Renowned plantsman and Head Gardener of Hole Park, Quentin Stark is inviting plant lovers to join him on Saturday 8 July 2023 for a tour round the extensive gardens with the theme ‘Extending the Season in your Garden’.
Attendees can learn how to adapt plant selections and management to extend the season in your own garden. The tour will introduce participants to some of the newest plants available and allow discussions surrounding the opportunities and threats connected to our changing climate – Hole Park will be used as an opportunity to showcase some examples.
The workshop will run for two hours commencing at 10.30am. Everyone is welcome to enjoy a complementary tea or coffee from 10am.
Quentin has been Head Gardener at Hole Park for 23 years having previously worked at The Savill Garden, Windsor. His plant knowledge is legendary and he is very much looking forward to sharing his knowledge on the tour.
Pre booking required as numbers will be limited for this exclusive event.
Attendees are welcome to bring along their photographs to share with Quentin and to ask for his advice on any issues they are currently experiencing in their own gardens.
Valid Season Ticket Holders £10 per person. Season Ticket holders can also bring guests at £20 per person including entry to the gardens and the tour.
Online ticket purchases only from the website www.holepark.com
From 1st July the gardens will open from 11am on Wednesdays and Thursdays to the end of October. During October the gardens are open on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays for Autumn Colour.
The award-winning Hole Park Gardens lie just outside the pretty village of Rolvenden and are a delight to visit during any season.
Hole Park Gardens, Benenden Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook, TN17 4JA
The Barham family, who have spent four generations creating the wonderful Hole Park Gardens, are celebrating a significant anniversary in 2023 – the centenary of the garden which was first completed in 1923 before being opened to the public in 1927.
The new ‘Centenary’ Walled Garden has been designed in celebration of 100 years since the founder of the gardens, Arthur, the great-grandfather of the current owner Edward Barham, was proud enough to state that ‘I have a garden’. Arthur had experienced the rigours of the First World Ward, including losing his eldest son, and came home so changed that he took early retirement and devoted himself to creating a beautiful garden to go with his new home.
Edward Barham was inspired to create this new walled garden through reading his great grandfather’s diary where, in 1923, having already spent five years in developing and planning, he was finally able to write ‘I have a garden’ and to invite his friends to come and enjoy it. Arthur went on to be one of the founding fathers of what we now know as the National Garden Scheme. The tradition of recording activity in the Estate journals continues to this day.