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April 2018
Sat 28 Sugnall Walled Garden 10am-4pm
Sun 29 Cholmondeley Castle 10am-5pm
May 2018
Sat 5 Donington Le Heath 1620's House 10am-4pm
Sun/Mon 6 & 7 Weston Park 10am-5pm
Sat 12 National Memorial Arboretum 10am-4pm
Sun 13 Adlington Hall 10am-4pm
Sat 19 Arley Arboretum 10am-5pm
Sun 20 British Ironwork Centre 10am-4pm
Sun 27 Pottertons Alpine Garden 9am-5pm
Mon 28 Carsington Water 10am-4pm
June 2018
Sat/Sun 2 & 3 Hodnet Hall 10am-5pm
Sat 9 Bosworth Battlefield 10am-4pm
Sun 24 Sugnall Walled Garden 10am-4pm
Sat 30 / Sun 1 July Henbury Hall 10am-5pm
July 2018
Sat 30 Jun / Sun 1 Henbury Hall 10am-5pm
Sun 8 Abbeywood Gardens 10am-5pm
Sun 22 Middleton Hall 10am-4pm
Sat 28 National Memorial Arboretum 10am-4pm
Sun 29 British Ironwork Centre 10am-4pm
August 2018
Sun 5 Donington Le Heath 1620's House 10am-4pm
Sat 11 Carsington Water 10am-4pm
Sun 12 Southwell Minster Gardens 11am-4pm
Sun/Mon 26/27 Dorothy Clive Garden 10am-5pm
September 2018
Sat 1 Bodenham Arboretum 10am-4pm
Sun 2 Ness Botanic Gardens 10am-4pm
Sun 23 Abbeywood Gardens 10am-5pm
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Past events
March 2018
Sat 17 National Memorial Arboretum 10am-4pm
Sun 18 Alderford Lake 10am-4pm
Sat 24 Carsington Water 10am-4pm
Sun 25 Ness Botanic Gardens 10am-4pm
Good Fri 30 Whittington Castle 10am-4pm
Sat 31 Bodenham Arboretum 10am-4pm
April 2018
Sun/Mon 1 / 2 Dorothy Clive Garden 10am-5pm
Sat 14 Sandwell Valley Park Farm 10am-4pm NEW VENUE
Sun 15 Consall Gardens 10am-5pm
Sunday 1st & Monday 2nd April 2018
Sunday 26th & Monday 27th August 2018
Times: 10am - 5.00pm
For this special event entry to Gardens including plant fair: £4.00 (less than half std entry)
Free parking
Easter and August Bank Holiday Plant Hunters' Fairs at The Dorothy Clive Garden have become a tradition with plant lovers from near and far.
If you haven't been to the garden before you're in for a real treat and we know we'll meet again many of our gardening friends who have enjoyed the sheer exuberant flower power of the borders over the eleven years the fairs have been running.
Special entry price for this event is less than half standard price and includes the garden and fair.
Friends of the garden and season ticket holders admitted free.
For this special event RHS partnership garden free entry terms do not apply.
Dogs on leads welcome
Free parking
Here are some lovely photo albums from these events: Easter or August
Event poster to print and share with groups, clubs or display locally. Thanks for your help in sharing this event. Click the image to open full size poster
Nurseries attending Easter Sunday and Monday 2018:
Avondale Nursery from Warwickshire specialising Anemone nemorosa, Eryngium, Polygonatum, Sanguisorba, Camassia and other unusual herbaceous plants! National Collections of Sanguisorba, Anemone nemorosa and Aster novi-angliae
Bridge Farm Plants from Derbyshire specialising in interesting and unusual perennials
Chris Cooke Plants from Gloucestershire specialising in rare and less common hardy and half-hardy bulbous, herbaceous and shrubs RHS Gold medallist.
Conquest Plants Nursery from Cheshire specialising in coloured foliage
Edrom Nurseries from Berwickshire specialising in woodland plants for shade and unusual alpines RHS Gold medallists including Chelsea Gold.
Green's Leaves from Gloucestershire specialising in Australasian & coloured leaf shrubs
Hall Farm Nursery from Shropshire specialising in perennials and alpines. RHS Gold medallists including Chelsea Gold.
