Summer Plant Hunters' Fair at Abbeywood Garden

Plant Hunters' Fairs come to Abbeywood Gardens in Cheshire, just as the gardens reach their peak in August, for a new mid-week plant fair. This event offers a special half price entry to the gardens and plant fair of only £3.00 making a great value day out. It's just the right time to pick up some late summer flowering plants to give your garden a boost and we know that the nurseries will have just the right plant to set your summer garden ablaze with colour or to add a sparkle to a shady spot, plus lots of expert knowledge on hand to help you choose the best for your own unique garden.

The gardens have plenty to see and enjoy with 6 acres divided into separate garden areas, each with its own distinctive character and themed planting. The long flowering naturalistically planted herbaceous borders of the main garden, are divided by impressive yew hedges into the pool, chapel and pergola gardens each bursting with sensational colour. The exciting and vibrantly planted Christopher Lloyd inspired Exotic Garden is filled with Dahlias, Bananas, tender perennials and annuals is a real show stopper. A fabulous prairie garden. You can enjoy a walk around the rest of the estates 40 acre arboretum. All set against a glorious backdrop of the Utkinton Hills. The vegetable garden grows soft fruit, seasonal root crop and salad all of which are served as part of a delicious seasonal menu in the Garden Café. The plant fair runs from 10am-4pm on Wednesday 26th August. For full details of nurseries attending please see www.planthuntersfairs.co.uk