insideKENT Magazine Issue 73 - April 2018 | Page 55

VISITKENT
TULIP CELEBRATIONS
AT HEVER CASTLE & GARDENS
THE SECOND TULIP CELEBRATIONS EVENT
AT HEVER CASTLE & GARDENS WILL BE
EVEN BIGGER WITH 20,000 TULIPS IN BLOOM
ACROSS THE STUNNING GROUNDS OF THE
CHILDHOOD HOME OF ANNE BOLEYN FROM
18TH TO 27TH APRIL.
Visitors will be able to enjoy a tulip trail, either self-guided or with Hever’s
head gardener, and marvel at the 20,000 tulips in a myriad of colours and
different varieties planted throughout the castle grounds – along the
architecturally stunning Pompeian Wall; in the traditional Tudor Garden;
and in the sumptuous Italian Garden.
The Italian Garden at Hever will play host to the largest of the tulip planting
displays with a kaleidoscope of colours fanning down the length of the
gardens towards the Loggia and the lake.
The striking blooms will continue inside the Castle with tulip displays by in-
house florist, Pamela Brise.
Head gardener, Neil Miller said: “This year we want to share more about the
history of the flower. We know that the tulip was officially introduced into
the Tudor gardens of England in 1578. We want our Tulip Celebrations this
year to really thank these early pioneer gardeners without whom our gardens
in the UK would be far less colourful in springtime.”
For more information visit www.hevercastle.co.uk/whats-on
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