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Evenley Wood Garden

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  • Snowdrops, Evenley Wood Garden Photograph © Laure Ballu
  • Autumn Colour, Evenley Wood Garden Photograph © Evenley Wood Garden
  • Evenley Wood Garden Photograph © Pontus Wallsten
  • Evenley Wood Garden, Northamptonshire Photograph © Andrew Lawson
  • Bluebells, Evenley Wood Garden Photograph © Andrew Lawson
  • Evenley Wood Garden, 2009 Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge
  • Evenley Garden Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge
  • Evenley Wood Garden, Spring Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge
  • Evenley Wood Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge

Gardenvisit Editorial

A 60 acre woodland garden with acid soil in a mainly alkaline area. The plant collection includes rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias, lilies and snowdrops.

Head Gardener's Comment

Summer brings splashes of colour provided by ornithogalum, cardiocrinum, and many climbing roses though it is perhaps the wood’s lilies that provide the seasons most spectacular show. Indeed, with the collection including many species and spanning all the hybrid types, the garden contains what is possibly the largest collection of lilies growing outdoors in the uk today.

LILY FESTIVAL - SUNDAY 18th JULY, 11am-5pm

Plant nurseries and craft stalls will be in the woodland marquee along with refreshments in the pavilion as the garden celebrates its lily collection. RHS Wisley Garden Manager Colin Crosbie will also be giving a talk on Woodland Perennials in Evenley Village Hall at 11am.

History

Set amongst the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside, this 60 acre, private woodland garden has been planted over the last 28 years in the natural setting of an existing woodland. The garden offers a huge variety of plants ranging from trees and shrubs, including notable collections of oak, apple, pear and euonymus, to a wide selection of bulbs, including many varieties of snowdrops, scillas, daffodils and an extensive collection of lilies.

The garden’s unlikely band of acid soil, in this predominantly alkaline area, also provides the opportunity to cultivate plants such as Rhododendrons, Camellias and Magnolias, which would not ordinarily thrive in this location.

We welcome all visitors on our open days, from the layman to the expert and try to ensure that the collection is fully labeled.

Address - Mill Lane, Evenley, Northamptonshire, England, NN13 5SH
Opening times - All openings 11am to 5pm. Snowdrop Days: Sat/Sun 13/14th & 20th/21st Feb. Spring/Early Summer: Weekends and Bank Holiday Mondays, 20th March - 18th July 2010. Autumn Colour: Sat/Sun October 30th & 31st
Admission - Adult £5.00, Conc. £4.00, Child £1.00. New, fully-transferrable, multi-entry ticket allowing 6 adult entries for £20 with accompanying children under 12 free.
Website - Visit the Evenley Wood Garden website

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Recent Reviews

  • over 1 year ago Adam Hodge said

    This place is a veritable treasure trove of choice trees and bulbs especially Lilies. I have just visited and the later flowering varieties of Magnolias were showing well, not to mention Halesias, Enthianthus, Acers, the list is endless, deciduous Azaleas many of which were fragrant.
    This is a noteworthy collection of trees, in a beautiful and relaxed setting, that must be one the best in the country.

    (4.0/5)

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