COTSWOLDS
Edward Jenner’s historic
woodland garden
by Vivienne Lewis
GARDENS TO
VISIT IN THE
COTSWOLDS
Get out and about in the Cotswolds this spring – there’s
plenty to see, with snowdrops and then daffodils and all the
other spring flowers in woodland gardens around.
The Edward Jenner Museum
There is an informal woodland garden around the museum
at Berkeley, which was the home of Sir Edward Jenner, the
doctor who discovered the vaccine which was to eradicate
one of the world’s deadliest diseases - smallpox. Not only are
there snowdrops and later on, wild garlic to see, but there is
much of historical interest outside the museum.
As you wind round the garden at this former rectory
there is a Saxon archaeological site and a classic garden
building – the Temple of Vaccinia – where Jenner treated
local people for free. At the old Cyder House there is an
Edward Jenner:’s home in Berkley. There is an informal woodland
exhibition with information on the temple and on the finds
garden around the former rectory
at the Saxon site.
days per week during June/July/August. For specific opening
times, check with the museum by phone or on the website.
Edward Jenner was born in
Berkeley, Gloucestershire and
The museum opens 12 noon or 12.30 – 5.30pm on various days.
became a doctor there. In 1796, he Admission: £2.50, children free.
experimented on an eight-year-
www.jennermuseum.com.
old when he tested his theory that
milkmaids who suffered the mild
disease of cowpox never contracted
Kempsford Manor
smallpox, one of the greatest killers
of the period, particularly children.
Just three miles from the parish church at Fairford, famous
Jenner proved that having been
for its fine medieval stained glass windows, Kempsford
inoculated with cowpox anyone
Manor is an elegant eighteenth century country house with
was immune to smallpox. He coined
a garden that is particularly interesting in spring.
the word vaccine from the Latin
Winter aconites give way to a variety of flowers including
‘vacca’ for cow.
snowdrops along the old former canal walk, and there are
anemones, daffodils, and other spring bulbs.
The garden boasts a 200-year-old plane tree, and the
vinery contains Jenner’s vine grown from cuttings
taken from the historic Hampton Court vine planted in
Capability Brown’s time.
Open for the season from 1st April until the autumn, the
garden will be open for the NGS on Sunday 28th February
from 11am – 4pm. There is limited access for wheelchairs on
gravel paths around the garden, and the toilets may not be
suitable for some wheelchairs.
Location: Edward Jenner Museum, Berkeley, Gloucestershire
GL13 9BN. Midway between Bristol and Gloucester, just off
the A38. Follow the signs to Berkeley and then the brown
signs to the Jenner museum.
Open: For the NGS, Sunday 28th February 11am – 4 pm. The
museum is open from 1st April to the end of October, seven
Kempsford Manor - a garden which is really worth a springtime visit
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