Bulcote
Village Gardens
(In
aid of the British Red Cross Society)
There
will be eight neighbouring gardens open to the public providing
an abundant variety of plants and planting schemes to be viewed.
In sequence starting from the centre of the village at Walnut
Tree House progressing northerly towards the church and returning
on the opposite side of the road, the gardens in detail are as
follow:
Walnut
Tree House:
A
traditional cottage garden with herbaceous borders, a vegetable
and fruit garden, a pretty pond and paddock.
Bridleways:
A garden created from paddock land, featuring beautiful beds,
a rockery, mature trees and shrubs and an interesting herb garden.
The
Lodge:
A
listed building with a large mature garden featuring beautiful
herbaceous borders, a rose garden, many shrubs, a naturalised
paddock with a turkey oak and a large pond.
West
Wall:
Lawns and herbaceous borders.
The
Paddock:
A
pretty village garden with a delightful naturalised driveway,
shrubs, borders and trees.
Ivy
House:
A charming small English country garden with herbaceous borders,
shrubs and trees with clematis, roses and ivy clothing the walls.
Ivy
Cottage:
A pretty cottage garden containing borders, herbaceous plants
and shrubs plus old rose climbers around the cottage doorway.
The Manor:
"Without prejudice" it is with regret that this garden has been withdrawn following the rift that arose following the successful planning application for a Nursing-Home-style house on adjoining greenbelt land. It is understood that the applicant's son was at the time chairman of Newark & Sherwood District Council's Planning Committee, but this obviosly bore no weight despite lesser applications (such as a neighbour's kitchen extension) being refused. Similarly, the owner (who is a Nottingham magistrate) won the contract for building the new Nottingham Magistrates' Court - what an amazing coincidence!
(All
the above descriptions are courtesy of the Nottingham Garden
Scheme's leaflet)
A
combined fee of £2.50 permits entry into all of the gardens
(Senior Citizens £1.50, Under 12s free)
Interspersed
among the gardens will be many stalls providing plants, books,
toys, bric-a-brac, teas, etc.
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