NGS Yellow Book Updates For 2010
The 2010 data has now been uploaded onto the website, and is correct at the time of upload. These may be subject to change up to the publish and release of The Yellow Book 2010.
However, new garden photographs and extended descriptions have not all been uploaded as yet.
Please note: Details of NGS gardens published in The Yellow Book may change occasionally due to unforeseen circumstances during the year. Please check GardenFinder before visiting a garden for the very latest information.
Winter Spectacular
Due to the adverse weather conditions, details of the gardens below have changed as follows:
SISSINGHURST PLACE
Kent
Sissinghurst, TN17 2JP
Mr & Mrs Simon MacLachlan
Adm £3.50, chd free (share to Kent Community Foundation)
*Sissinghurst Place will be open on Sunday 14 Mar (12-4) for snowdrops, crocus and hellebores. The garden will also be open one Sunday in April; the date will be notified nearer the time on the NGS website, in the Wealden Advertiser and locally.
WINDWARD
Derbyshire
Please note that the first opening for Windward this year will be on
March 21st (11-4) in addition to the other dates published in the diary section of the 2010 Yellow Book. Audrey & Andrew will be very pleased to welcome you to their beautiful garden. Adm £3, chd free.
General Garden Updates
2 PROSPECT PLACE
Yorkshire
Unfortunately 2 PROSPECT PLACE will not open this year, due to ill health. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
BEECH HOUSE
Northamptonshire
Beech House will be holding an extra open day on
Sunday 7th March from 10am - 4pm. This is due to the poor weather conditions experienced on their opening on Sunday 21 February.
COLETON FISHACRE
Devon
Please note the published dates in the Yellow Book 2010 are incorrect. Coleton Fishacre will in fact be open on Saturday 8th May (10.30-4.30)
COMPTON CASTLE
Devon
Please note the published dates in the Yellow Book 2010 are incorrect. Compton Castle will in fact be open on Thursday 24th June (10.30-4.30).
EAST WING, THORP ARCH HALL
Yorkshire
Unfortunately EAST WING will not open this year, due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
ELM CLOSE
Warwickshire
Please note that Elm Close in Warwickshire will be open by appointment only this year and not on the dates published in the 2010 Yellow Book. Please call Eric & Glenis Dyer on 01789 750793 to make an appointment.
GOLWG YR YNYS
Carmarthenshire & Pembrokeshire
Golwg yr Ynys will not open this year due to illness. We are very sorry for any disappointment
HOBBANS FARM
Essex
Hobbans Farm will not open on the 18th April as advertised, due to ill health. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
KEMPSFORD MANOR
Gloucestershire
Please note that Kempsford Manor is open only on the following dates: Suns 14, 21, 28 Feb; Sun 21 Mar; Sun 25 Apr; Sun 16 May; Sun 8, 15, 22 Aug (2-5). We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the incorrect inclusion of other dates in February and August in the diary section of The Yellow Book 2010.
MEGANS WOOD, GWERNOER FARM
Gwynedd
Owing to an error, the telephone number for Megans Wood, Gwernoer Farm is incorrect in The Yellow Book. The correct number is 01286 880913. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
PERTH YR EGLWYS
Ceredigion
Perth-yr-Eglwys will not open this year due to illness. We are very sorry for any disappointment
RANNERDALE COTTAGE
Cumbria
We are very sorry but due to the floods Rannderale Cottage will not be open on Sat & Sun 19 & 20 June 12-5.
When the floods occurred in Cumbria at the end of last year, the McElney family were also overwhelmed and realise now that they cannot put the garden back together in time. Waters travelled downhill across a field and over a 5 foot wall covering part of the garden in mud and into the house. The central garden area is O.K. but the wilder, more 'natural' area near a stream was totally covered in gravel and small stones to the extent that you could walk from one side of the stream to the other, some 4 feet above where the normal water level is! The National Trust work team had cleared the stream bed sufficient for waters to run correctly again. The cottage had an area of this stream deep enough to swim in (during warmer times!) but do not believe this will ever be available again.
SPRINGFIELD
Glamorgan
Springfield will not open on 6th June as published in the 2010 Yellow Book due to unforeseen circumstances. Sorry for any disappointment.
THE DAIRY
Leicestershire
Has closed for 2010 due to ill health. We are sorry for any disappointment.
THE LITTLE COTTAGE
Hampshire
Please note that the opening hours on Wednesdays and Thursdays 11, 12, 29, 30 August are 10am-12noon & 2-5pm. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
TRELISSICK
Cornwall
Trelissick will open for the NGS on the 27th March (10.30-5.30), and not on the 20th March as previously advertised. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the incorrect dates in The Yellow Book 2010.
YORKE HOUSE, DACRE BANKS
Yorkshire
Unfortunately YORKE HOUSE will not open on Wed 6th Oct as advertised. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
County Map Updates
Northamptonshire Map in The Yellow Book 2010:
Please note owing to a technical problem, gardens numbered 31 onwards on the Northamptonshire map in The Yellow Book 2010, do not represent the actual garden locations. Please check the full garden entry for directions.