Quenington Old Rectory
| April 20, 2008 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 4:00 pm |
The Old Rectory
Quenington
Cirencester
Gloucester
GL7 5BN
Refreshments Available
10.00-4.00pm
The form of the garden was laid out by the Knights’ Hospitallers in the 14th century when, and I presume it was them, the mill race was built and the very sophisticated run offs into the Coln.
The large trees must have been planted by the vicars who lived here until 1927 when it was bought by my mother in law’s family. Her mother, Mrs Cadogan, was a great gardener.
Lady Abel Smith, my mother in law laid out the sunken garden and some of the borders. 25 years ago David and I took over the garden under the eye of Esmee Bradburne who made the garden organic and brought it to life again.
She arrived here when she was 78 after amongst other things developing the roof garden at Derry and Toms with Hancock, laying out the British Legation garden in Kabul and setting up her own organic commercial garden at Hatherop.
She trained Robert Wyatt who has been gardener here for 22 years.
We have now added a library to the garden buildings.
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ATTENDING NURSERIES
39 Steps
Beggars Roost
Bouts Cottage Nursery
Cottage Herbary
D K Plants
Elworthy Cottage Plants
Green’s Leaves
Harptree Nursery
Herbs For Healing
The Lavendar Garden
Shady Plants.com
SpringHill Plants
Steventon Road Nurseries
Test Valley Nursery
The Gobbet Nursery
Whitehall Farmhouse Plants
Daisy Chain
Edulis
Beacon’s Botanicals
Fairhaven Nursery
Hillview Hardy Plants
The Quenington Old Rectory will also be hosting:
Welcome to FreshAir 09, the biennial sculpture exhibition that provides a unique opportunity to see a creative mixture of traditionally modern and cutting-edge contemporary work in a stunning outdoor setting.
FreshAir 07 was a great success and showed outdoor sculpture by more than 90 artists who work in a variety of materials such as bronze, resin, metal, ceramics, glass, stone, wood, willow and cloth. The exhibition takes place in the garden and grounds of Quenington Old Rectory, the beautiful Cotswold home of Lucy and David Abel Smith. It aims to promote and sell the work of local, national and international artists, and to provide a forum for education in the visual arts. Young, emerging sculptors have an opportunity to exhibit alongside more established artists and bursaries are awarded to talented artists as development opportunities.
The next event will take place from Sunday June 14th until Saturday July 4th
Open 10am - 5pm every day including Sundays. Admission is free except for Sunday 21th June when there will be an entry charge of £4 in aid of the National Gardens Scheme. All artists work is for sale at prices ranging from £50 - £50,000. Catalogues will be for sale at £5.
Artists who would like to exhibit in Fresh Air 09 are welcome to apply before 1stMarch 2009.
Sculptures and installations must be suitable for exhibiting outside and work will be chosen by a committee whose decision will be final. Please contact us for details.
For news on what events we are hosting in 2008, please go to News & Reviews
January 26th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
superb event. attended in 2007. will attend in 2008. hope to make lots of plant purchases. What a quintesentially english garden with a sympathetic modern touch with the lovely sculptures.