BROWNHILL HOUSE GARDEN is open for the last time this year
Tuesday 24th June 1.30 - 5pm - See attached flyer for more details
Although we are happy to open in July, by arrangement- just email to say when and what time is convenient for you.
Don`t forget, you don`t have to negotiate nearly 800 steps - leave that to we elderly gardeners - if you can manage 5 steps you can see so much at the top and looking down.
All proceeds go to the National Gardens Scheme, who are able to give many thousands of pounds to charities such as Macmillan - Hospice UK - MS Society - Marie Curie - Parkinsons and several more.
A description of the garden from our website www.eleventowns.co.uk
We have gone for variety, a surprise around each corner and a touch of eccentricity. Gardens and gardeners can take themselves too seriously and we have included a few light hearted features simply for fun. Within the constraints of the steep slope, the garden has been laid out to provide as many different styles and features as possible, from the formality of paved terraces to a woodland path. It is not divided into "rooms" and neither is it "open plan" but there are atttempts to subtly hide one area from the next. Many of the features have resulted from the influence of great gardens we have visited and trips we have made. Why shouldn't a smaller garden have a laburnum walk like Bodnant, a folly or two and scaled down versions of a parterre and long walk as seen in gardens of the past? If you don't find the flasher you have not been everywhere.
Complementary to the variety of features we have sought variety in the material grown. We have planted over 500 different varieties of shrub and trees and there are many hundreds of wild and cultivated herbaceous plants. We also grow about 15 types of fruit and nuts and there is a partially walled vegetable garden and two glasshouses on the top level. Clearly, there is no real specialisation in one particular genuus but there are more than 50 different roses and a significant collection of ivies (for which the site is very favourable) now numbers about 100 varieties.
It is the many different features and styles, together with the unusual aspect, which makes this a distinctive and truly unique garden. Unlike many in the modern trend, it is also labour intensive. To save you asking, we do not employ a gardener and at the last count there were nearly 800 steps.
-- Yoland Brown Brownhill House B&B & Garden, Ruyton XI Towns nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR Tel: 01939 261 121 brownhill@eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.co.uk www.eleventowns.org uk www.eleventowns.com ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club - www.ShACC-uk.org MAILING LIST for Ruyton XI Towns area Yo`s blog: http://Yo-emails.blogspot.co.uk
