About the Day

Plantsman's Days at Bury Court

Your invitation and only chance to see Bury Court Gardens in 2009

Last Wednesday of every month from April - Sept 11.00am - 3.30pm

Your invitation and only chance to see Bury Court Gardens in 2009

Phoenix Perennial Plants

Southview Nurseries

Steventon Road Nurseries

29^th April

27^th May

24^th June

29^th July

26^thAugust

30^th September

About the day - Programme, Lectures & Tours

Text Box: Programme Plants will be available for purchase throughout the day Plant Workshops & Demonstrations 11.30am-12.00pm Guided tours of Bury Court Gardens 2.30pm-3.00pm Light refreshments available throughout the day Lunches must be pre-booked either online (administrator@plantsmansdays.co.uk) or phone Marina on 01420 560695

Front garden pavilion and pond

Walled garden with cobbled paths

Veronicastrum ‘Fascination’

Centaurea orientalis

Centaurea benoistii

Text Box: 27th May John Graham - Making naturalistic woodland gardens An illustrated introduction to creation and adaptation of gardens to provide conditions for natural-looking shade planting.

24th June

Marina Christopher - Grasses Part I

A look at spring and early summer flowering annual and perennial grasses. How to choose and plant grasses suitable for different soils and how to maximise their effect.

Text Box: 29th July Mark Trenear - Papilionaceae: The butterflies of the plant world

26th August

John Graham - Herbaceous Peonies

Peonies have had a long history in gardens. Using wild species and garden hybrids as examples this talk aims to show that they are indispensable in contemporary gardens.

Text Box: 30th September Marina Christopher - Grasses Part II A tour round the grass beds at Bury Court to view the range in colour, size and flower plumes of autumnal grasses. Topical tips on how to grow them successfully.

Lectures

The talks and demonstrations will be held each month from 11.30-12.00pm and cover a wide range of gardening topics. Slide shows are held in the lecture hall and demonstrations and talks are usually outside in the garden if the weather is fine. A bell will summon you to the lecture.

29th April

Mark Trenear - The Joys of Spring

The gardener’s appreciation of the springtime through plants, poetry and art in the garden.

Guided Tours of Bury Court Gardens

In the afternoon there will be a chance to participate in a half hour guided tour of the garden. The tour will alternate between the walled garden (April, June and August) and the front garden (May, July and September).

Text Box: Inner Walled Garden The inner walled garden was the first naturalistic garden designed by Piet Oudolf in the UK. It was planted in 1997 and is continually changed and developed by the owner, John Coke in collaboration with Piet. The garden is dynamic with many interesting and unusual perennials, climbers and shrubs. Tours around this walled space are in April, June and August.

Front Garden

The front garden was designed by Christopher Bradley-Hole and planted in 2001, several years after the walled garden. It is designed around a formal grid pattern of flowerbeds with rusty iron edging and gravelled paths, with a central covered seating area and a reflective pool.

Tours around the front garden are in May, July and September.