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Walkers enjoying the woodland snowdrops at Hodsock Priory

Winter gardens

Visitors waking through dense woodland snowdropsSurrounding the house itself, are 5 acres of formal gardens, landscaped in the 1820s. Beyond the North Lawn and over the stream, you'll find the 12 acre Horespasture Wood (already established on our earliest map, dated 1725), containing some veteran oak trees that are over 400 years old.

As a spring visitor, it's here that you'll experience a stunning carpet of Snowdrop blooms during February and March, followed by a vivid display of colour from equally impressive Bluebells, during April and May.

The formal gardens around the house are awash with winter blooms and during February, popular plant species include:

Hellebores

Cyclamen

Aconites

Irises

Acers

Cornus

Sarcococca

Winter Honeysuckle

Snowdrops


Special Snowdrops in the borders in the garden of Hodsock Priory

Galanthus Atkinsii

Galanthus Sam Arnott

Galanthus Worwonowii

Galanthus Lady Beatrix Stanley- Sir Andrew's Grandmother

Galanthus Elwesii

Galanthus Magnet

Galanthus Plicatus

Galanthus Viridipicis

Galanthus Allenii

Galanthus Barbara's Double -Sir Andrew's mother

Galanthus Augustus

Galanthus Bill Bishop

Galanthus Brenda Troyle

Galanthus Hill Poe

Galanthus Robin Hood


Snowdrops in drifts in the woodland

Galanthus Nivalis double

Galanthus Nivalis single