Gardens to visit in and around North Dorset

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This is England. There are always gardens to visit. NDN's favourite local National Trust gardens are at Stourhead and Montacute. Stourhead takes a day to do justice to, Montacute half an hour. If you can avoid weekends, do so.

The National Gardens Scheme gardens open in and around North Dorset are listed separately here.

Increasingly 'Open Garden' days are offered as part of local festivals (Gillingham, Frome).

Of the other 'occasionally open' gardens, our favourite is Springhead. Shaftesbury Abbey Garden is also a pleasant spot and has the advantage of being located just off the scenic Park Walk, Dorset's Rocamadour. So is Gants Mill.

Garden centres in and around North Dorset

Is it just us or are garden centres becoming expensive outlets for cultural tourists? What might be good would be to offer two listings - one of 'modern' garden centres (extensive range, cafe-restaurant, everything labelled, no bargains); and one of old-fashioned garden centres/ nurseries (elusive staff, few labels, misfiled plants, unexpected treasures). Nominations/ favourites please.

Garden services in and around North Dorset

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Garden services range from complete outsourced garden design and build through to the man who prunes your roses because you can't reach down that far.

Garden waste disposal in North Dorset

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