Last updated on 21 December 11

Waterperry Gardens

5.0/5 (1 ratings)

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Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge
Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge
Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge
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Gardenvisit Editorial

The gardens date back to 1932 when Miss Beatrix Havergal opened her School of Horticulture for Ladies. The 8 acre ornamental gardens include a rose and formal knot garden, water-lily canal, riverside walk, and one of the finest purely herbaceous borders in the country. Herbaceous nursery stock beds provide a living catalogue of plants, and there's also an alpine garden, and the National Collection of Kabschia Saxifrages. A commercial plant centre, stocked with plants grown in on-site nurseries, occupies large areas of the beautiful walled garden, and the site also boasts a 5 acres of commercial orchards, producing the famous Waterperry apple juice each year. Gardening courses are held throughout the year.

Head Gardener's Comment

The 8 acre ornamental gardens are loved by plant enthusiasts for the large well-labelled plant collection and unusual nursery stockbeds. The gardens include one of the finest purely herbaceous borders in the country which flowers continuously from May to October. Other main features include a formal knot garden highlighting planting through the ages; a rose garden; contemporary grass border, Alan Bloom-designed island beds and a riverside walk.

History

The ornamental gardens at Waterperry date back to the early 1930s when Beatrix Havergal set up her School of Horticulture for Ladies. When the school closed in 1972, it paved the way for much development in the gardens which are now famous - not least for the purely herbaceous border which is a joy to behold from May to late September.

Plants of Note

Waterperry holds the NCCPG for Kabschia and Silver Saxifrages.

Address - Waterperry, nr Wheatley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX33 1JZ
Opening times - All year. Daily. Open 10am to 5.30pm (February to October). Closed between Christmas and New Year and to all but Art In Action visitors, 21st to 24th July 2011.
Admission - November 1st 2011 - February 17th 2012 Adults and concessions £4.30 Children aged 16 and under free. Party rate for groups of 20 or more booked in advance £4.20 February 18th 2012 to October 31st 2012. Adults £6.30 Children aged 16 and under free. Party rate for groups of 20 or more booked in advance £4.85 November 1st 2012 - February 2013 Adults £4.50. Children aged 16 and under free. Party rate for groups of 20 or more booked in advance £4.20.
Website - Visit the Waterperry Gardens website

Local Hotels

Hotels within 30km as the crow flies from this garden.

Days Inn Hotel Oxford (1km away)
From £29.95 to £120.00
A Lakeside Town Farm B & B (11km away)
From £75.00 to £115.00
The Three Horseshoes (28km away)
From £29.00 to £65.00

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Turn End Garden (9km away)
Oxford Botanic Garden (9km away)
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University Parks, Oxford (9km away)
Waddesdon Manor Garden (13km away)
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The Manor House, Bledlow (13km away)

Nearby Garden Nurseries

Garden Nurseries within 30km as the crow flies from this garden.

Waterperry Gardens Nursery (0km away)
Newington Nurseries (8km away)
Wear's Nursery (15km away)
The Herb Garden (20km away)
Steventon Road Nurseries (21km away)
(2.0/5)
The Plant Specialist (22km away)
Penstemons by Colour (22km away)
Blooming Marvellous Plants (24km away)

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Reviews and Comments

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over 5 years ago Adam Hodge said
Immaculately maintained..an interesting 'journey' along the various richly planted walled borders, walks,and assorted areas, not to mention the herbaceous cutting beds.
There is always something in flower almost all year so very enjoyable whenver you go.

(5.0/5)

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