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 2nd August to 1st October for groups of 20+.
The main garden has primarily exotic and Mediterranean planting with small paths through some of the beds, inviting you to take a closer look. This leads into a kitchen garden with greenhouse, chickens and ducks. There is a small woodland garden with stumpery and fire pit. The garden has plenty of places to sit and relax.
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 15 September for groups of between 20 and 40.
4 acres of formal and informal gardens within a 25 acre stud farm. A formal rose garden with fountain, a walled herbaceous border with windows through which to admire the views and horses, two rock gardens, and hot plant terrace. Small lake with Monet style bridge and pergola. Several neo-classical follies and statues. A planted woodland area with a winding path. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 31st March to 21st September for groups of between 12 and 30.
Discover this attractive suburban secret garden behind a pretty red brick cottage. Inviting paths weave around a curving island bed surrounded by long borders packed with interesting plants reflecting the passion of its owner. Features inc rose and clematis covered arches, pots with gunnera, figs, hostas and ferns. Towering palms, acers and magnolia trees offer shelter and seclusion. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 3rd June to 25th July for groups of between 12 and 25.
4 acre designer’s garden with many areas of interest. Features inc four lovely long herbaceous borders attractively and densely planted in different colour sections, a formal rose garden, a cutting garden, an old orchard with a grass meadow, pretty pond and peaceful wooded area. Large variety of plants, trees and a productive fruit and vegetable patch. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 14 May to 22 August for groups of between 10 and 40.
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. Started from scratch in 2005 and mostly again after the floods of 2014. Trying high planters this yr. Opens for By Arrangement visits from June to 29th September for groups of between 6 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 and later a wave of white hydrangeas. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 13th January to 5th December for groups of between 6 and 50.
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, orchard and terraces. Garden designed by Arabella Lennox-Boyd. Opens for By Arrangement visits from April to 26th June for groups of between 15 and 50.