Press Releases

Jim brings Exbury's story to life5th March 10
Visitors to Exbury Gardens get more than their money’s worth when they take a buggy ride with Jim Langford. Jim, 83, has worked for the Rothschild family at Exbury for more than 60 years, helping to run the two farms and the dairies which were once part of the estate, working with the game shoot and giving a hand in the Gardens when needed.
Read full story...Exbury confirms 2010 events programme5th March 10
Exbury Gardens re-opens for the 2010 season on Sat 13 March. The Gardens are staging a diverse and exciting events programme for 2010.
Read full story...Alan Titchmarsh visits historic Nerine Collection at Exbury20th October 09
Gardening guru Alan Titchmarsh came to Exbury at the start of October – and had a sparkling new jewel lily named after him.
Read full story...Darwin 200 celebrated over "The Big Draw Weekend"20th October 09
Children enjoyed collecting colourful leaves and cones at Exbury to make a collage celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin
Read full story...Flower-power all year round at Exbury29th April 09
As the fantastic flower power of Exbury’s high season opens out into full bloom, the world-famous Gardens have received high acclaim at top flower shows.
Read full story...Exbury steals the show1st April 09
A fabulous Fortune rhododendron was one of the prizewinning blooms that helped Exbury Gardens sweep the board at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Spring Show in London on Tues 1 April. The enormous bloom was a favourite of the Garden’s guiding spirit, Edmund de Rothschild – ‘Mr Eddy’ – who died at the age of 93 in January this year.
Read full story...Magnolia treat for Exbury visitors4th March 09
Visitors to Exbury Gardens which open for the season on Saturday (March 7) will have a rare chance to see a giant magnolia coming into full bloom. Exbury’s enormous Magnolia campbellii, about 90ft (30m) tall, and at least 50 years old, normally flowers before the season starts. But the hard winter has held back the buds and, for the next few weeks, its huge pink goblets will fill the sky above other trees.
Read full story...Railway heaven at Exbury Gardens12th February 09
Everyone who has ever wanted to be an engine driver will find railway paradise at Exbury Gardens in the New Forest. The ever-popular Gardens Railway – given the royal seal of approval in 2004 and 2008 when Her Majesty the Queen enjoyed a ride on the train and planted a yew tree by the track – has new offers and packages catering for real rail enthusiasts as much as for visitors who simply want a ride on the ‘Rhododendron Line’.
Read full story...Exbury and the Rothschild Family12th February 09
Award-winning Exbury Garden, on the banks of the Beaulieu River in Hampshire, is celebrated the world over for its unrivalled collection of camellias, azaleas and rhododendrons. But Exbury, which has won the coveted Christie’s and Historic Houses Association Garden of the Year award, is much more than a beautiful spring and early summer flowering garden.
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