OPENING TIMES
Open Monday to Saturday 10.00-5.30 and Sunday 10.30-4.30, except Easter Sundays.
For further information please call 01296 658586. Light refreshments available in the Plant Centre Café.
You can buy many of the plants you have seen in the Manor's gardens at the Plant Centre, where in a unique historical setting Waddesdon's own experienced nurserymen cultivate plants to the most exacting standards, and also offer excellent value for money. There's also a wide range of shrubs, trees, herbaceous perennials, topiary and garden-related gifts.
Situated off the A41 to the west of the Manor and by private road off the exit drive.
EVENTS AT THE PLANT CENTRE
WHAT TO DO NOW IN YOUR GARDEN
Come and enjoy a drink while you discuss what to do next in your garden with experts from the Nursery and Gardens Department.
Autumn interest - bulb planting and planting to attract birds to your garden
Thursday 18 September
11.00, £5.00 (includes a drink)
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Early booking is recommended for this talk, please call 01296 653226, Mon-Fri, between 10.00 and 4.00
CHILLI FESTIVAL
Saturday 30 & Sunday 31 August
10.00-5.00: Saturday, 10.30-4.30: Sunday
Free Admission
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IN RESIDENCE AT WADDESDON PLANT CENTRE
From March onwards, the Plant Centre will be playing host to a series of contemporary craftspeople and artists, each of whom will be installing their work in the glasshouse for a six week period.
Many of the works will be on sale and there will also be opportunities to meet the artists and in some cases, see them at work.
1 May - 12 June and 26 July - 8 September
Marnie Moyle, furniture maker, www.marniemoyle.co.uk
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WADDESDON PLANT CENTRE WINS GOLD MEDAL AT HAMPTON COURT PALACE FLOWER SHOW 2007!
Waddesdon Plant Centre was awarded a Gold Medal at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2007 for the category 'Inspiring Spaces' with their garden called "Scent & Edibility".
The Inspiring Spaces category is back after its debut in 2006. The category was open exclusively to garden centres and other professional organisations. It aims to demonstrate creative ways to enliven small and awkward spaces in the garden with imaginative container planting. All of the Inspiring Spaces gardens were 2m x 2m in size.
The Waddesdon Plant Centre 'Scent & Edibility' garden aimed to portray some of the formality of Waddesdon using edible plants, flowers and fruits, and demonstrate that even with the smallest plot you can achieve a productive and sensual space to excite the senses. Terracotta pots are planted with fragrant plants such as lavender and rosemary, under-planted with trailing tomatoes, nasturtium, beans and viola, and spaces filled with chilli peppers, exotic leaf lettuce, strawberries, bush tomatoes and basil. A low fragrant rosemary hedge surrounds the space, and two chamomile plants cut through the area. All plants are grown using natural pest control and in peat-free compost.
