http://www.exbury.co.uk News http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/news_may_11_2012.aspx A pocket-sized guide to Exbury’s unique collection of trees will be launched in May by world-renowned plantsman, Roy Lancaster. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/show_winners_2012.aspx Show winners are show stoppers at Exbury as the ‘Glory of the Garden’ wows judges and visitors alike http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/leopold_de_rothschild.aspx LEOPOLD DE ROTHSCHILD, who died on April 19 aged 84, was a member of the Rothschild banking family and had a distinguished career in finance; however his greatest passions were classical music and steam trains and he was well known as a leading musical philanthropist http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/news_april12_2012.aspx A magic carpet of primroses (Primula vulgaris) is one of the delights of early spring at Exbury. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/news_april11_2012.aspx Exbury lungworts centre of attention as BBC Gardener’s World team film in the Gardens. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/news_dec11_child_pricedrop.aspx Children under 16 will be welcomed free of charge into award-winning Exbury Gardens in 2012. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/japanese_bridge.aspx Exbury Gardens has seen the installation of a new Japanese Bridge by Hampshire Master Craftsman http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/news_dec11_leopard_lilies.aspx The lovely Leopard Lily, endangered in its native South Africa, is thriving at Exbury Gardens in the New Forest. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/hudson_award.aspx Exbury, in the New Forest, has been named the best garden to visit in the United Kingdom. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/britains_top_garden_2011.aspx Exbury, in the New Forest, has been named the best garden to visit in the United Kingdom. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/bigdraw_2011.aspx As part of the ‘Big Draw’ weekend, Exbury welcomed children free of charge into the Gardens on Sat 8 & Sun 9 October. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/autumn_sparkle_at_exbury.aspx Sparkling jewel lilies and wild autumn art are the draw at Exbury during October, as the world-famous woodland garden gears up for an explosion of autumn colour. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/autumn_prizes_2011.aspx Exbury takes 12 first prizes at the RHS Autumn show. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/steam_in_the_garden_2011.aspx It’s full steam ahead at Exbury Gardens as engines of all shapes and sizes show themselves off during the annual two days of ‘Steam in the Gardens’ http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/exbury_celebrates_10_years_of_steam.aspx Steam layouts of all shapes and sizes, both on the tracks and in the roomy engine shed, provided memorable highlights as Exbury celebrated 10 years of steam on the Rhododendron Line over the weekend of 13 & 14 August. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/losthydrangeas.aspx As the colourful Hydrangea Walk at Exbury Gardens in the New Forest bursts into full bloom, head gardener John Anderson has revealed that he is on a quest to re-discover forgotten varieties of the colourful plant. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/royal_visit_may_2011.aspx The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall continued a Royal tradition of visiting Exbury Gardens in the New Forest on Thursday 26th May. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/petal_fall_2011.aspx Members of the Exbury Veterans Association held their annual service at the Anchor Memorial at Exbury on Sat 4 June http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/rare_seeds_at_exbury.aspx Seeds brought back from an expedition to the wildest parts of the Indian-Burmese border by Exbury’s head gardener are already germinating in the New Forest Gardens’ glasshouses http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/news_27_04_11_wysteria_hysteria.aspx Could wisteria flowering at Exbury Gardens be the tallest in the country? http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/news_exbury_rhodos_rhs_winner.aspx As the early spring sunshine brings out a spectacular display at Exbury Gardens, famous Rothschild rhododendrons took top prizes at the main Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) show at the weekend. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/10th_anniversary.aspx Spring to autumn – enjoy two colourful visits, too wonderful for words when you purchase a Gardens and Steam Railway ticket. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/bella.aspx Young Bella Maskell became the 500,000th passenger to travel on Exbury’s garden railway on Sunday. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/batty_the_vampire.aspx The star of Exbury’s fabulous and scary Hallowe’en Ghost Train kept his fangs in check as he presented more than £800 to children’s cancer charity, CLIC Sergent. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/lachenlia_display.aspx The lovely Leopard Lily, endangered in its native South Africa, is thriving at Exbury Gardens in the New Forest http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/exbury_youngest_train_driver.aspx Railway-obsessed Alex Clements of Marchwood has, at just 17, become qualified to drive passengers on Exbury’s steam railway. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/autumn_gold.aspx Exbury Gardens took the lead in the autumn displays at the Royal Horticultural Society’s prestigious Autumn Show in London on Tuesday 5th October. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/big_draw_oz.aspx Children enjoyed collecting colourful leaves and cones at Exbury to make a collage celebrating the “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” over the “Big Draw” weekend of 9/10 October. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/big_draw_oct2010.aspx On Sat 9 & Sun 10 October 2010 as part of the ‘Big Draw’ weekend, Exbury will be welcoming children free of charge into the Gardens. