Open Gardens

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Polypodium List

Our garden is open for the National Gardens Scheme twice in 2011, however this will be our last year of opening for some time. Therefore our final opening will be on 18 SEPTEMBER (1-5pm) . Please join us for this last chance to share our garden, and help us to 'go out on a high'!

We always try to have a good selection of unusual plants for sale. This September, it being our final opening, we will be selling a number of plants at knock-down prices to clear. In addition, I will have a quantity of young plants (most in 1L pots) of herbaceous plants grown from seeds wild-collected in Canada and the USA, which are not available elsewhere, which I hope you will find very tempting, especially if you like to grow something a little different. There will also be a selection of hardy cyclamen species, rare fresh trillium seeds, and dry bulbs available. We are known for our delicious home made teas, which will be provided under cover if the weather is bad, and there will be home made preserves from our own produce for sale. For our final fling we will have an extra special collection of (hopefully) irresistible cakes, so leave your diet at home! As usual, the greetings cards from my own watercolour botanical paintings will be available, along with some original paintings, and prints. Come early for the best choice of plants and cakes.

We would be delighted if you would join us to help raise funds for this very worthwhile cause, which supports several other charities including:

130 Prince Rupert Drive is an enthusiast's garden of half an acre, created from scratch by Anne and Barry Wright since 1993 and containing a wide variety of trees, shrubs, perennials and bulbs in beds connected by gravel paths.

The entire plot lay under the main runway of RAF Marston Moor for 40 years, after which (most of) the 0.5m thick concrete was removed and a variety of topsoils placed on the surface. Thus we have fairly light soil in places, while in other areas it is clay. Some areas are poorly drained, and so we have put in gravel and bark paths for wet weather access. The garden is exposed to high westerly winds from the airfield.

The planting is designed for year-round interest. Early hellebores, snowdrops and cyclamen give way to spring bulbs and early perennials.

Later in the summer, the borders are filled with herbaceous plants and grasses, with our large fern collection in the shadier parts. Many of our plants are grown from seed, including wild collected seed, enabling us to grow rare and unusual species not often seen.

We also have a large established rock garden, pond and bog areas.

For those interested in edible plants, the kitchen garden contains vegetables in raised beds, soft fruit and trained fruit trees.

Our special and delicate ferns are grown in our dedicated shade house, and early bulbs in the alpine house, where I indulge in my hobby of breeding miniature daffodils.