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'''Waterperry Gardens''' are a set of gardens in the village of [[Waterperry]] near [[Wheatley, Oxfordshire|Wheatley]] east of [[Oxford]] in [[Oxfordshire]].<ref>[https://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/england/item/waterperry-gardens.html Waterperry Garden, near Wheatley]: Great British Gardens</ref>  The estate is open to visitor all year round (with an entrance fee to the gardens) and contains 8 acres of beautifully landscaped ornamental gardens, a plant centre and garden shop, gallery and gift shop, and a tea shop.
'''Waterperry Gardens''' are a set of gardens in the village of [[Waterperry]] in [[Oxfordshire]], near [[Wheatley, Oxfordshire|Wheatley]], east of [[Oxford]].<ref>[https://www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk/england/item/waterperry-gardens.html Waterperry Garden, near Wheatley]: Great British Gardens</ref>  The estate is open to visitor all year round (with an entrance fee to the gardens) and contains eight acres of beautifully landscaped ornamental gardens, a plant centre and garden shop, gallery and gift shop, and a tea shop.


In addition, the site houses a ‘Museum of Rural Life’.
In addition, the site houses a ‘Museum of Rural Life’.


==History==
==History==
The gardens were established by Beatrix Havergal (1901–1980) as the '''Waterperry School of Horticulture''', a school of horticulture for ladies, and she ran it from 1932 until her retirement in 1971 as a school for ladies to learn horticulture.<ref name=v>{{cite web| url=http://www.gardenvisit.com/gardens/waterperry_gardens | title=Waterperry Gardens | website=Gardenvisit.com | access-date=30 July 2017 }}</ref> The story of the Waterperry school is told in the book "Waterperry: A Dream Fulfilled" by Ursula Maddy ({{ISBN|0863035027}}).<ref>{{cite book |title=First Ladies of Gardening: Designers, Dreamers and Divas |author=Heidi Howcroft |isbn=0711236437 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4gaSBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT50&lpg=PT50&dq=entered+Waterperry+School}}</ref> The Waterperry estate provided Royal Sovereign Strawberries to [[Buckingham Palace]] and the Chelsea Flower Show.<ref>{{Cite news|url=|title=Home of the Royal Berry|last=Oliver|first=Greg|date=2 October 1978|work=Coventry Evening Telegraph|access-date=}}</ref>
The gardens were established by Beatrix Havergal (1901–1980) as the '''Waterperry School of Horticulture''', a school of horticulture for ladies, and she ran it from 1932 until her retirement in 1971 as a school for ladies to learn horticulture.<ref name=v>{{cite web| url=http://www.gardenvisit.com/gardens/waterperry_gardens | title=Waterperry Gardens | website=Gardenvisit.com | accessdate=30 July 2017 }}</ref> The story of the Waterperry school is told in the book "Waterperry: A Dream Fulfilled" by Ursula Maddy ({{ISBN|0863035027}}).<ref>{{cite book |title=First Ladies of Gardening: Designers, Dreamers and Divas |author=Heidi Howcroft |isbn=0711236437 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4gaSBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT50&lpg=PT50&dq=entered+Waterperry+School}}</ref> The Waterperry estate provided Royal Sovereign Strawberries to [[Buckingham Palace]] and the Chelsea Flower Show.<ref>{{Cite news|url=|title=Home of the Royal Berry|last=Oliver|first=Greg|date=2 October 1978|work=Coventry Evening Telegraph|accessdate=}}</ref>


In 1972 the School of Economic Science purchased the Waterperry Estate, including Waterperry Gardens, which it continues to run to generate revenue for the school.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/670184437|title=In search of truth : the story of the School of Economic Science|last=Hodgkinson, Brian.|date=2010|publisher=Shepheard-Walwyn|isbn=9780856832765|location=London|oclc=670184437}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/520799536|title=De kracht van binnen : Leon MacLaren, een herinnering aan zijn leven en werken|last=Tolley, Dorine, 1947-|date=2009|publisher=Conversion Productions|others=Oyen, P.G. van (Paul Gabriël), 1944-|isbn=9789076392387|edition=1e dr|location=[Amsterdam]|oclc=520799536}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14396694.obituary-bernard-saunders-founder-of-art-in-action-at-waterperry-house/|title=Obituary: Bernard Saunders, founder of Art in Action at Waterperry House|website=Oxford Mail|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref>
In 1972 the School of Economic Science purchased the Waterperry Estate, including Waterperry Gardens, which it continues to run to generate revenue for the school.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/670184437|title=In search of truth : the story of the School of Economic Science|last=Hodgkinson, Brian.|date=2010|publisher=Shepheard-Walwyn|isbn=9780856832765|location=London|oclc=670184437}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/520799536|title=De kracht van binnen : Leon MacLaren, een herinnering aan zijn leven en werken|last=Tolley, Dorine, 1947-|date=2009|publisher=Conversion Productions|others=Oyen, P.G. van (Paul Gabriël), 1944-|isbn=9789076392387|edition=1e dr|location=[Amsterdam]|oclc=520799536}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14396694.obituary-bernard-saunders-founder-of-art-in-action-at-waterperry-house/|title=Obituary: Bernard Saunders, founder of Art in Action at Waterperry House|website=Oxford Mail|language=en|accessdate=2019-06-05}}</ref>


