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By Arrangement gardens in Bedfordshire

If you’re looking to organise a private visit to a garden, whether it be for a local group or for friends and family, a By Arrangement can provide something a little different. In Bedfordshire there’s a range of gardens available for private By Arrangement visits, find out more below.

8 Abbey Close, Ampthill

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 in April for groups of up to 15.

10 Alder Wynd, Silsoe

Created from scratch in the autumn of 2014, the owners have had to contend with the realities of building a garden on a modern housing estate. The garden is courtyard in style and formed from a series of raised beds and green oak structures. Visitors can expect plantings of bananas, gingers, bamboos and Tetrapanax, along side traditional herbaceous perennials grasses and clematis. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 20 July to September for groups of up to 20.

1c Bakers Lane, Tempsford

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 February to November.

Beck House, Wrestlingworth

A 2 ½ acre garden created over 40 years with various formal and informal areas divided by hedges and shrub borders. Features inc topiary yew avenue, circular dahlia garden with small pond, parterre with English roses, herbaceous borders, courtyard, herb and vegetable gardens, rose and clematis pergola walk. Woodland garden. Opens for By Arrangement visits from June to September for groups of between 10 and 40.

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