Behind red brick walls a ¾ acre garden on four different levels, each with unique planting and atmosphere. Lower lawn with white wisteria arbour and pond, upper lawn with rose pergola and woodland, pool area with grasses, Victorian kitchen garden and wild meadow. Opens Sunday 28th April.
Garden designer’s garden with Japanese influence and large collection of Japanese maples. The enclosed front garden is Japanese in style. Back garden is divided into three areas; patio area recently redesigned in the Japanese style, densely planted area with many acers and roses, also a corner which inc a productive greenhouse and interesting planting. There are over 70 acers in the garden. Opens Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June, and Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th October.
Combining Victorian formality with natural planting and modern design. Terraced lawns with specimen and ornamental trees and panoramic views to the Chilterns. Naturalised bulbs, mirror image herbaceous borders and impressive topiary inc a unique box and yew sundial. Ascott House is closed on NGS Days. Opens Monday 13th May, pre-booking essential.
2 acre plantsman’s garden built up over the last 36 yrs with a wide range of flowering and foliage plants in a variety of habitats providing a show all yr. Bulbs, perennials, shrubs, roses and grasses provide continuous interest. Trees planted for their flowers, foliage, ornamental bark and autumn display. Two attractive meadows combine long flowering season in a wildlife friendly environment. Opens by Arrangement all year round.
The present garden covering around 12 acres inc the walled kitchen garden crisscrossed by paths with vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers. The sculpture garden, the replanted granary garden with fountain and borders, as well as the individual paved gardens and parterres divided by yew hedges and more. The Lyde water garden formed out of old cress beds fed by numerous springs. Opens Sunday 9th June.
A plant filled garden designed by Barbara Hunt. A harmonious arrangement of arcs and circles introduces a rhythm that leads through the garden. Sweeping box curves, gravel beds, brick edging and lush planting. A restrained use of purples and reds dazzle against a grey and green background. Opens Sunday 9th June.
A plantsman’s garden in the Chiltern Hills with a great variety of trees, shrubs and plants. A sloping lawn leads to a natural swimming pond with wild flowers inc native orchids. A lodge greenhouse and a good collection of half-hardy plants in pots. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 17th February to 9th September for groups of between 10 and 30.
3 acre beautiful garden with primroses, daffodils and hellebores in early spring. Interesting for most of the yr with lovely herbaceous borders, rill with small ornamental canal, walled garden, old orchard with wildlife pond, and handsome trees some of which are topiary. It is a peaceful oasis. Opens for By Arrangement visits from March to August.
Tours at 2.30pm and 4pm of this project under development in attractive hillside setting. Pasture being restored to hay meadows and planted with fruit. Tips for foraging, encouraging wild flowers and creation of wildlife habitats. On calm sunny day great for spotting butterflies and moths. Enjoy cool drinks in shady seating and share our identification tips, survey findings and field guides. Opens Sunday 7th July.
A country garden over 1½ acres with a wide range of flowering and foliage plants. Bulbs, perennials, roses, shrubs and trees have been chosen to provide continuous interest, with colour concentrated in purple, pink, blue and lemon. The lawns around the house have deep, curving borders with sunny and shady aspects. There is also a wildlife pond, old orchard, small vegetable garden and greenhouse. Opens Saturday 22nd June.
A beautiful rural garden in a quiet country lane. The borders are planted with scented roses and bee and butterfly friendly flowers inc honeysuckle, delphiniums and sweet peas. Seating areas provide enjoyable views of the garden at different times of the day. A natural arch leads to a paddock with a small vegetable garden, orchard, wildflower beds and wood with a seasonal spring fed pond. Opens Thursday 13th June.
The tranquil Flower Garden of C18 poet William Cowper, who said ‘Gardening was of all employments, that in which I succeeded best’, has plants introduced prior to his death in 1800, many mentioned in his writings. The Summerhouse Garden with Cowper’s ‘verse manufactory’, now a Victorian Kitchen Garden, has new and heritage vegetables organically grown, also a herb border and medicinal plant bed. Opens Saturday 8th June and Sunday 9th June.
The gardens at Danesfield were completed in 1901 by Robert Hudson, the Sunlight Soap magnate who built the house. Since the house opened as a hotel in 1991, the gardens have been admired by several thousand guests each yr. However, in 2009 it was discovered that the gardens contained outstanding examples of pulhamite in both the formal gardens and the waterfall areas. Opens Wednesday 7th August, pre-booking essential.
A restored walled kitchen garden with vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers as the centre piece of this 40 acre estate. The surrounding waterway is bordered by a wildflower meadow, attracting heron, egret and kingfisher. Behind the walled garden, the back drive leads to ancient woodland sprouting a carpet of spring bulbs, and the lake which is home to Canada geese, swans and heron. Opens Sunday 19th May.
Thoughtfully designed and structured garden with year-round colour and many interesting features inc herbaceous borders, a shrubbery with ferns, hostas, grasses and hellebores. Small formal garden, pergolas with roses and clematis. A variety of topiary and small garden rooms. A central feature incorporating water with grasses. Large bonsai collection. Opens Sunday 7th July.
A large cottage garden with an exuberance of colourful planting and winding gravel paths, amongst lawns and herbaceous borders on two levels. Ponds, a wishing well, vegetable beds, a knot garden, a small walled garden and an old tractor feature. Everything combines to make a beautiful garden full of surprises. Opens Monday 27th May.
Historical landscaped garden laid out between 1680-1730 for the poet Edmund Waller and his descendants. Features 300 yr old cloud formation yew hedges, formal lake and vistas ending with classical buildings and statues. Wooded walks around the grove offer respite from the heat on sunny days. One of the original NGS garden openings of 1927. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 12th February to 16th October.