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/autumncolour.aspx Sparkling jewel lilies and wild autumn art are the draw at Exbury during October http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/ghost_train_2010.aspx It’s all aboard the Exbury Ghost Train this coming half-term, for a 35 min “Phantom-mime” for Halloween! http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/teatime_celebrated.aspx Exbury’s second Tea Festival helped raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care with a Blooming Great Tea Party staged at the start of August http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/new_forest_tour.aspx The ideal way to see and learn about the Forest and visit Exbury returns on Saturday 19 June and runs until Sunday 12 September 2010. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/pride.aspx With a large cast, traditional costume and an original music score performed by members http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/all_change_at_exbury.aspx Visitors to the Exbury Gardens Railway will notice a few changes this summer. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/portillo.aspx Media personality and railway enthusiast Michael Portillo spoke this week of the ‘magnificent achievements’ of the Rothschild family in building not only a beautiful garden, but also a steam railway that was the result of a great vision, commitment and patience. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/new_forest_art_show.aspx Dorset artist Helen Simpson’s paintings of the intimate parts of flowers, showing what the eye doesn’t always see, are ‘pictures to climb into,’ said Nick de Rothschild of Exbury Gardens.. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/world_cup.aspx The 2010 FIFA World Cup was trumpeted at Exbury in early June, when visiting children collected thousands of rhododendron and azalea petals, for a floral collage http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/wisteria_hysteria.aspx The elegant sheets of colour produced by Exbury’s flowering wisterias is causing excitement among visitors to the world-famous gardens in the New Forest. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/royals_visit_exbury.aspx Princess Michael of Kent visited Exbury Gardens in the New Forest this week – and had a rhododendron named in her honour. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/exbury_top_garden.aspx Thousands of readers of the popular BBC Gardeners World magazine have voted Exbury one of their favourite gardens to visit – and one of the top gardens in the country for children to enjoy. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/panoramic_exbury.aspx German landscape photographer Herman Steigert spent the best part of spring 2009 in a little campervan at Exbury, in order to capture “The Glory of the Garden." http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/glory_of_the_garden.aspx The sudden burst of spring sunshine brings Exbury Gardens to the peak of their beauty in an explosion of colour, scent and birdsong. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/magnolia_surprise_exbury.aspx The bitter winter has produced a bonus for March and April visitors to Exbury – a late flowering for the spectacular Magnolia campbellii whose extraordinary pink blooms may be seen in the 200-acre Gardens’ Home Wood http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/exburys_story.aspx Visitors to Exbury Gardens get more than their money’s worth when they take a buggy ride with Jim Langford. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/2010_events.aspx Exbury Gardens re-opens for the 2010 season on Sat 13 March. The Gardens are staging a diverse and exciting events programme for 2010. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/mothering_sunday_2010.aspx Every lady visiting Exbury on Mothering Sunday 14 March will receive a complimentary bunch of golden daffodils to mark the special day. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/favourite_garden.aspx Exbury Gardens has been nominated in the prestigious Gardeners' World Magazine 'Gardens to Visit Guide' award. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/endangered_leopard_lilies.aspx The lovely Leopard Lily, endangered in its native South Africa, is thriving at Exbury Gardens in the New Forest. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/autumn_sparkle.aspx Sparkling jewel lilies and wild autumn art are the draw at Exbury during October, as the world-famous woodland garden gears up for an explosion of autumn colour. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/nerine_collection.aspx Exbury’s unrivalled collection of sparkling nerine sarniensis or ‘Jewel Lilies’ will be on public show at Exbury Gardens throughout October. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/scary_fun.aspx The scariest fun ever is on offer this half-term when families and friends step aboard the Exbury Gardens Hallowe’en Ghost Train for the spookiest ride of their lives. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/another_age.aspx A collection of historic photographic plates that signalled the dawn of colour photography will be on display at Exbury Gardens for five months. The plates, known as autochromes, were taken in the early years of the twentieth century by banker Lionel de Rothschild http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/flowerpower.aspx 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. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/exbury_steals_show_news.aspx 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. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/opens.aspx Exbury marks 90th anniversary with historic photographic display. A long-lost collection of historic photographic plates that signalled the dawn of colour photography will be on display at Exbury Gardens from late Spring 2009. http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/autochrome.aspx The historic collection of Rothschild photographic plates that signalled the dawn of colour photography will be on display for much of the season at Exbury Gardens this year (2009) http://www.exbury.co.uk/website/mariloo.aspx Exbury’s new steam locomotive received a royal blessing when Her Majesty the Queen unveiled her nameplate and took a ride on the footplate through the world-famous Gardens.