A garden of 2½ acres consisting of herbaceous borders, rose garden, fruit trees with woodland, bamboo and rhododendron walks. A formal parterre garden with dahlias. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 8 June to 15 July for groups of between 15 and 25.
The main garden has primarily Mediterranean and exotic planting, with paths through some of the beds, inviting you to take a closer look. This leads into a kitchen garden with a greenhouse and a poultry run housing chickens and ducks. There is a small woodland garden with a stumpery and fire pit. The garden has several places to sit and relax with tea and home-made cake. Children are very welcome. Opens By Arrangement all year.
A spellbinding ¼ acre suburban romantic style garden with shrubbery, exotics, specimen trees, scented climbers, and mixed herbaceous borders. Densely planted and decadently flowering, a feast for all the senses. Come for the garden, stay for the magic, and discover why romance remains compelling, timeless, and enduring. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 15 June to August for groups of 15+.
4 acres of formal and informal gardens set within a 25 acre stud farm. A formal rose garden with a fountain, a walled herbaceous border with windows through which to admire the views and horses, two rock gardens, and a hot plant terrace. A small lake with a Monet style bridge and pergola, several neo-classical follies and statues, and a planted woodland area with a winding path. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 31 March to 14 September for groups of between 12 and 30.
An inspirational secret garden tucked behind a pretty red brick Victorian cottage. Inviting paths weave around a curving island bed, leading to long borders packed with interesting plants reflecting the passion of its owner. Features inc rose and clematis covered arches, pots filled with tropical gems, figs, hostas, and ferns. Towering palms, acers, and magnolia trees offer shelter and seclusion. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 2 June to 28 June for groups of between 10 and 15.
A 4 acre designer’s garden with many areas of interest. It features six beautiful, long herbaceous borders, attractively and densely planted in different colour sections. There is also a formal rose garden, a cutting garden, an old orchard with a grass meadow, a pretty pond, a peaceful wooded area, and a large variety of plants and trees, along with a productive fruit and vegetable patch. Opens for By Arrangement visits from May to 21 August for groups of between 12 and 35.
A pretty, small waterside garden set between the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal. Interesting combinations of colour and texture, to look at rather than walk through, although visitors are welcome to do that too. A deck overlooks a sluiceway, towards a lawn and border. The garden was started from scratch in 2005, and mostly again after the floods of 2014. Trying high planters this year. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 2 June to September for groups of between 15 and 25.
A 7 acre designer’s garden with stunning views, and where structure predominates. Specimen trees show contrasting bark and foliage. A marble ‘Pan’ plays to a pond with boulders and boulder shaped evergreens. Versailles planters with standard topiaries line a rill. A stumpery leads to the orchard’s carpet of daffodils in April, followed later by a wave of white hydrangeas. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 12 January to 27 November for groups of between 12 and 40.
An approx 10 acre, exceptionally fine traditional English garden. Rose garden, herbaceous garden, pond garden, herb garden, fruit, vegetable and cutting garden, and glasshouses. Many specimen trees and fine shrubs, an orchard, and terraces. Garden designed by Arabella Lennox-Boyd. Limited WC facilities. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 15 April to 24 June for groups of between 15 and 50.