insideKENT Magazine Issue 67 - October 2017 | Page 77

VISITKENT
BELMONT HOUSE & GARDENS,
FAVERSHAM
The beautiful
Georgian house of
Belmont, amid its
parkland,
commands
stunning views of
the rolling Kent
countryside and is
a completely
unspoilt and
distinctive example
of the work of the
architect Samuel
Wyatt.
Belmont contains
fabulous mementos of the family's history and travels – paintings,
furniture, Indian silverware and perhaps the finest private clock
collection in the country.
The Gardens are full of interest throughout every season; the Kitchen
Garden originally designed by Lady Arabella Lennox-Boyd, is a
wonderful mix of traditional and modern gardening: a beautiful
Victorian Greenhouse, figs pleached on the walls, arbours festooned
in golden hops, and an abundance of soft fruits, traditional apples and
pears along with a variety of vegetables grown for the House.
IT’S APPLE SEASON AT
BROGDALE!
Discover the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale and a breathtaking
display of apple varieties, find your favourites with ‘try before you buy’
apples and fill a bag to take home!
It’s apples galore on 14th and 15th October at Brogdale. Celebrate over
2,200 different apple varieties! Explore the fascinating apple display and
discover some of the oldest, rarest and most unusual apple varieties in
the world.
The house can be viewed by guided tour on Wednesdays, Saturdays
and Sundays from April to September. Gardens are open all year round. Taste something new with ‘try before you buy’ rare and heritage apple
varieties, then fill a bag with your favourites to take home. Enjoy guided
walking and tractor trailer tours of the fruit-filled orchards, horticultural
talks, demonstrations, tasty cooking demonstrations and meet the experts
to have your apples identified. Plus live music, local artisan food, local
craft & produce and festival fun for the little ones with apple crafts and
much more.
www.belmont-house.org www.brogdalecollections.org
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