BDHA organise two outings each year and the first one this year, 2025, will be to Coton Manor Gardens, Northamptonshire. This will be a coach outing on Thursday 24th April, costing £35 per person for the coach and garden. Lunch is not included in the price but is available at the stableyard cafe.
This beautiful garden at Coton Manor occupies a hillside position extending down from the 17th century manor house constructed of mellow Northamptonshire stone. The 10 acre garden has luxuriant borders that will delight the plant enthusiast while everyone will enjoy the garden’s charm and special atmosphere, with colour and interest throughout the seasons. Beyond the garden is a magical five acre bluebell wood and a wildflower meadow.
The Stableyard Cafe serves homemade lunches and teas. The extensive nursery has over a thousand varieties of plants, many of which are unusual and are propagated from the garden.
Our second outing this year, 2025, will be an own car visit to Daglingworth House, Cirencester, on Thursday 21st August, costing £15.00 per person for the garden and tea and cake.
A pretty garden surrounding a Georgian house in a beautiful Cotswold village setting, beside the Saxon church. David and Etta Howard have gardened here since 1994, and have made a classical garden, with wonderful views and vistas with a contemporary twist.
Hot and cool herbaceous borders are enhanced by unusual planting. There are two
rills beside the Temple, a Beech House, and wildflower area. Good hedges of yew, beech, cotoneaster and stilted hornbeam, which edge the large reflective canal, add to the delight. There is a sunken garden with a cloud pool. A walled garden with a cotswold stone pillared and oak pergola gives strength and depth to the structure, with peonies, phloxes, and candelabra roses in July. An ironwork arbor with white roses is a centrepiece of the walled garden.This is a garden with humour, good design and inspirational ideas and definitely reflects the enthusiasm and character of its owners! Filmed by ITV “Love Your Garden” and featured in ‘The English Garden’ magazine.
Booking is essential for both outings as we have a limited number of places. If you which to book either or both outings please contact me, Jan Cohen, at cohen4sp@btinternet.com
