Sue and Roger Norman
Ivington Green, Leominster,
Herefordshire HR6 0JN,
01568 720344
ivycroft@homecall.co.uk
2012 Opening Times:
National Garden Scheme Open Days
By appointment in February
Sundays (2-5.30) 15 Apr, 20 May, 24 Jun and 9 Sep (Ivy Croft & Aulden Farm).
Admission £3.50 for National Garden Scheme
Children free. No dogs please.
Our nursery is open by appointment in February and Thursdays, 9am-4pm from April to September when garden visitors will be most welcome.
Garden Admission £3.50
Privates visits and parties welcome all year, please phone or email.
We serve Teas for NGS Sundays and Parties.
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The garden was started in 1997. The cottage is surrounded by formal beds filled with a wide range of plants. Paths lead away from the cottage into less formal areas, set in open grassland. Plantings of willows, grasses, ferns and snowdrops surround the ecological water treatment system and seasonal pond. Mixed borders lead to a young perry pear orchard, a vegetable garden surrounded by trained fruit trees and an embrionic ‘natural wood’. Pleached limes partially surround the car park and screen an area of alpines. |
What a contrast with last year! We have had no real frost yet, but we hold ourselves in readiness. The grass is still growing and the snowdrops are some weeks in advance of most seasons. The hamamellis and cyclamen are looking good, and the daffodils and crocus are coming. This snowdrop season we are only open by appointment, so please make a plan and phone or e-mail. Refreshments can be provided. (Jan 2012)
Where to find us
[OS Ref SO 464562]
3m SW of Leominster, between A44 and B4361, 0.7m W of Ivington, towards Dilwyn.
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