Date and Time
We will be visiting Oxleaze Farm (GL7 3RB) between Eastleach & Filkins on June the 17th starting at 10am with a short introduction to the garden by Chipps Mann (the owner). Members will be then free to wonder at their leisure. Tea & Cake will be served between 11.30am and 12.30pm.
We will leave Oxleaze for a short hop (about 30 mins) at 1pm to visit the garden of Pindrup Farm, Coln St. Dennis (GL54 3LD). Either the owner or Jo Best (the Head Gardener) will give a brief history of this Tom Stuart Smith designed garden before allowing us to explore at our will.
We will aim to leave Pindrup Farm by 3.30pm to make your way back home.
Kindly organised by Andrew Tolman, numbers restricted to 30.
Total cost for the day £30.
Oxleaze Farm
Oxleaze garden surrounds a Cotswold farmhouse dating back to the 1700s and is off the beaten track on the Gloucestershire/Oxfordshire border. Visitors are invited to explore the twists and turns, with garden rooms each revealing a new dimension with well-stocked mixed borders, a vegetable potager, cutting garden, water and bog garden, apple arch, meadow and orchard complete with beehives.
The garden pays attention to detail with practical elements such as ornamental fruit cages, greenhouse and a charming potting shed. The garden is alive with birds, bees and the odd chicken, whilst each ‘room’ of the garden provides unexpected delights, separated by topiary which gives the garden structure when the flowers fade.
Pindrup Farm
Pindrup Farm is a four-acre garden, designed by Tom Stuart-Smith between 2014-2019. The gardens surround an 18th century farmhouse, on the banks of the River Coln and sit within 230 acres of organic farmland, which includes river meadows, woodland and wildflower grassland.
The main garden comprises a series of herbaceous borders around the house, filled with Tom’s signature perennial planting, multi-stem crab-apple trees and clipped Taxus domes. In the pool garden, large Buxus have been clipped in the shape of large rocks. These are surrounded by naturalistic planting . The walled garden contains a Prairie Garden, with meandering paths through large swathes of perennials and grasses.
There is enough room for c.12 cars, so please car share if possible. Some parking is also possible in the road by the church.
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