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 Sunday 5th and Friday 24th July.
A wildlife friendly, plant lover’s cottage garden with borders generously planted with bulbs, perennials, grasses, and shrubs for interest in every season. Productive vegetable garden and greenhouses. Many pots and baskets with seasonal annuals and tender perennials, especially salvias. Opens Friday 17th and Tuesday 28th July, pre-booking essential.
A beautiful, formally landscaped garden set in 4 acres, recently renovated to a high standard to incorporate some original and rare specimens together with new plantings. Orchard, large fish pond, secret garden, herbaceous borders, and lovely views over the Pang Valley. Walks through 40 acre SSSI ancient woodland. WWII air raid shelter. Opens Sunday 19th July.
8 acre garden with a series of immaculately tended garden ‘rooms’. Herbaceous borders, arboretum, secret garden, roses, vegetables, pool, bog gardens and woodland, with an explosion of rare and interesting plants, beautifully combined for colour and texture. Stunning views, and once home to John Betjeman (memorial window by John Piper in church). Specialist plants and home-made preserves for sale. Opens Wednesday 29th July.