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Winter opening times: Gardens open 10am, last admissions 4pm. Gardens close (main gates locked) 5pm. Pavilion Restaurant opens 10am and closes 4.30pm.
Seasonal Highlights at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire
Unusual Australian Beauty
The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens is delighted to have seen the full flowering of a new Australian plant for the first time since it was planted out. Banksia integrifolia ssp. monticola, also known as the Coast Banksia or the Australian White Honeysuckle, is a shrubby tree only found in Australia and Tasmania. It is only hardy in mild locations of the UK and therefore not commonly grown outside. When it grows well, it produces its flower-heads, the size of a large cotton reel, in early winter.
Banksia is one of the most famous plant groups known from Australia. Its flowers are often pollinated by birds and small mammals. Its seed cones are very hard and mostly designed to survive fire. The flower colour of the genus varies from white to shades of green and brown, orange and bright red.
Seed that produced our plant was collected in Tasmania almost 9 years ago. It was collected at 1200 meter altitude, thus our plant is expected to be more cold hardy than some others. Seed was collected from a 6 metre tall plant.
The plant is outside Jermyns House and is in its final stages of flowering but is still well worth a visit.
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A Material World - Exhibition
Thursday 1 - Wednesday 28 January
An exhibition depicting the wide range of uses for textiles in furnishings, decoration and fashion. Exquisite items for sale as well as demonstrations including spinning, weaving and lace-making. A chance to see new ways of creating beautiful art and to learn about the myriad of different techniques. Baby Alpacas and Angora Goats will be coming to the Gardens on Sundays so keep a look out for these furry creatures and learn how their wool is used to make beautiful blankets and even duvets!
For more details and a taster of the exhibition follow the link "Material World" at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens
Free admission
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