Newsletter June 2009
Tuesday 23rd June
Evening
garden visit to the walled garden, Wormsley Estate, Stokenchurch.
6.30-9.30pm. Cost £10.00p each including nibbles. Meet in health centre
car park at 5.30pm. Own vehicles to travel in convoy. Transport
available for those who need it. Bookings to the treasurer on 730961.
Please make payment by 1 June.
Saturday 18th July
Coach outing, to Bateman’s, Sussex, home of Rudyard Kipling.
Bateman’s
is a beautiful Jacobean mansion built in 1634, as well as being the
family home of the Kipling’s from 1902 to 1939. The interior of
the house reflects the author’s strong association with the East. There
are no guided tours.
Garden
The
six acre garden comprises both formal and wild areas and forms a
perfect setting for the house. Its varied features include a rose
garden, a pond with exotic fish, an extensive herb border, a pear arch,
fine lawns with a double row of pleached limes and a walled garden with
herbaceous and climbing plants adjacent to the Tea Room. The
River Dudwell runs through the southern part of the property amongst a
profusion of flowering trees and grasses.
Bookings
can be made for the above outing by telephoning the treasurer on
730961. The all inclusive cost is £19.50p. National Trust members are
admitted free, therefore only the coach fare will apply which is
£13.40p. The coach will depart Manor Grove at 08.15 am, yes, 8.15am,
calling at bus stops through the village. Our visit will coincide with
a local craft fare being held in the garden ground at no extra charge.
Time permitted, we may be able to squeeze an hour’s visit to Brighton
on the way home. Please make payment by 1 July.
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