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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 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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Rosa Niphetos and a plague of dandelions

Lady Sandwich writes: This week I’ll focus on just two things: a special rose in the Orangery and dandelions! The rose in the Orangery is rosa Niphetos, often called the Wedding Rose and very popular in 19th century wedding bouquets.…

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