What's On - Spetchley Park Gardens
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| Venue | Spetchley Park Gardens | |
| Homepage: | http://www.spetchleygardens.co.uk/ | |
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A Plantsman's Paradise Just three miles east of the beautiful cathedral city of Worcester and surrounded by glorious countryside, lies one of Britain’s best kept secrets. Virtually hidden from the road, and largely unaltered in the last century, this lovely 30 acre Victorian paradise, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. R.J.G. Berkeley, has been lovingly created by successive generations of the Berkeley family, and boasts an enviable collection of plant treasures from every corner of the globe. Clumps of wild primrose push up randomly through sapphire carpets of crocus and swathes of sunny daffodils in Spring, with billowing borders of blowsy perennials and tender exotics in Summer, and a palette of burnt orange, ochre and fiery red in Autumn. From the first tantalizing glimpse of the garden across the magnolia-fringed Horse Pool, back round to the entrance through the Melon Yard with its olives and delicious pineapple-scented flowers, Spetchley is fu...[striped] |
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