Wokingham and Bracknell Lifestyle Apr - May 2024

NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME
Beautiful local gardens to visit this spring - plus raising vital funds for nursing
and health charities. For more details, visit ngs.org.uk
S T U B B I N G S H O U S E
Stubbings Lane, Henley Road,
Maidenhead SL6 6QL
W O O D P E C K E R S
Poplar Grove, Woking GU22 7SD
A journey through a horticultural
designer’s own garden, where plants
take centre stage in succession,
providing year-round colour and interest.
Three rooms, each with a different
planting style and purpose: vibrant
colours in the jewel's amphitheatre, leafy
textures and pastels in the social room,
glasshouse and grow your own
productive area.
Sunday 5th and 19th May
Admission: Adult: £5.00 | Child: Free
T I M B E R H I L L
Chertsey Road, Chobham, Surrey
GU24 8JF
Welcome to 16 acres of informal
garden, park, and woodland; enticing
views to Surrey Hills from the hill.
Enjoy winter and spring walks,
through witch-hazel and winter
honeysuckle, crocus and snowdrops,
daffodils/narcissi, gorgeous bluebells
and azaleas and fleeting cherry
blossom. Stunning camellias in Feb,
March, April.
Sunday 7th April, Mondays from
March 11th Admission: Adult: £7.00
Child: £1.00
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Parkland garden accessed via adjacent
retail park centre and café. Large lawn
and woodland walks. Featuring notable
trees including historic cedars and
araucaria. March brings an abundance
of daffodils and in May a 60-metre wall
of wisteria.
Saturdays & Sundays from 16th March
Admission: Adult: £4.00 | Child: Free
T H E G R A N G E
The Street, Waltham St. Lawrence,
Reading RG10 0JJ
An atmospheric garden of almost 2
acres. A parterre blends seamlessly
towards a natural swimming pond, with a
vegetable garden and orchard beyond.
Features include spring bulbs, borders
with herbaceous perennials, grasses
and gravel planting and a new stumpery.
Sunday 7th April
Admission: Adult: £5.00 | Child: Free
O L D T H A T C H & T H E
M I L L E N N I U M B A R N
Sprats Hatch Lane, Winchfield, Hook,
Hampshire RG27 8DD
A 5-acre garden and woodland
alongside the Basingstoke Canal. A
succession of spring bulbs, a profusion
of wildflowers, perennials and
homegrown annuals pollinated by our
own bees and fertilised by the donkeys,
who await your visit. Children can enjoy
our garden quiz.
Sunday 14th April, Sunday 9th June
Admission: Adult: £5.00 | Child: Free
T Y L N E Y H A L L H O T E L
Ridge Lane, Rotherwick, Hampshire
RG27 9AZ
Large garden of 66 acres with
extensive woodlands and beautiful
vista. Fine avenues of wellingtonias;
rhododendrons and azaleas, Italian
garden, lakes, large water and a rock
garden.
Sunday 12th May, Sunday 9th June
Admission: Adult: £5.00 | Child: Free