ISLAND HALL OPEN GARDENS
Tranquil riverside setting with mature trees, a Chinese bridge over Saxon mill race to embowered island with wild flowers. The garden was restored in 1983 to mid C18 formal design, with box hedging, clipped hornbeams, parterres, topiary, good vistas over borrowed landscape and C18 wrought iron & stone urns. The ornamental island has been replanted with Princeton elms (ulmus americana). Open from 1100-1630, admission £4 per adult, children free. Home-made teas - refreshments in aid of St Mary's Fabric Fund.
