events and offers

GARDEN TERRACE
OPEN IN SUMMER

OPEN DAILY

For morning coffee,
light lunches and afternoon teas.

We look forward to welcoming you to our season of events
at Binham Grange this year.

A series of Events around Afternoon Tea

A celebration of the quintessential British afternoon tea. The traditional tea table will be elegantly laid with table cloths, napkins, beautiful antique bone china and flowers from the garden. Colourful, unique cake stands will present a selection of finger sandwiches, tempting pastries, biscuits and scones accompanied by a choice of homemade jams and thick clotted cream. Tea will be served in china pots kept warm by the traditional tea cosy with a choice of leaves for an exquisite experience of a
bygone era.

'There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea' Henry James (1843-1916)

'Tea Tasting with John Hall'

A talk about tea and tea tasting by John Hall of Miles tea to include a delicious full afternoon tea. Come and enjoy the house and weather permitting the tea terrace
and gardens.

Thursday April 15th
Thursday 13th May
Thursday 17th June
Thursday 15th July
Thursday 19th August
Thursday 16th September

3.00p.m till 5.00p.m
£12

'Tea gives vigour to the body, contentment to the mind and determination of purpose' (Shen Nung)

'Tea with Flowers with Susie Logan'
of the Horse and Crook Dunster.

Thursday 22nd April
Thursday 20th May

3.00p.m -5.00p.m
£12

Susie will demonstrate flower posies to complement your tea table. Full Afternoon Tea is included.

'Pimms with Posies'

Thursday July 8th

3.00p.m -5.00p.m
£15

A talk on flowers as posies with Susie with Summer Pimms on the terrace and an opportunity to play croquet on the lawns followed by traditional afternoon tea.

' If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are exhausted, it will calm you' William Gladstone
(1809-98)

'The painted tea cup
with Jenny Barron'

Thursday 6th May

3.00p.m -5.00p.m
£12

Jenny, a local artist from Watchet has exhibited in RWA autumn show at Mall galleries, Cork street London and locally in the Lynda Cotton Gallery in Watchet. Visit www.jennyBarron.co.uk for examples of her work.

A chance to see some of Jenny's watercolours of old china and still life of fruits, flowers and vegetables with an opportunity to purchase paintings, prints and cards. To include afternoon tea.

'Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea' Noel Coward
(1899-1973)

Garden Events

Friday 23rdApril

10a.m till 3.00p.m
£40

A talk on 'Propagation, Cuttings, through to grafting with Ivor Stokes from the National Botanic Garden
of Wales.

Your chance to learn some of the skills of the nurseryman or woman! - everything from sowing seed, through taking cuttings of trees and shrubs and dividing herbaceous plants, to grafting - with the opportunity to take some 'bits' home from the delightful garden at Binham Grange'.

Ivor Stokes was trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and is Director of Horticulture at the National Botanic Garden of Wales.

Including Coffee on arrival and Lunch.

NGS Garden Events

OPEN DAYS:

Saturday 24th July 2pm - 6pm
Tuesday 27th July 2pm - 6pm

	The cutting Garden with Sarah Raven Sarah is an expert on all things to grow, cut an eat from the garden. On this course she will talk about preparing, planting, maintaining and harvesting buckets of flowers from your garden from March through to November. The course will include tea and coffee on arrival, light lunch. Please let us know any dietary requirements when you book. Friday 10th September £75 per person. *Limited spaces available!*
The gardens at Binham are beautiful at this time of year so allow extra time to enjoy them.