Don’t let June go by without
GARDENS TO VISIT IN HAMPSHIRE
seeing the roses at Mottisfont by Vivienne Lewis
Everything is bursting open in the gardens around Hampshire this month, and here is a selection of the best to visit.
We do our best to ensure that details are correct at time of going to press, but we advise readers to check before making a journey. Gardens open for the National Gardens Scheme can be seen on their website:
www.ngs.org.uk
Mottisfont
June, roses... and Mottisfont. This is the peak time to see roses in all their lovely colours tumbling over walls, in the borders and over designed structures round Mottisfont Abbey near Romsey.
There is plenty to see at the National Trust property all through the season but it is at its glorious best in June, when visitors flock to see its National Collection of old- fashioned roses.
The former Augustinian priory dating from the 13th century lies beside the fast-flowing and picturesque River Test, with beautiful parkland and formal grounds near the house.
It once belonged to a society hostess and arts patron Maude Russell in the last century, a woman with a rather racy image. Gilbert Russell and his wife engaged Rex Whistler to transform the former entrance hall in the south west wing into a Gothic drawing room, with fantastic trompe l’oeil murals around the walls.
Mottisfont is famous as the place to find the National Collection of ancestral species and 19th century rose cultivars
It gets so busy that it might be best to plan your visit so that you see the garden on a sunny weekday afternoon or early evening as the gardens are open until 8pm during much of June (on the next page).
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Mottisfont is at its glorious best in June, when visitors flock to see its National Collection of old- fashioned roses
Like many country houses, Mottisfont was commandeered during World War II, becoming a hospital for 80 patients. Gilbert Russell died in 1942, and in 1957 Mrs Russell gave the Abbey to the National Trust, although she lived there until 1972.
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