In honour of Jane Austen’s 200th anniversary this year, Houghton Lodge Gardens will celebrate with a Regency inspired picnic. The day will explore Regency culture and elegance with a wonderfully immersive menu of events. The atmospheric day will be packed full of historical themes and delights in Houghton Lodge Gardens magically beautiful setting. A riverside
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Name Kevin Barnett Experience: After a career in public service, I retrained and studied a RHS advanced certificate in Horticulture and a Foundation degree in Garden Design at Sparsholt College. I have been a professional gardener for nine years. What’s your gardening specialty? My specialties are probably planting combinations and garden design. Pruning is also
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Bridal Bazaar and Bridal Boot Sale wedding showcase event at Hampshire wedding venue Houghton Lodge Gardens. On Sunday 2nd April, Houghton Lodge Gardens hosted a spectacular Bridal Bazaar featuring a Bridal Boot Sale. It was our first wedding showcase event which was organized by event and communications agency What Peggy Did Next. With blue skies
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‘Winter must be a quiet time of the year for you’ is often the response our gardening team receive when they are asked what they do for a living. The response is invariably along the lines of ‘well it depends on what type of garden you work in’ because at Houghton Lodge Gardens, the winter
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Name: Georgina Quin, known as George What’s your gardening experience / background: I studied RHS horticulture exams and Garden Design at Sparsholt College Hampshire. I have been a gardener for 11 years working on small to medium gardens in and around Salisbury. What’s your gardening specialty: Herbaceous plants and vegetables What’s your favourite flower and
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Set in rural Hampshire countryside, Houghton Lodge Gardens is set to create a collection of six self-contained accommodation units. They will be in in sixteen acres of gardens and grounds bordering the River Test, hailed ‘The Most Romantic River in England’. The gardens attract visitors from all over the world who come to see landscaped
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Sunday 2nd April For oodles of inspiration, ingenious ideas, bountiful bargains and lots of fun, bring your friends and family along to the wonderful wedding marketplace: Bridal Bazaar featuring Bridal Boot Sale, by event and communications agency What Peggy Did Next. Houghton Lodge will host the popular Bridal Bazaar featuring Bridal Boot Sale on Sunday
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Why choose an outside wedding? There are plenty of things to consider when planning your wedding. From the dress to the bridesmaids, flowers to the food. You’ve got so much you need to think about but first of all, what every wedding needs, is the venue! Before you can start looking for the venue you
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Houghton Lodge Gardens, Stockbridge are excited to announce that Honesty; Artisans of fine baking and cooking, will run the tearoom from 1st April 2017. Honesty food is all about seasonal, simple, well cooked food, making use whenever possible of local, small producers. They hope to use some of the fresh, ripe produce from Houghton Lodge
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Houghton Lodge Gardens closed for the season at the end of September following a tremendous 2016. We’ve seen the gardens bloom with every colour throughout the year from the tulips in spring, the wildflower beds in summer and the dazzling dahlias of autumn. But just because the gardens have closed to the public until April
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