A mature, town garden with scented spring bulbs, colourful early flowering perennials, budding shrubs and trees with sprouting new leaves. A variety of evergreen shrubs also offer an interesting mix of foliage. There is a small pond providing a home to frogspawn and tadpoles. Opens for By Arrangement visits from April to April for groups of up to 15.
Enchanting, wildlife friendly garden where each month of the year has something exciting to offer. Winter borders planted with colourful cornus and evergreen shrubs, underplanted here with snowdrops and hellebores. Gravel areas are carpeted with miniature cyclamen. It develops through the seasons culminating in early autumn with a spectacular show of sun-loving herbaceous plants. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 2 February to 29 November.
A 2 ½ acre garden created over 40 years with many varied areas of interest – formal and informal areas divided by hedges and shrub borders. Features inc topiary yew avenue, circular dahlia garden (c. 40 different varieties) with small pond, parterre with English roses, herbaceous borders, courtyard garden, herb and vegetable gardens, rose and clematis pergola walk. Woodland garden. Opens for By Arrangement visits from April to September for groups of between 15 and 30.
A ½ acre hardy exotic garden. Many mature palms, yuccas, cycas, bananas and bamboos. Around 3000 succulent plantings, all growing in ground- very few pots. 20 varieties of agave, the largest is now over 5ft tall. 28 aeonium cultivars. Echeverias, aloes, crassula, haworthia and sedum. Large Sempervivum collection. Feature koi pool and goldfish ponds. A chalk stream borders the end of the garden. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 7 July to August for groups of up to 15.
Mixed colourful formal planting to the rear of the house leading to a gravel yard with drought tolerant borders and large topiary subjects (topiary award winner). Beyond the farmyard is a wildlife pond, kitchen garden and wildflower orchard with a rose walk. Cut flower area and countryside views. Fairy glade across meadows. Livestock may be present in adjoining fields so regret no dogs. Opens for By Arrangement visits from June to August for groups of between 10 and 20.
Maintained by the owner, an RHS-qualified gardener, this cottage garden draws on naturalistic and arts and crafts styles. A winding woodchip path divides a herbaceous border from a shady, woodland-inspired one. Towering fennel, grasses, and 20+ dahlias feature, leading to a yellow writing shed framed by giant summer sunflowers. Loved by children, due to the fairytale feel. Opens for By Arrangement visits from June to September for groups of up to 12.
A four acre garden full of colour and interest. The owner has a free style of gardening sensitive to wildlife. Beds overflowing with tulips, alliums, bearded iris, peonies, poppies, geraniums and much more. Beautiful mature trees and many more planted in the last 30 years inc a large selection of Betulas. Gravel gardens, box hedging and clipped balls, woodland garden and wildflower meadows. Opens for By Arrangement visits from May to June.
A small town garden with a jungle, rainforest feel. This garden is all about foliage with the emphasis on leaf shapes and textures; some more unusual and quirky than others. The whole garden has been designed to make you feel like you have been transported to somewhere exotic, making use of a large veranda, it can even be enjoyed in the rain. Opens for By Arrangement visits for groups of up to 20.
A colourful town garden with herbaceous borders, climbers, a greenhouse and a pond. Planted in cottage garden style with traditional flowers, the borders overflow with late summer annuals and perennials inc salvias and rudbeckia. The pretty terrace next to the house is lined with ferns and hostas. The owners also make home-made chutneys and preserves which can be purchased on the day. Opens for By Arrangement visits from July to September.