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The Old Rectory, Manston

Manston, Sturminster Newton,  Dorset,  DT10 1EX

Opening dates and times:Sun 23, Wed 26 June (2-5)

Visitors also welcome by appt 15 May to 12 Sept

Admission:Adm £4, chd free

Facilities:

Refreshments:Home-made teas

Contact:Andrew & Judith Hussey   Telephone: 01258 474673
Email: judithhussey@hotmail.com

Postcode:DT10 1EX

Location:6m S of Shaftesbury, 2½m N of Sturminster Newton. 
From Shaftesbury, take B3091. On reaching Manston, past Plough Inn, L for Child Okeford on R-hand bend. Old Rectory last house on L
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Description:Beautifully restored 5-acre garden. S-facing wall with 120ft herbaceous border edged by old brick path. Enclosed yew hedge flower garden. Wildflower meadow marked with mown paths and young plantation of mixed hardwoods. Well-maintained walled Victorian kitchen garden. New walnut tree knot garden

In the press:Featured in Dorset Life

Further details:What the visitors may find interesting on coming to this garden is the early stage of the creation of garden rooms.We have planned three here and after this summers plentiful rainfall they are beginning to take shape.They have been designed to utilise yew,beech and hornbeam for the enclosed space

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