Colesbourne Park
Nr Cirencester

The snowdrop collection at Colesbourne Park originated in the plantings made by Henry John Elwes (1846-1922). In 1874 he had discovered Galanthus elwesiis while travelling in western Turkey and he became one of the prominent galanthophiles of his day. It is clear that he planted widely, as the garden today contains large populations of snowdrops, many of them hybrids, descended from those plantings.
New cultivars have been added to the collection each year, with the collection now totalling some 160 cultivars.

Colesbourne Park 2012 - Snowdrop Weekends - 
from Saturday 4th February -Please check website.

Colesbourne Park
Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire
GL53 9NP
Tel 01242 870264
www.snowdrop.org.uk