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Gresgarth Open Days u2013 2017
Opening time (if not described below) 11am-5pm. Price £8 per adult,
accompanied children free. No dogs. The major part of the garden can be
reached by wheelchair. Teas and refreshments available
Sunday 12th February - Hamamelis Day, 11-3pm, Entrance £8.50 &
includes a delicious mug of hot chocolate and biscuits
Sunday 12th March - Hellebore Day, 11-3pm, Entrance £8.50 & includes
a delicious mug of hot chocolate and biscuits
Sunday 12th November - Autumn Colour, 11-3pm, Entrance £8.50 & includes
a delicious mug of hot chocolate and biscuits
Garden open to the general public:
Sunday 9th April
Sunday 14th May
Sunday 11th June
Sunday 9th July
Sunday 13th August
Sunday 10th September
Sunday 8th October
By arrangement.
June to September
(see above Dates Open)
Photography within the grounds is allowed for personal interest only. Photographs must not be used for sale or any other purpose.
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The garden is one of the largest in the North West and has been extensively re-landscaped and planted by the Lennox-Boyds over the last 20 years. It lies on both sides of the Artle Beck, a tributary of the Lune. It includes Herbaceous borders, Terraces, a Rose Collection, a Water Garden, the Lilac walk, an Orchard, a Nuttery, the Ornamental kitchen garden, Greenhouses and the Rhododendron collection. In all, there are several thousand plants and trees.
There has been a Pele Tower on this site for many years. It may have been built as early as 1330 by the Curwen family. The house has been altered subsequently several times. The bay window overlooking the river terrace was probably built in the eighteenth century by the Rawlinsons, but the major change was made by Thomas Edmondson in 1805 - 1810 when the building was enlarged and given its present landscape in the romantic style. Many of the fine trees were planted by his descendants through whom the property passed, until the Boyds purchased it in 1978.