Gardens open around Alresford - March

Snowdrop in Brandy Mount Garden

More information on these gardens can be obtained from the NGS web site. Just enter the name of the garden and click search.

Teas will be available at Brandy Mount Gardens and 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.

Hinton Ampner Garden

Opens for the season on Saturday 14 March. (Closed Thursday & Friday but not Good Friday) There are free guided tours of the garden every Tuesday afternoon. Other <>events
Brandy Mount House, Alresford, Hampshire

1-acre, informal plantsman's garden. Spring bulbs, hellebores, species geraniums. National Collections of snowdrops and daphnes. European primulas, expanding collection of dwarf narcissi, herbaceous and woodland plants. 2 new raised beds to display early spring bulbs. New small collections of ferns in the shady part of the garden

Open: March date to be confirmed

Visit Brandy Mount House Garden's web site - www.brandymount.co.uk

Brandy Mount Garden Picture Gallery


Westbrook House, Holybourne, nr Alton, Hampshire

3-acre garden designed and evolved over the past 30yrs by the present owner, with the benefit of existing mature trees such as a magnificent Gingko biloba. Though not a 'room garden' as such, the garden has nevertheless been planned with different areas each with its own character, ranging from formal mixed borders to orchard, stream and village pond

Open: Sunday 15 March (2-4)

Bramdean House, Bramdean, Hampshire

Traditional 6-acre garden on chalk, famous for mirror-image herbaceous borders. Carpets of bulbs, especially snowdrops, in the spring. Very many unusual plants incl collection of old-fashioned sweet peas. 1-acre kitchen garden featuring prizewinning vegetables, fruit and flowers


The White Cottage, Beech, Alton, Hampshire

1-acre garden with a wide range of shrubs and plants. Large collection of hellebores and bulbs in spring. Herbaceous borders with plenty of late-summer colour. Pebble area with fountain for display of sun-loving plants. Greenhouses, soft fruit area, conservatory with exotics and scree bed

Open: Sunday, Monday 22, 23 Mar

2009

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Snowdrops at Hinton Ampner
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