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                                  THE COUNTRY HOUSE GARDEN DE WIERSSE
                         In the Netherlands, north east of Arnhem, towards Münster.   
 
Described by a leading Netherlands newspaper, the Algemeen Dagblad, in 2003, as The most beautiful garden in the Netherlands.

Surrounded by its farmland and woods, away from the world, lies the moated manor house, with 38 acres of garden and 74 acres of landscape park, lived in, designed and managed by the family since 1678.
In this historic and beautifully kept garden a sequence of surprises awaits the visitor – avenues and pergolas, fountains and statues, meadows and formal parterres, bridges over a gently flowing stream and a serpentine tunnel of beech.
The moss and ferns beside the paths of the romantic wild garden give way first to a productive kitchen garden and then to the constantly changing borders of the sunken garden.
This year the special Thursday guided tours start on 1 April to take advantage of the flowering of the wild daffodils – from Narcissus pseudonarcissus to Narcissus poeticus, as well as of countless other bulbs and spring flowers, naturalised in woodland and meadow: fritillaries, crocusses, species tulips, lilies-of-the valley, Leucojum, Erythronium, Gladiolus byzantinus…
Copies of articles describing De Wiersse in ‘The Garden’ (III ’92) and ‘Gardens Illustrated’ (X/XI ’96) are available.

Open days 2010: 13, 23 & 24 May; 18, 25 & 26 July; 24 October, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.,
€ 6,50 p.p.
Light meals are served on open days.

A tour of the garden 2010 starts every Thursday from April till October and every first Saturday of these months at 10.30, € 7,50 p.p. (except Thursday 13 may - open day).
Special guided tours in English, € 8 p.p. (and lunch or tea in the historic Great Hall of Victor de Stuers or in the Coach House) can be arranged on days other than the open days.
                                                 
The entrance to de Wiersse is by km.post 16,7 on the N319 between Zutphen and Winterswijk, about 25 km north of the Arnhem-Düsseldorf A12/E35 and the same distance south of the Amsterdam-Berlin A1/E30.

A visit to De Wiersse combines easily with an excursion to the Van Goghs in the Kröller-Müller Museum, to the Palace and Gardens of King William and Queen Mary at Het Loo, to Middachten Castle, to the International Nursery Days at Bingerden or to the nursery and garden of Piet Oudolph.
Information on these, other sights and accommodation from the regional tourist office, e-mail: m.willemsen@gobt.nl

De Wiersse, Wiersserallee 9, 7251 LH Vorden, NL.
Tel.: +31 573 451409, Fax: +31 575 556240, E-mail: wiersse@xs4all.nl