Mayfields
Penmere Plants
 
Slack Top Nurseries

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Stonyford Cottage Nursery
  
Woodfield Nursery

Views over Staffordshire countryside (c) SpecialPerennials.com

Mixed herbaceius at Dorothy Clive in late summer (c) SpecialPerennials.com

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