Fairview
Fairview, Smelthouses, Harrogate. HG3 4DH
Time: 10.30am
Fairview is the private garden of horticulturist and galanthophile Michael Myers.
About 500 distinct taxa of snowdrops are grown in the garden at Fairview along with many other winter flowering bulbs, shrubs and herbaceous perennials. Since first becoming interested in snowdrops in 1985 I have introduced the cultivars ‘E.A. Bowles’, ‘Jonathan’, ‘Little Ben’ (with Ray Cobb) and ‘The Bogeyman’ into cultivation and in 2017 had the book ‘Conoscere e coltivare i Bucaneve’ (Know and Cultivate Snowdrops) published. The garden is also the site for three former National Plant Collections®. These comprised Anemone nemorosa, Hepatica and Primula marginata. The garden is about half an acre in size, steeply sloping to the south-west, but shaded by a neighbouring woodland. It contains a large collection of unusual plants including shrub roses, hardy orchids, dwarf bulbs, herbaceous perennials and shrubs. The top of the garden which includes an alpine house, bulb tunnel, raised beds and troughs is home to many of the snowdrops.
Cost: Members £10, Guests £15, cash on the day please or by prior bank transfer.
RSVP: Jason Daff via email: [email protected]
Fairview, Smelthouses, Harrogate. HG3 4DH, about 12 miles north-west of Harrogate. If using satnav ignore any directions that try to send you along a bridleway, Smelthouses is accessed either from Brimham Rocks or Wilsill. Please park on the bridge on the footpath side.
All members, guests and students are welcome to join this visit, please get in touch if you are interested in arranging car sharing opportunities.
