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GardenWorld brings you a selection of gardens that are well worth going the extra mile for this month.
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Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Cambridge
Open all year
Tel: 01223 336265
Cambridge University Botanic Garden Web Site |
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Home to 10,000 plant speices, this botanic garden is full of interest. Intrepid visitors can explore the pathways of the limestone rock garden or alternatively take a leisurely stroll round the lake, which is covered in water lilies and bordered by bamboos, giant-leaved gunnera and dawn redwoods. For something unusual, head for the systematic beds, which date from 1846 and are a blaze of summer colour, displaying 81 different families of flowering plants. |
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Crathes Castle Garden
Banchory, Aberdeenshire
Garden & grounds open all year
Tel: 01330 844525
www.nts.org.uk |
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The castle's large walled garden features wide herbaceous borders, inspired plant combinations and many rare shrubs. It is divided into eight areas, each with its own distinct theme, from the misty blue garden to the white border, accompanied by ancient topiary hedges up to 300 years old. Beyond the walls you'll find a choice of marked trails to lead you through the grounds. |
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Cottesbrooke Hall
Cottesbrooke, Northants
Open June - Sept
Tel: 01604 505808
www.cottesbrookehall.co.uk |
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This elegant and immaculately maintained formal garden is the perfect complement to the fine Queen Anne-style house. Among its series of small gardens and courtyards you'll find herbaceous borders in their full summer finery, arbours clad in roses and clematis, and tranquil water features. Take a stroll along the statue walk, under the watchful gaze of the great philosophers, and enjoy views across the surrounding parkland, lakes and meadows. |
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Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park
Fakenham, Norfolk
Open daily
Tel: 01328 851465
www.pensthorpe.com |
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Why not come and see for yourself the Millenium Garden, created by the influential Dutch designer Piet Oudolf. This new one-acre garden, set among the wildfowl lakes, features dramatic swathes of perennial flowers and grasses, in harmony with the natural landscape. Flowering will reach its peak in high summer, although the architectural planting will retain its beauty well into autumn. The park's many exotic and endangered water birds also make an eyecatching sight. |
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