==The gardens==
==The gardens==
There are eight acres of landscaped ornamental gardens with an alpine garden, formal knot garden, herbaceous borders, riverside walk, rose garden, and water-lily canal. There are also five acres of orchards. The garden has the National Collection of Kabschia saxifrages. Other facilities include a gallery, garden shop, gift shop, museum, plant centre, and tea shop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hortweek.com/article/1436806|title=Cambridge University discover Saxifraga silver-white crust secret|last=Appleby|first=Matthew|website=www.hortweek.com|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/11485937/Its-a-myth-that-alpine-plants-are-difficult-to-grow.html|title=It's a myth that alpine plants are difficult to grow|last=Petherick|first=Tom|date=2015-03-23|access-date=2019-06-05|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/14/the-uks-best-gardens-to-visit-this-spring|title=The UK's best gardens to visit this spring|last=Fowler|first=Alys|date=2018-04-14|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-06-05|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/11485937/Its-a-myth-that-alpine-plants-are-difficult-to-grow.html|title=It's a myth that alpine plants are difficult to grow|last=Petherick|first=Tom|date=2015-03-23|access-date=2019-06-05|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/raise-the-stakes-n60mwbcfl|title=Rachel de Thame tutorial: supporting plants|last=Thame|first=Rachel de|date=2017-04-30|work=The Sunday Times|access-date=2019-06-05|language=en|issn=0956-1382}}</ref>
There are eight acres of landscaped ornamental gardens with an alpine garden, formal knot garden, herbaceous borders, riverside walk, rose garden, and water-lily canal. There are also five acres of orchards. The garden has the National Collection of Kabschia saxifrages. Other facilities include a gallery, garden shop, gift shop, museum, plant centre, and tea shop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hortweek.com/article/1436806|title=Cambridge University discover Saxifraga silver-white crust secret|last=Appleby|first=Matthew|website=www.hortweek.com|accessdate=2019-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/11485937/Its-a-myth-that-alpine-plants-are-difficult-to-grow.html|title=It's a myth that alpine plants are difficult to grow|last=Petherick|first=Tom|date=2015-03-23|accessdate=2019-06-05|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/14/the-uks-best-gardens-to-visit-this-spring|title=The UK's best gardens to visit this spring|last=Fowler|first=Alys|date=2018-04-14|work=The Guardian|accessdate=2019-06-05|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/11485937/Its-a-myth-that-alpine-plants-are-difficult-to-grow.html|title=It's a myth that alpine plants are difficult to grow|last=Petherick|first=Tom|date=2015-03-23|accessdate=2019-06-05|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/raise-the-stakes-n60mwbcfl|title=Rachel de Thame tutorial: supporting plants|last=Thame|first=Rachel de|date=2017-04-30|work=The Sunday Times|accessdate=2019-06-05|language=en|issn=0956-1382}}</ref>


The Museum of Rural Life is located in an 18th-century granary building, with displays of implements and tools.<ref name="experienceoxfordshire">{{cite web| url=http://www.experienceoxfordshire.org/venue/waterperry-gardens/ | title=Waterperry Gardens | website=Experience Oxfordshire | access-date=30 July 2017 }}</ref>
The Museum of Rural Life is located in an 18th-century granary building, with displays of implements and tools.<ref name="experienceoxfordshire">{{cite web| url=http://www.experienceoxfordshire.org/venue/waterperry-gardens/ | title=Waterperry Gardens | website=Experience Oxfordshire | accessdate=30 July 2017 }}</ref>


Waterperry Gardens has 5 acres of apple orchards, with a reputation for fine fruits, which supply a host of top hostelries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/leisure/outandabout/15592930.celebrating-our-core-values-at-apple-day/|title=Celebrating our core values at Apple Day|website=Oxford Mail|access-date=2019-02-17}}</ref>
Waterperry Gardens has five acres of apple orchards, with a reputation for fine fruits, which supply a host of top hostelries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/leisure/outandabout/15592930.celebrating-our-core-values-at-apple-day/|title=Celebrating our core values at Apple Day|website=Oxford Mail|accessdate=2019-02-17}}</ref>


The gardens are considered a notable for the broad variety of snowdrops that grow in the spring.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cotswoldlife.co.uk/out-about/places/snowdrops-in-the-cotswolds-9-of-the-most-magical-places-to-go-1-5341879|title=Snowdrops in the Cotswolds: 9 of the most magical places to go|website=Cotswold Life|access-date=2019-02-17}}</ref>
The gardens are considered a notable for the broad variety of snowdrops that grow in the spring.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cotswoldlife.co.uk/out-about/places/snowdrops-in-the-cotswolds-9-of-the-most-magical-places-to-go-1-5341879|title=Snowdrops in the Cotswolds: 9 of the most magical places to go|website=Cotswold Life|accessdate=2019-02-17}}</ref>


==Outside links==
==Outside links==

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Waterperry Gardens are a set of gardens in the village of Waterperry in Oxfordshire, near Wheatley, east of Oxford.[1] The estate is open to visitor all year round (with an entrance fee to the gardens) and contains eight acres of beautifully landscaped ornamental gardens, a plant centre and garden shop, gallery and gift shop, and a tea shop.

