Two Garden Visits - Hill Cottage, North Walsham and West View, East Ruston
10.30am - Hill Cottage, School Road, Edingthorpe, North Walsham, Norfolk NR28 9SY - Shirley Gilbert - PLANT SALE
Home of HPS member. Cottage garden, approximately 1/4 acre surrounding former farm workers' cottages. Organically cultivated, never watered and densely planted with both traditional and unusual varieties of drought-resistant climbers, shrubs, perennials and annuals. Fruit, vegetable and herb gardens, greenhouse and pond. A real butterly and wildlife paradise. Garden Workshops. Featured in Amateur Gardener.
No entrance charge. £2 only for refreshments
Directions: 3m NE of North Walsham. Off B1150 halfway beetween North Walsham and Bacton, leave main road at Edingthorpe Green and continue straight towards Paston for 3/4m. Cottage on L at top of hill. Parking in adjacent field.
If you can, please bring along a well-potted and correclty labelled plant or two for our stall. All money raised goes towards our group funds.
2.30pm - West View, Youngmans Lane, East Ruston, Nr Stalham Norfolk NR12 9JN - Chris & Bev Hewitt
1 acre plantsman's garden including borders with trees and shrubs underplanted witeh carpets of hellebores and bulbs, pergolas with roses and clematis. Greenhouse with many interesting plants. A summer border with mixed perennials, vegetable parterre, tropical border, orchard and pond.
£3pp - no refreshments
Directions: 3m N of Stalham. Take B1149 Stalham to Bacton Road. Tturn L after East Ruston Church. Continue 3/4m turn L by Butchers Arms PH (Oak Lane). Turn R into Youngmans Lane. 1st house on L.