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Date: August 11, 2007

Bourton House , Bourton on the Hill has won the HHA/Christie’s 2006 Award.

Awarded annually since 1984 this prestigious award, sponsored by Christie’s, is given to a Historic Houses Association (HHA) Member garden which has been voted for by the Friends throughout the year. A presentation is made to the winning garden in the early summer of the year after the year in which the votes for it have been cast.

Previous winners include Kiftsgate Court in 2003.

The HHA represents 1500 privately owned historic houses,castles and gardens throughout the UK. These are listed buildings or designated gardens, usually Grade I or II* and are often outstanding

www.hha.org.uk

Bourton House Garden was opened to the public in 1987. Following the natural contours of the landscape the garden is on many levels with each area flowing into the next, all full of colour with a combination of both traditional and unusual flowers and shrubs and some wonderful deep herbaceous borders.

The Grade I listed Tithe Barn, has a dedication stone dated 1570 with the initials RP for the then owner Richard Palmer, and is now used for refreshments and light lunches and as a gallery for Contemporary Art, Craft and Design.

The seven acre field opposite the garden has been planted with a wide variety of trees and also contains sculpture by Andrew Darke.

The Garden is open every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday until end of August and then Thursday and Friday only in September and October.

Bourton House, Bourton-on-the Hill, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire GL56 9AE

www.bourtonhouse.com

This garden is well worth visiting.  One of the best.

(Photo used with kind permission from http://gardentouring.fotopic.net/)Â Â Â Â

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