Friends of Borde Hill Garden Special Opening 9,10, 11 March 2012

We will be opening our doors for the new season exclusively to past and prospective Friends of the Garden on 9, 10 and 11 March.

Visitors will be able to enjoy the spring bulbs, magnificent magnolia displays and the numerous camellias, as well as the many changes and enhancements made over the winter months to increase the colour, charm and family appeal of our award winning, Grade ll* listed Garden, Park and Woodland.

The Italian Garden, one of the tempting ‘living rooms’ for visitors to linger recently restored with new spring bulb planting and scented shrub hedging to enhance its formality and elegance. The playground is an exciting, challenging and stimulating play area, where children can have fun or let off steam in acres of parkland.

Friends’  membership is  an Annual Ticket with unlimited times to visit the Garden and the Playgound and free entry to all the events except musical and theatrical;

£25 for an adult and £15 for a child. A family of four (2+2) £65, a family of five (2+3) £75, giving you great savings for the family. Click here to become a Friend.

General Garden Opening Times 2012: 10^th Mar – 9^th Sept and 24^th Oct – 4^th Nov 2012, daily 10am – 6pm (or dusk) and Weekends only in September and October.

Snow at Borde Hill

Wonderful snow scenes at Borde Hill!

 

RHS Event: Champion Tree Walk, Thursday 20 October 10.30am-12.30pm

We're re-opening to enjoy the RHS event Champion Tree Walk on Thursday 20 October.

Explore exotic trees flourishing at Borde Hill over the last 100 years and get top tips by Head Gardener Andy Stevens.

We have 82 Champion trees located in the garden and woodland area. Trees are classified ‘Champion’ when they are either the tallest or have the widest girth amongst all the trees in the British Isles. Many of these trees were planted in the early 1900’s by Colonel Stephenson R. Clarke and they were collected from many parts of the world by the Great Plant Collectors.

RHS Members £12, non-members £14.40
For further details and to book click here.

End of the summer season

It's been a busy and successful season, with lots of exciting events and news:

• the flowering of our rare Chinese trees (Emmenopterys henryi) - a first in Britain  
• the spectacular Queen concert in August
• establishing the Gold Standard Rose Border
• filming of Monster Munchies with Matt Dawson
• Anvil Ironworks exhibition
• Horse trials
• family days, jazz concerts, summer fun
• and much more....

Thank you for your support.

We look forward to seeing you again when we re-open at Halloween 22 - 30 October.

It's our last week of opening for the summer

It's the last week to see our garden flowering, including the two rare Chinese trees, before we open again for Halloween. Come and see us soon! We are open every day until Sunday 11 September, 10am to 6pm.