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Mapperton hosts a treat for gardeners

Keen gardeners are in for a treat when they get the chance to visit Dorset’s largest charity specialist Plant Fair and spend a day discovering beautiful Mapperton House and Gardens. This is the 17th year that Mapperton, near Beaminster, has hosted…

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Mapperton’s piece of chocolate history

Mapperton House, now the family seat of the 11th Earl of Sandwich, opens its doors to visitors on Easter Sunday. And chocolate lovers have reason to thank the 1st Earl of Sandwich for introducing the 17th century’s fashionable treat that could have led…

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Mapperton to open its doors to more visitors in 2016

Following last year’s record number of visitors to Mapperton House and its gardens, the Jacobean mansion - which featured in the 2015 film of Far from the Madding Crowd - will be open for guided tours in the afternoons, five days a week, from Easter Sunday until the end of…

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Volunteer guides needed at Mapperton House

In 2016 Mapperton House opens to the general public and specialised groups from Easter Sunday to the end of October, 12 noon to 4pm,  Sundays to Thursdays, and we are looking for new volunteer guides to conduct house tours. Volunteers…

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Green thought in a green shade

Lady Sandwich writes: Peace, serenity, silence, contemplation, quiet, these are the sort of qualities we look for in gardens. They are places where we can lose ourselves in a “green thought in a green shade”. Mapperton has quiet and lovely…

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The Pocket Handkerchief tree is dropping its hankies

The Pocket Handkerchief tree is dropping its hankies, like Beatrix Potter’s Mrs Tiggywinkle, at the top of the Wild Garden. This tree, davidia involucrata, is named after the famous Père David. Father Armand David (1826–1900, "Père David"), a French Vincentian missionary…

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