Visitors to the gardens can relax in the Magnolia Tearooms, which serves a variety of locally sourced and homemade produce from tea and homemade cakes to light lunches and snacks. Visitors can also pre-book a special ‘high tea’ to celebrate Mothering Sunday on Sunday 26th March. Garden admission is £8.50 for adults, £7.50 for seniors and £4.50 for children (5-16 years). Children under 5 free. £2 discount for PL25, PL26, TR1 or TR2 postcodes. Caerhays Castle and Gardens, Gorran, St.Austell, PL26 6LY. Tel: 01872 501310 www.caerhays.co.uk
Award-winning Hartland Abbey opens for ‘Daffodil Sunday’
Early daffodils at Hartland Abbey
Sunday 12th March heralds spring at Hartland Abbey with a special day to enjoy the beautiful, early spring flowers. The daffodils, many of them historic varieties dating back
150 years, should be looking lovely as well as the profusion of camellias, mimosas, hellebores, chinodoxia and many other beauties! It is a chance to visit, at a reduced entry, before the season proper begins on Mothering Sunday, later in March. The fascinating house will be open and the exhibitions, including ‘Filming on the Hartland Abbey Estate since 1934’ Displaying images from the many productions filmed over the years on the estate, it includes award winning, The Night Manager filmed recently. The house and gardens are the 2016 winners of The North Devon Journal Gold Award ‘Best House and/or Garden in North Devon’. www.hartlandabbey.com
Save £150 per person on Expression Holidays Expressions Holidays is offering Country Gardener readers a reduction of £150 per person for booking before 31st March 2017. Expressions Holidays 2017 garden tours are for small groups of up to 14 people to the gardens and villas of Italy and feature the regions of Tuscany, the Veneto, the Amalfi Coast, the Italian Lakes and the Rome area. Each tour with a local guide shows you the most outstanding gardens, their history and planting. Prices start at £2,250 per person (double or twin share) and a single supplement from £300. New features for 2017 include the papal gardens of Castel Gandolfo! Contact Expressions Holidays on 01392 441275. www.expressionsholidays.co.uk Fully protected by ATOL 3076.
BUSCOT PARK & THE FARINGDON COLLECTION One of Oxfordshire’s best kept secrets
CASTLE & GARD E N S
Gardens open: 20th February – 18th June. Castle is open for guided tours: 20th March – 16th June
As one of Britain’s horticultural treasure troves, holders of a National Magnolia Collection and members of the Great Gardens of Cornwall, Caerhays Castle and Gardens are nothing short of spectacular for a spring time visit. Whilst here, pop into The Magnolia Tearooms and the gift shop.
Open 1 April - 30 September Contact: Info line 01367 240932 or website www.buscotpark.com for opening times.
If your postcode is PL25, PL26, TR1 or TR2, bring proof of your address and save £2 on all entry prices.
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