RARE CHANCE TO SEE SPECTACULAR – AND PRIVATE – SNOWDROP DISPLAY
One of Norfolk’s most spectacular – and private – snowdrop displays is to open to the public in aid of the county’s sight loss charity on Sunday 18th February.
The gardens of Lexham Hall at East Lexham near King’s Lynn are not normally open to the public, but thanks to the generosity of the Foster family, the stunning gardens, with their carpets of snowdrops and aconites, will be open for visitors between 11am and 4pm on Sunday 18th February, with all proceeds going to the Norfolk & Norwich Association for the Blind.
Originally laid out in the 18th century, the formal gardens at Lexham were totally destroyed during the Second World War, and were redesigned and replanted between 1948 and 1986 by Mrs William Foster with the help of Dame Sylvia Crowe and Jim Russell. The gardens contain many hundreds of different species of plants, shrubs and trees.
The garden has been planted to provide winter interest with early flowering, scented shrubs; including several types of viburnums, sarcococca, mahonia, lonicera fragrantissima, hamamelis, azara microphylla, daphnes, coronilla glauca, cornus Winter Beauty, chimonanthus praecox, stachyurus praecox & early flowering bulbs. The yew & box hedges provide winter form.
“Lexham Hall is a beautiful and historic building surrounded by spacious gardens which are the home to thousands of snowdrops, and this is a rare chance to see this spectacular display,“ said Donna Minto, fundraiser at the NNAB.
“We are extremely grateful to the Foster family for agreeing to open up their private gardens to visitors, and for supporting the work the NNAB does to help visually-impaired people throughout the county.”
The Lexham Snowdrop Walk takes place on Sunday 18th February between 11am and 4pm. Entry is £6, with under 12s free. The NNAB will also be providing teas, coffees, soup and homemade cakes and scones.
More details at http://www.nnab.org.uk/fundraising/fundraising-events/lexham-snowdrop-walk.