White Magic – Snowdrops Days – February 2013
For 2013 we will be opening the gardens once again for snowdrops in February – please check back for the dates.
The spectacular display of snowdrops in Goldsborough Hall’s 11-acre royal gardens are made up of two species – single Snowdrops Galanthus nivalis and double Galanthus nivalis ‘flore pleno’.
Species Snowdrop Walk for 2012
Drifts of snowdrops and aconites at Goldsborough Hall
A new Species Snowdrop Walk was created in 2012 with expert help from Mike Heagney and Della Kerr, both committed galanthophiles. It features some rare varieties of snowdrops in a newly cleared area of the woods and includes G Elwesii, G S Arnott, G woronowii, G James Backhouse, G Magnet and G plicatus Washfield Warham amongst others.
Snowdrop Days
On Snowdrop days, visitors can enjoy access to the grounds of this private former Royal residence, also taking in delicate hellebores and carpets of winter aconites.
They can enjoy a stroll down the quarter-mile Lime Tree Walk, which was planted by royal visitors to the Hall during the 1920s. Plaques on the trees show the dates when dignitaries including King George V and Queen Mary planted them.
Price and Opening Times
On Snowdrop Days, Goldsborough Hall’s gardens will be open from 10am – 4pm (last admission), adults £5 and children under 16 go free.
Please wear warm clothes and bring flat shoes or suitable footwear for the weather conditions. Parking is limited so please travel in groups if possible.
Review by The Independent
Anna Pavord, author of The Tulip and gardening correspondent of The Independent, visited the gardens in February 2011 and wrote about Goldsborough Hall’s snowdrop drifts in White Magic: Britain’s best snowdrop gardens.
Goldsborough Hall’s snowdrops have also been featured in Country Life (February 2012).
NGS Garden Openings
The grounds will be open under the National Garden Scheme in 1 April and 22 July 2012 and for garden groups by appointment.
