Teas will be available at the three Tea & Coffee Shops in Alresford - Tiffens (West Street), Courtyard Tea Room (Broad Street Arcade) and Caracoli (Broad Street) will be open for refreshments also.
A garden of surprises. ½-acre mature garden with old established orchard of named varieties. Meandering paths provide changing vistas across farmland. Mixed borders feature a large collection of hardy geraniums and other herbaceous plants and shrubs. Soft fruit garden, containers, metal and stone sculpture and summerhouses. Listen to birdsong as you enjoy tea in the dappled shade of the orchard, or in the conservatory
Open: Saturday, Sunday, Monday 6, 7, 8 August (2-6)
Interesting, well designed 2-acre garden enveloped by 13 acres of Glebe land. Courtyard garden with topiary alongside thatched barn. Subtle combinations of perennials and unusual annuals, raised in Victorian-style greenhouse, cascade down terraced beds with flint walls. Mature trees, long traditional border, young orchard, vegetable corner. Woodland walk through Parsons Belt with old beeches and countryside views. Alpacas
Open: Open: Thursdays 4 & 11 (2-6)
Dean House, Kilmeston, Hampshire
The 9 acres have been described as 'a well-kept secret hidden beside the elegant facade of its Georgian centrepiece' with mixed and herbaceous borders, symmetrical rose garden, pond garden, working walled garden and glasshouses, sweeping lawns, York stone and gravel pathways and many young and mature trees and hedges
Open: Sunday 7, Wed 17 August (12-5)
Hill House, Old Alresford, Hampshire
Traditional English 2-acre garden, established 1938, divided by yew hedge. Large croquet lawn framing the star of the garden, the huge multi-coloured herbaceous border. Impressive dahlia bed and butterfly-attracting sunken garden in lavender shades. Prolific old-fashioned kitchen garden with hens and bantams both fluffy and large. Small Dexter cows, possibly with calves
Open: Sunday 7, Tuesday 9 August (1.30-5)
Berry Cottage, Farringdon, nr Alton, Hampshire
Small organic cottage garden with all-year interest. Spring bulbs, roses, clematis and herbaceous borders. Pond and bog garden. Shrubbery and small kitchen garden
Open: Sunday 21 August (2.30-6)
Abbey Cottage, Itchen Abbas, Hampshire
This 1½-acre organic garden, on alkaline soil, is a fine garden by any standards. Inside the C18 walls of an old kitchen garden there are enclosures, on different levels, which together create an inspirational garden. The adjoining meadow contains specimen trees, an orchard, spring bulbs, summer wild flowers and a plantation of native trees
Open: Sunday, Monday 28, 29 August (12-5)
