Sat 28 May Carsington Water, Derbyshire Free Entry (P&D Parking)
Sun 29 May Pottertons Nursery & Garden, Lincs Pay on Gate
Sun 5 June Arley Arboretum, Worcs Free Entry to Fair
Sat - Sun 11 - 12 June Hodnet Hall, Shrops Buy Tickets
Sat 18 June Thoresby Park, Notts Free Entry (P&D Parking)
Sun 26 June Middleton Hall, N. Warks Buy Tickets
Sun 3 July Whittington Castle, Shrops Free Entry (P&D Parking)
Wed 13 July Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire Buy Tickets
Sun 31 July 1620s House Donington Le Heath, Leics Buy Tickets
Sun 7 August Southwell Minster, Notts Pay on Gate
Sat 13 August Carsington Water, Derbyshire Free Entry (P&D Parking)
Sun 14 August Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire Pay on Gate
Sun 21 August Middleton Hall, N. Warks Tickets coming
Sun - Mon 28 - 29 August Dorothy Clive Garden, Staffs Buy Tickets
Sat 3 September Bodenham Arboretum, Worcs Free Entry to Fair
Sun 4 September Ness Botanic Gardens, Wirral Pay on Gate
Sun 11 September Weston Park, Staffs Buy Tickets
Past fairs 2022
Sun 20 March Ness Botanic Gardens, Wirral
Sun 27 March Arley Hall & Gardens, Cheshire
Sat 2 April Sugnall Walled Garden, Staffs
Sun 3 April Middleton Hall, N. Warks
Sat 9 April Bodenham Arboretum, Worcs
Sun 10 April Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire
Fri 15 April Whittington Castle, Shrops
Sun - Mon 17 - 18 April Dorothy Clive Garden, Staffs
Sun 24 April Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire
Sun - Mon 1 - 2 May Weston Park, Staffs
Sun 8 May Adlington Hall, Cheshire
Market Drayton Shropshire TF9 3NN
Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 June 2022 Buy Tickets (Please select plant fair tickets and not general garden entry)
Please check event status before travelling
Times: 10am - 5pm
Tickets coming soon
Entry to gardens including the plant fair: £5.00. Children free!
Season ticket holders get free entry!
Free Parking
Dogs on leads welcome
Now in its 12th year, this is always a spectacular plant fair at a truly not to be missed garden.
There are 63 acres of gardens with grand vistas, intimate, secluded areas, a walled kitchen garden, magnificent lakes; the glorious setting is almost beyond description!
There have been gardens at Hodnet since the 11th century when the Heber-Percy family constructed their first house in the parkland. Their serious development began in 1921 by the late Brigadier Heber-Percy and today, the 60+ acres are renowned as amongst the finest in the country. Forest trees provide a wonderful backdrop for formal gardens planted to give delight during every season, woodland walks amongst flowering shrubs and a daisy chain of ornamental pools.
Hodnet has been awarded National Collection Status for Cercidiphyllum. These wonderful trees color beautifully in autumn and give off a powerful aroma of toffee as the leaves fall, hence the common name of "burnt sugar trees".
Visitors can explore the gardens, meet top nurserymen and women and enjoy light refreshments in the picturesque restaurant. What more could you want on an early summer's day?
Disabled visitors are very welcome : the fair is totally accessible and approximately 60 percent of the gardens are accessible to wheelchairs but please note the paths are mainly grass or gravel.
Restaurant open for lunches & teas.
Nurseries and Artisans confirmed are:
Bridge Farm Plants from Derbyshire: a wide range of hardy, herbaceous perennials: Unusual varieties as well as cottage garden favourites, a small election of shrubs and other plants.
ChickenStreet from Shropshire: perennial grasses, native species, and easy care herbaceous perennials
Conquest Plants Nursery from Cheshire: Specialist growers of variegated and coloured foliage, hardy plants
Green's Leaves from Gloucestershire: shrubs, perennials, grasses, foliage plants
Hall Farm Nursery from Shropshire: garden plants, perennials, woodland plants, herbs and many other plants which are not widely available. RHS Gold medallists. RHS Partnership Nursery.
Hooksgreen Herbs from Staffordshire: Culinary, Medicinal and Aromatic Herb Plants and Seeds. RHS Gold medallists.
Lovegroves from Gloucestershire: Shrubs and Trees, ferns and climbers NEW TO EVENT
Lyneal Mill Nursery from Shropshire: Cottage garden plants including Geum, Aquilegia and Primula
Mayfields Plants from Cheshire: bee and butterfly-friendly cottage garden perennials
Nature in Steel from Shropshire: Metal Cut Out Hand-Finished Garden Sculptures Inspired By Nature NEW TO EVENT
North Staffs Hostas from Staffordshire: Hostas, Hemerocallis, Ferns, Hedera, Geums, Carex Grasses. National Collection of Hosta.
Packhorse Farm Nursery from Derbyshire: Acers, trees and shrubs RHS Gold medallist
Penmere Plants from Cheshire: Hardy and Species fuchsia
Pottertons Nursery from Lincolnshire: Alpines, Dwarf Bulbs and Woodland Plants. RHS Gold medallists including Chelsea Gold
Roseland House from Cornwall: Climbing plants. National Collections of Clematis Viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea Cultivars
Sophia Davenport from Clwyd: Quality botanical cards, prints and notebooks NEW TO EVENT
SpecialPerennials from Cheshire: Perennials all grown in our bee and butterfly friendly garden
Stuart Marsh Sculptures from Derbyshire: Garden sculptures in brass and copper NEW TO EVENT
The Gobbett Nursery from Worcestershire: Shrubs, perennials inc Iris, Cornus, Syringa RHS Medallists
Details:
Hodnet Hall Gardens
Hodnet
Market Drayton
Shropshire TF9 3NN
Website: www.hodnethallgardens.org
Hodnet Hall is in the village of Hodnet, near Market Drayton, 12 miles north-east of Shrewsbury. Approaching on the A5 road from North Wales, the A53 (Shrewsbury-Market Drayton) road and the A442 (Whitchurch-Wellington) roads, leaving the M6 at exits 12 and 15 or the M54 at exit 3.
Articles by and about Hodnet Hall Gardens:
Not Standing Still at Hodnet Hall (from our 2018 newsletter)
Keeping Us Even and Regular at Hodnet Hall (from our 2015 newsletter)
Preparing for the Future at Hodnet Hall (from our 2014 newsletter)