Stillingfleet Lodge Garden and nursery is an organically managed, wildlife friendly, family garden close to York. Described as a quintessentially English garden, it is first and foremost a family garden, lovingly planted-up over 40 years by owners Vanessa and John Cook. It is a fine example of how a relatively small space can encourage wildlife whilst retaining all the beauty of a cottage garden.
The four acre site comprises a series of themed areas surrounding the traditional farmhouse plus a pond, meadow, vegetable garden and a very well-stocked plant nursery. To help you with your plant selection you may wish to browse our plant catalogue before visiting. You will see first-hand the many ways that the garden is managed organically, giving you inspiration to take home and turn your garden into a wildlife haven too.
The four acre site comprises a series of themed areas surrounding the traditional farmhouse plus a pond, meadow, vegetable garden and a very well-stocked plant nursery. To help you with your plant selection you may wish to browse our plant catalogue before visiting. You will see first-hand the many ways that the garden is managed organically, giving you inspiration to take home and turn your garden into a wildlife haven too.
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Welcome to Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens, you will find all the visitor information you need for an enjoyable visit to the garden below or in the video. There is no need to book in advance. We open at 1:00pm. If you arrive early, you are welcome to have a picnic or stretch legs in the car park, but we will be unable to admit you to the garden or nursery until the opening time.
Tea Room
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The Stillingfleet Lodge Garden Tea Room is currently only open for take-away refreshments. The delicious homemade cakes and refreshing teas or coffees will once again be available. The Tea Room is in our lovely renovated barn and is a great place to sit with your refreshments, admire the art exhibitions, flick through magazines and gardening books and shelter if it is raining!
Gardens
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John and I bought Stillingfleet Lodge in 1975; it was an unloved farmhouse that had been empty for over a year. There was very little garden, mainly a vegetable plot with no shrubs or trees. The remaining three acres was grassland. Our aim then was to live "the Good Life, " by going organic and self-sufficient.
Rill Garden
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Rill Gardens were traditionally used in the earliest garden designs. Pasargadae in Iran has one of the earliest from C6 BC and the Alhambra in Granada has some of the best known. Usually a linear design inset into paving and lined with stone or tiles, they often form a geometric design and have fountains and flowing water.
Wildflower Meadow
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Our meadow is a typical lowland hay meadow, or ancient grassland. It is not a meadow of annual plants, such as poppies and cornflowers, neither of which live in grass meadows. It has a neutral pH and is classified as MG5 according to the National Vegetation Classification.
This was once the ubiquitous type of old meadow in the English lowlands, but due to drainage, ploughing, re-seeding and fertiliser use there is now less than 6,000 hectares remaining in England.Also known as Cynorurus cristatus - Centaurea nigra grassland, it is typically species rich, with mostly widespread, unsown native plants.
This was once the ubiquitous type of old meadow in the English lowlands, but due to drainage, ploughing, re-seeding and fertiliser use there is now less than 6,000 hectares remaining in England.Also known as Cynorurus cristatus - Centaurea nigra grassland, it is typically species rich, with mostly widespread, unsown native plants.
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