In addition, the site houses a ‘Museum of Rural Life’.

History

The gardens were established by Beatrix Havergal (1901–1980) as the Waterperry School of Horticulture, a school of horticulture for ladies, and she ran it from 1932 until her retirement in 1971 as a school for ladies to learn horticulture.[2] The story of the Waterperry school is told in the book "Waterperry: A Dream Fulfilled" by Ursula Maddy (ISBN 0863035027).[3] The Waterperry estate provided Royal Sovereign Strawberries to Buckingham Palace and the Chelsea Flower Show.[4]

In 1972 the School of Economic Science purchased the Waterperry Estate, including Waterperry Gardens, which it continues to run to generate revenue for the school.[5][6][7]

The gardens

There are eight acres of landscaped ornamental gardens with an alpine garden, formal knot garden, herbaceous borders, riverside walk, rose garden, and water-lily canal. There are also five acres of orchards. The garden has the National Collection of Kabschia saxifrages. Other facilities include a gallery, garden shop, gift shop, museum, plant centre, and tea shop.[8][9][10][11][12]

The Museum of Rural Life is located in an 18th-century granary building, with displays of implements and tools.[13]

Waterperry Gardens has five acres of apple orchards, with a reputation for fine fruits, which supply a host of top hostelries.[14]

The gardens are considered a notable for the broad variety of snowdrops that grow in the spring.[15]

Outside links

References

  1. ↑ Waterperry Garden, near Wheatley: Great British Gardens
  2. ↑ "Waterperry Gardens". http://www.gardenvisit.com/gardens/waterperry_gardens. Retrieved 30 July 2017. 
  3. ↑ Heidi Howcroft. First Ladies of Gardening: Designers, Dreamers and Divas. ISBN 0711236437. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4gaSBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT50&lpg=PT50&dq=entered+Waterperry+School. 
  4. ↑ Oliver, Greg (2 October 1978). "Home of the Royal Berry". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 
  5. ↑ Hodgkinson, Brian. (2010). In search of truth : the story of the School of Economic Science. London: Shepheard-Walwyn. ISBN 9780856832765. OCLC 670184437. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/670184437. 
  6. ↑ Tolley, Dorine, 1947- (2009). De kracht van binnen : Leon MacLaren, een herinnering aan zijn leven en werken. Oyen, P.G. van (Paul Gabriël), 1944- (1e dr ed.). [Amsterdam]: Conversion Productions. ISBN 9789076392387. OCLC 520799536. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/520799536. 
  7. ↑ "Obituary: Bernard Saunders, founder of Art in Action at Waterperry House" (in en). https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14396694.obituary-bernard-saunders-founder-of-art-in-action-at-waterperry-house/. Retrieved 2019-06-05. 
  8. ↑ Appleby, Matthew. "Cambridge University discover Saxifraga silver-white crust secret". https://www.hortweek.com/article/1436806. Retrieved 2019-06-05. 
  9. ↑ Petherick, Tom (2015-03-23). "It's a myth that alpine plants are difficult to grow" (in en-GB). SSN 0307-1235. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/11485937/Its-a-myth-that-alpine-plants-are-difficult-to-grow.html. Retrieved 2019-06-05. 
  10. ↑ Fowler, Alys (2018-04-14). "The UK's best gardens to visit this spring" (in en-GB). The Guardian. SSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/14/the-uks-best-gardens-to-visit-this-spring. Retrieved 2019-06-05. 
  11. ↑ Petherick, Tom (2015-03-23). "It's a myth that alpine plants are difficult to grow" (in en-GB). SSN 0307-1235. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/11485937/Its-a-myth-that-alpine-plants-are-difficult-to-grow.html. Retrieved 2019-06-05. 
  12. ↑ Thame, Rachel de (2017-04-30). "Rachel de Thame tutorial: supporting plants" (in en). The Sunday Times. SSN 0956-1382. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/raise-the-stakes-n60mwbcfl. Retrieved 2019-06-05. 
  13. ↑ "Waterperry Gardens". http://www.experienceoxfordshire.org/venue/waterperry-gardens/. Retrieved 30 July 2017. 
  14. ↑ "Celebrating our core values at Apple Day". https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/leisure/outandabout/15592930.celebrating-our-core-values-at-apple-day/. Retrieved 2019-02-17. 
  15. ↑ "Snowdrops in the Cotswolds: 9 of the most magical places to go". https://www.cotswoldlife.co.uk/out-about/places/snowdrops-in-the-cotswolds-9-of-the-most-magical-places-to-go-1-5341879. Retrieved 2019-02-17. 
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