Jurassicplants Nurseries from Denbighshire specialising in unusual seed-raised trees, shrubs and climbers
Linda Scott Plants from Nottinghamshire specialising in hardy geraniums
Mayfields Plants from Cheshire specialising in bee and butterfly friendly perennials
Packhorse Farm Nursery from Derbyshire specialising in Acers and other ornamental trees and shrubs. RHS Gold medallist
Penmere Plants from Cheshire specialising in Fuchsias
Pottertons Nursery from Lincolnshire specialising in alpines, dwarf bulbs and woodland plants. RHS Gold medallists including Chelsea Gold.
Roseland House from Cornwall. National Collections of Clematis Viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea Cultivars
ShadyPlants.com from Gloucestershire specialising in plants for shade
SpecialPerennials from Cheshire specialising in summer and late flowering perennials.
Studio 8 Pottery from Staffordshire with hand-thrown garden and kitchen Terracotta and Stonewares
The Gobbett from Worcestershire specialising in Syringa (Lilac), flowering dogwoods and beardless Iris
Tissington Nursery from Derbyshire specialising in perennials. RHS medallists.
Wildegoose Nurseries from Shropshire specialising in Violas & Violets. RHS medallists.
plus plants grown by Dorothy Clive Gardens themselves.
Nurseries attending August Bank Holiday Sunday and Monday 2018:
Bridge Farm Plants from Derbyshire specialising in interesting and unusual perennials
Chris Cooke Plants from Gloucestershire specialising in rare and less common hardy and half-hardy bulbous, herbaceous and shrubs RHS Gold medallist.
Conquest Plants Nursery from Cheshire specialising in coloured foliage
Cooper and Jones from Shropshire specialising in handmade metal plant supports
Edrom Nurseries from Berwickshire specialising in woodland plants for shade and unusual alpines RHS Gold medallists including Chelsea Gold.
Green's Leaves from Gloucestershire specialising in Australasian & coloured leaf shrubs
Hall Farm Nursery from Shropshire specialising in perennials and alpines. RHS Gold medallists including Chelsea Gold.
Jurassicplants Nurseries from Denbighshire specialising in unusual seed-raised trees, shrubs and climbers
Mayfields Plants from Cheshire specialising in bee and butterfly friendly perennials
North Staffs Hostas from Staffordshire specialising in Hostas, ferns; hemerocallis, carex grasses and ivy
Packhorse Farm Nursery from Derbyshire specialising in Acers and other ornamental trees and shrubs. RHS Gold medallist
Pottertons Nursery from Lincolnshire specialising in alpines, dwarf bulbs and woodland plants. RHS Gold medallists including Chelsea Gold.
ShadyPlants.com from Gloucestershire specialising in plants for shade
SpecialPerennials from Cheshire specialising in summer and late flowering perennials.
The Gobbett from Worcestershire specialising in Syringa (Lilac), flowering dogwoods and beardless Iris
Tissington Nursery from Derbyshire specialising in perennials. RHS medallists.
Wildegoose Nurseries from Shropshire specialising in Violas & Violets. RHS medallists.
plus plants grown by Dorothy Clive Gardens themselves.
Venue Details:
The Dorothy Clive Garden
Willoughbridge
Market Drayton
Shropshire
TF9 4EU
website: www.dorothyclivegarden.co.uk
Directions:
The garden is in North Staffordshire, close to the Shropshire and Cheshire borders. It is on the A51, midway between Nantwich and Stone, two miles from the village of Woore.
From North and South
Exit M6 at Junction 15
Follow signs for A53, signed Market Drayton and Shrewsbury
Turn right at junction into A51. Drive half mile - garden is on the right.
From West
On A51 (from Nantwich); Garden is 2 miles south east of the village of Woore (4 miles east of Bridgemere)
On A525 (from Whitchurch); Turn right at A51 at Woore. Garden is 2 miles,
on left
On A53 (from Market Drayton); Turn left at junction with A51. Drive half
mile - garden is on the right.
From East
Join A500 at Stoke-on-Trent heading south (first exit from A50 roundabout
just after Britannia Stadium.
Before reaching M6 Junction 15, follow signs to Market Drayton and
Shrewsbury (A53)
Turn right at junction into A51. Drive half mile - garden is on the right.