Hampshire Cuttings
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Hampshire NT opens up early for new season
Hampshire’s National Trust properties are opening up earlier and for longer in 2011.
The properties include Mottisfont Abbey, which stands on the River Test between Romsey and Stockbridge.
The venue has organised a number of walks by the river, which includes hidden areas usually out of bounds.
A host of early spring events is planned at Mottisfont Abbey
It also includes the 900-metre boardwalk through the trees, mosses, peat bogs and ponds.
The wooden walkway took three years
to install, but as the bogs and ponds are several feet deep, it is usually kept off limits. Water meadows and sections of the River Test near the abbey, which can trace its history to the priory founded in 1201, are also on the tour.
A shorter version of it – the Duck Ground tour – is also available, which is the same minus the private riverside, and is likely to run longer into the winter than the River tour.
To cater for winter visitors, the abbey’s café and its simmering soup tureen are already open for business.
The historic venue is also hosting guided walks on Sunday, February 13 and Sunday, February 20 to see this year’s display of snowdrops.
Places on the winter tours, which usually cost about £3 per person, need to be booked in advance on 01794 344020.
The venue also hopes to hold some half-term events and activities for families in late February.
Also, Mottisfont will start opening seven days a week from Monday, February 21- the earliest it has been fully open.
Hinton Ampner near Bramdean, is also opening its gates earlier than usual. The historic house will open its doors on Saturday, February 19.
The layout of the gardens was designed by Hinton Ampner’s previous owner, Ralph Dutton, and fits around the tiny parish church in the grounds.
He planted a range of fragrant winter flowers in the garden, more details are available on 01962 771305.
The other National Trust properties in Hampshire include the City Mill in Bridge Street, Winchester. The City Mill had an official re-launch ceremony four months ago with television presenter Philippa Forrester.
She also presided over the re-opening of the attraction in 2000, which dates to the 15th century and mills its own flour.
For more details about the mill, call 01962 870057.
Meet Pippa Greenwood at the Edible Garden Show
A wide range of experts and exhibitors will give talks and demonstrations on how to get the very best out of your home produce, covering all aspects of gardening, allotments, grow your own and healthy eating – as well as beekeeping, poultry and livestock.
Award-winning chef and writer Rachel Green will share her extensive experience and expertise with visitors as part of the WI Cookery School, a major feature of the event.
Celebrity gardener and best-selling author Pippa Greenwood, renowned for her infectious passion for plants and home-grown produce, will give daily talks in the show hall.
Tickets for the event are £11 with concessions for children, students and elderly visitors. For full details visit
www.theediblegardenshow.co.uk or call 0844 338 8001.
NEXT ISSUE: Look out for the April issue of Country Gardener, available from late March Country Gardener
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Edible Gardeners Show aims to provide grow your own answers
Always dreamed of growing your own fruit and vegetables? Or just want to get better at it? A new event – The Edible Garden Show – will be staged at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, from 18th-20th March, and promises to be a show which meets the demand for home-grown produce and healthy eating.
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