Visits
All visit will be open for sign up a month before before taking any payment to allow us to check numbers are sufficient to run the visit.
Wednesday April 30th 2024 from 2pm
Visit to Morton Hall, Redditich
Member travel by own transport (car share if possible)
Morton Hall Lane, Redditch B96 6SJ
From Snitterfield approx. 16 miles, 25 to 30 minutes’ drive
Moreton Hall is made up of several different garden areas including a kitchen garden, stroll garden and parkland. The ornamental planting style of the South Garden flows into the adjoining Kitchen Garden, either side of the dividing brick wall. The formal gardens face south, but the overall open aspect and size of the estate ensure most spaces enjoy good light.
The garden holds its popular Tulip Festival on 3rd May to 5th May 2025, so we are hoping to catch the beginning of this and we are hoping that by the time of our visit the tulip display will already be full of glorious colour.
The visit will include a talk by the head gardener or owner.
If you would like to stop for lunch on your way to or from your visit, you might want to try one of the following restaurants which can all accommodate both small and large parties: Rose & Crown at Feckenham (6 min), The Red Hart at Kington (9 min), The Flyford Arms at Flyford Flavell (10 min), or Hillers Restaurant at Donnington (9 min).
Thursday May 15th 2025, 2pm to 4 pm
Afternoon visit to Bourton House Gardens, Boughton on the Hill
- Members travel by your own transport. 36 to 40 minutes’ drive, 23 to 27 miles
- Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire, GL56 9AE
Located on the just outside Moreton in Marsh and a short distance from Battesford Arboretum.
Members travel by your own transport. 36 to 40 minutes’ drive, 23 to 27 miles
Parking is available in the field opposite the Garden entrance – this is free of charge. Please note that visitors park at their own risk.
Bourton House Garden features luxuriant terraces and wide herbaceous borders with stunning plant, texture and colour combinations.
Features include a topiary walk, a White Garden and several spring-fed water features including a raised basket pond from the Great Exhibition of 1851.
You will also find a Shade House, colourful borders with unusual tender perennials and many creatively planted pots.
A raised 18th century walk provides an enticing visual link to the Cotswold landscape beyond.
Visitors to the garden are also invited to enjoy the walk in our seven-acre field (opened to the public in 2013) which meanders through groups of specimen trees planted in 1994/95. A free guide to the trees is available with tickets to the garden.
The gardens have limited disabled access (60% – 70%) due to steps and gravel. Disabled toilet available.
June 12th 2025
Coach trip to Stockton Bury and Rhodds Farm in Herefordshire