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Exton Hall - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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Extensive park, lawns, specimen trees and shrubs, lake, private chapel and C19 house (not open). Pinetum, woodland walks, lakes, ruins, dovecote and formal herbaceous garden.
Exton Hall, Exton LE15 8AN
Today
Uppingham Gardens - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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Three contrasting gardens opening in the historic market town of Uppingham. Start in the Market Square where teas, tickets and route maps are available in the Church Hall, accessed through passage...
Uppingham Gardens, Uppingham LE15 9UD
Today
Wing Gardens - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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Four very different gardens in pretty stone village of Wing with medieval church and turf maze. For map and directions start visit at Townsend House opp Village Hall.
Wing Gardens, Oakham LE15 8SA
Sun 14 Jun
Quaintree Hall - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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An established garden surrounding the medieval hall house (not open) incl a formal box parterre to the front of the house, a woodland walk, formal walled garden with yew hedges, a small picking
Quaintree Hall, Braunston LE15 8QS
Sun 21 Jun
Fathers Day Breakfast & Family Nature Trail
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Bring your dad for a day out at Barnsdale and we’ll treat him to a breakfast, free! We’ve even got a special Dad’s Snoozing Area, kitted out with stripy seaside deckchairs, for him...
Barnsdale Gardens, The Avenue, Exton, Oakham LE15 8AH
Sun 21 Jun
The Old Vicarage, Burley - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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The Old Vicarage is a relaxed country garden, planted for year round interest and colour. There are lawns and borders, a lime walk, rose gardens and a sunken rill garden with an avenue of standard...
The Old Vicarage, Burley, Nr Oakham LE15 7SU
Wed 24 Jun
The Old Vicarage, Harringworth - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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An established and romantic country garden of rooms, which incl a ’quiet garden’ leading into the adjacent church, bee garden, mixed long border, nuttery, orchard, kitchen garden, paddock
The Old Vicarage, Harringworth, Corby NN17 3AF
Sun 28 Jun, Sun 5 Jul
The Old Hall - Open Garden for NGS
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Set on a southerly ridge overlooking Catmose Vale. Stone walls and yew hedges divide the garden into enclosed areas with herbaceous borders, shrubs, and young and mature trees.
The Old Hall, Market Overton LE15 7PL
Sun 5 Jul
Empingham Gardens - Open Garden for NGS
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3 very different gardens in a lovely village. Park and start your visit at Prebendal House, next door to the Church and standing in four acres of garden with open parkland views to the River Gwash.
Empingham Gardens, Empingham LE15 8PS
Sun 12 Jul
Summer Sundays at Barnsdale Gardens
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Join us on Sundays throughout July and August for events for all the family. FREE with garden entry. See website for details of events.
Barnsdale Gardens, The Avenue, Exton, Oakham LE15 8AH
Sun 12 Jul, Sun 19 Jul, and more dates until Sun 30 Aug
Summer Vegetable Weekend
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If you love growing your own food then Barnsdale is the place to be this weekend. We’ll be opening up the productive areas that are normally off-limits to visitors, and our veggie expert will...
Barnsdale Gardens, The Avenue, Exton, Oakham LE15 8AH
Sat 15 Aug and Sun 16 Aug
Autumn Birdwatch
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Meet expert spotters and take a special tour of the Gardens with local naturalist Phil Rudkin and chat with our clever makers of bird boxes.
Barnsdale Gardens, The Avenue, Exton, Oakham LE15 8AH
Sun 4 Oct
Barnsdale’s Scary Spooktacular
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Come for a walk in the Weird Woods where you can take part in a spot of spooky apple bobbing and carve your own petrifying pumpkin to take home- it’s frightening fun for all the family, and
Barnsdale Gardens, The Avenue, Exton, Oakham LE15 8AH
Wed 28 Oct to Sat 31 Oct
Family Festivities @ Barnsdale Gardens 2020
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Put on your Christmas jumpers and join us for a family festive day of Christmas crafts, cupcake decorating (£1.
Barnsdale Gardens, The Avenue, Exton, Oakham LE15 8AH
Sun 13 Dec