Dorothy Clive gardens now open for 2017

12 acre hillside garden and award winning tourist attraction, The Dorothy Clive Garden, is now open seven days a week from 10am to 5.30pm until Saturday 30th September 2017.

Visitors can delight in the intimate and informal gardens set amidst glorious countryside. Seasonal flowers such as daffodils, crocuses, Muscari and Scilla are out now, as well as flowering shrubs such as Camellias, Magnolias and emerging Rhododendrons.
Curator, Kathryn Robey said, 'Spring is a delightful time of year to visit the Dorothy Clive Garden with so many colourful displays to enjoy and so much promise for later in the year. Our newly refurbished giftroom and tearoom open daily. Situated in the heart if the garden, the giftroom and tearoom are a fantastic place to relax with a cream tea and enjoy the stunning views and scents of the spring garden.'

The garden tearoom, is open from 10pm to 5pm daily, selling a selection of refreshments including delicious light lunch snacks such as seasonal soups, fresh sandwiches, traditional ploughmans, healthy salads, and sweet treats such as homemade scones, and various hot and cold drinks, plus a selection of wine or beers.

The gift shop, adjacent to the garden tearoom, is now extended and stocked with unusual gift items and ice creams. There are various other products available such as and RHS branded soap and bath gel, beautiful leather handbags, gift cards and many other items. The gift shop will be open from 10am to 5pm daily.

The Dorothy Clive Garden -- a charitable garden trust -- was set up in 1958 by Colonel Harry Clive as a place of rest and recreation and continued horticultural education for the general public as well as supporting environmental sustainability. The garden, originally a disused gravel quarry, was transformed by Clive into a woodland garden for his wife Dorothy, who was suffering from Parkinson's disease.

If you would like further information, please contact the 01630 647237, alternatively email info@dorothyclivegarden.co.uk

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