Wickham Place Farm Gardens 2012

Wickham Place Farm
Station Road
Wickham Bishops
Witham
Essex
CM8 3JB
Tel. 01621 891282
 www.wickhamplacefarm.co.uk 

Britain’s Finest Gardens 		Summer 2010

Gardens open for charity
Open 11am to 4pm the last Friday in April and every Friday in May, June, July and September. Closed in August.
Teas served all day. Range of unusual plants for sale.
Admission £3.50 for adults and children under 16 free.
One or two Sundays are usually included at different times of the year.
Sunday 3rd June, 11am to 5pm for Wickham Bishops Open Gardens Day (part of the St Bartholomew's Church Flower Festival weekend)
Adults £4.50 Children under 16 free
Open for various charities including:-
National Gardens Scheme and Farleigh Hospice.

Groups (minimum 10 people) are welcome on any day/evening, by appointment.
Any type of group is most welcome; Art groups, horticultural groups, U3A, bird watching, wine tasting, garden society etc. or just a group of friends.

Located between Witham and Maldon on the B1018.
Click here to find us on www.multimap.com

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Garden Features

  • 2 acre walled garden dating from 1706

  • Huge roses, climbers and 5 massive wisterias cascade from the walls, one covers the whole 250' long wall

  • Shrubs, perennials and bulbs, many unusual, ensure year round colour

  • Outside the walled garden an intricate knot garden surrounds the folly

 Long Wisteria
  • Renowned for this Wisteria 'sinensis' at 252' long, now one of the longest in the country

  • The gardens have very few steps. Only one corner of the walled garden is not accessible by wheelchairs

  • Over 70 species of birds have been recorded in the gardens and woodland

 Wall Wisteria

Woodland

Cyclamen
  • 12 acres of woodland walks with varied rabbit resistant planting

  • Late winter snowdrops emerge through autumn cyclamen leaves, followed by primroses, leucojum and daffodils

  • In May, carpets of bluebells are punctuated by uncurling ferns

  • Summer tranquility drifts through to the highlight of massed cyclamen and colchicum in September

For further photos go to Flickr.com

Email enquiries@wickhamplacefarm.co.uk

Although we have an e-mail link a telephone enquiry will have the fastest response.

Sorry, only guide dogs permitted