Opening dates and times:For NGS: Sun 24 Mar (10.30-5)For other opening times and information, please phone or see garden website
Admission:Adm £7, chd free
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Contact:Mr & Mrs R B Hasell-McCosh Telephone: 017684 86450 Email: office@dalemain.com
Postcode:CA11 0HB Location:3m SW of Penrith. On the A592 Penrith to Ullswater. 3m from M6, J40 or 2m from Ullswater at Pooley Bridge click here for a map
Website:www.dalemain.com
Description:Delightful 5-acre plantsman’s gardens, set against the grandeur of the Lakeland Fells and parkland. Herbaceous borders; rose walk with old-fashioned roses and named ancient apple trees; Abies cephalonica fir; tulip tree and Tudor knot garden. Wild garden with blue Himalayan poppies. Recent additions are the wild flower spiral garden, giantess earth sculpture and stumpery. Woodland walks Agricultural Museum, Lobs Wood. Estate walks to Dacre and Stainton Villages. Deer park and an opportunity to feed the wild birds with Jimmy Disability information:Mobility scooter available to hire. Please telephone for further information
Further details:Included at Dalemain are delightful and fascinating 5 acre plantsman's gardens set against the picturesque splendour of the Lakeland Fells and Parkland. Richly planted herbaceous borders. Rose Walk with over 100 old-fashioned scented roses and ancient apple trees of named varieties. Magnificent Abies Cephalonica and Tulip Tree. Tudor Knot Garden. Wild Garden with a profusion of flowering shrubs and wild flowers and in early Summer the breathtaking display of blue Himalayan Poppies. Glorious woodland walk high above Dacre Beck. The gardens have been featured on BBC Gardeners' World and in Country Life and English Garden magazines
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