At least four gardens will open in the delightful Misbourne chalk stream valley, and Wind in the Willows also opens separately in March. The 3 smaller gardens and one 3 acre garden each have a very different character. Opens Sunday 26th May.
Opened in Sept 2018, Horatio’s Garden at the National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Hospital is designed by Joe Swift. The fully accessible garden for patients with spinal injuries has been part funded by the NGS. The beautiful space is cleverly designed to bring the sights, sounds and scents of nature into the heart of the NHS. Opens Saturday 28th September.
Howe Farm Flowers is a flower farm located in the beautiful Buckinghamshire countryside. We have one main cutting field, approx an acre in size, which is dedicated to our weddings, events and wholesale. We also have a ¼ acre cut flower garden where we welcome our PYO flowers visitors, and two large polytunnels. We use the no dig method and avoid using chemicals and pesticides. Opens Saturday 20th July.
Stunning and exceptional 6 acre garden, ever evolving! Main lawn is enclosed by softly curving, colour themed herbaceous borders with gazebo, topiary, clipped yews, pleached hornbeams leading to ha-ha and countryside beyond. Opens for By Arrangement visits from March to July for groups of 6+.
A range of gardens open across two dates, five gardens opening on Sunday 14th April and another five opening on on Sunday 16th June.
½ acre garden with mature trees inc large magnolia. Cacti, fernery, stream, water wheel, two ponds, greenhouses, aviary, 10,000 snowdrops, hellebores, bluebells and over 60 varieties of hosta. Small Japanese style area. Child friendly. Constantly being changed and updated. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 24th February to 14th July for groups of up to 25.
A peaceful large woodland garden planted by the owner with rare and unusual flowering trees, shrubs, perennials and loads of bulbs. Shade loving herbaceous plants, kitchen garden and meadow with apiary. Gate leads to old brickyard, now 3 acre mixed deciduous wood: level paths, large fernery planted in a clay pit, acers and an avenue of thousands of daffodils. Lots of seats to enjoy the quiet. Opens Wednesday 20th March, 15th May and 17th July. Pre-booking essential.
Nether Winchendon House has fine, and rare trees set in an inspiring and stunning landscape with parkland. The south lawn runs down to the River Thame. A Founder NGS Member (1927). Enchanting and romantic Mediaeval and Tudor House, one of the most romantic of the historic houses of England and listed Grade I. Dogs on leads welcome. Opens Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May. Pre-booking essential.
Described by visitors as ‘a real gardener’s garden’, we are a fairly new 1½ acre garden set around a Grade II listed former brickmaker’s cottage (not open), with borders packed full of perennials, a meadow and small orchard that’s a haven for wildlife, with over 20 different types of butterfly spotted in 2023. Opens Sunday 14th July.
A garden of almost 3 acres made from a rough field over 25 yrs ago. Near the house (not open) a series of terraces cut into the sloping site create the formal garden with long and cross vistas, lawns and deep borders. The aim is to provide interest throughout the yr with naturalistic planting and views borrowed from the surrounding countryside. Opens Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June.
5 acre garden inc two large ponds with wild flowers around the perimeter and a small wood area with orchids in late spring. Profusion of spring bulbs and a winding boardwalk through a bog garden. Raised beds featuring tulips and picking garden. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 15th April to 12th May.
Artistic chalk garden on two levels. Collection of C17/C18 plants inc auriculas, hellebores, bulbs, pulmonarias, peonies, geraniums, herbs and succulents. Many antique species and rambling roses. Potager and lily pond. Blue and white ribbon border. Cottage was once C17 fever house for Missenden Abbey. Opens Sunday 31st March, 21st April, 19th May and 9th June.
Formal garden with open views to the Chiltern countryside. Designed as a series of outdoor rooms around a listed former C18 inn (not open), inc border, parterre, vegetable and fruit gardens and a recently planted organic orchard. Delicious home-made teas in our barn and adjacent entrance courtyard. Jams and apple juice made with fruits from the garden for sale. Opens Sunday 12th and 26th May.
This Chiltern hillside garden of 1½ acres is planted for year-round interest and has superb views. Lovingly and beautifully maintained, there are several different areas to relax in, each with their own character. Wildflower orchard, mixed borders, pond, vegetables, woodland area and a lovely hidden garden. Many climbers used in the garden which changes significantly through the seasons. Opens Tuesday 14th May and 9th July.
Relaxed designer’s garden at the start of The Chilterns. Informal cottage garden/prairie style with a variety of trees, woodland edge plants, shade borders, shrubs, perennials and grass borders blending into pastureland, now restored to beautiful long grass meadow. Mature cherry orchard, chickens, vegetable garden. Planting constantly evolving to better suit our changing climate and benefit wildlife. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 27th May to 15th September for groups of between 15 and 30.
St Michael’s Convent is home to the Sisters of the Church and the Society of the Precious Blood. The garden is a place for quiet, reflection and to gaze upon beauty, and inc a walled garden with vegetables, labyrinth and pond, a shady woodland dell and a chapel. Enjoy the colourful borders, beds and mature majestic trees. Come and see and spend time being! Opens Saturday 15th June.
The Shades drive is approached through mature trees, areas of shade loving plants, beds of shrubs, 60 various roses and herbaceous plants. The rear garden with natural well surrounded by plants, shrubs and acers. A green slate water feature and scree garden with alpine plants completes the garden. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 24th February to 14th July for groups of up to 25.
A bridge with pond leads you to this 2½ acre garden divided into rooms by beech hedging. Rose garden with mainly David Austin roses, herbaceous borders, shrub borders, orchard and vegetable garden. Opens Sunday 25th August.
Unique 22 acre Grade I registered garden constructed 1934-9 with a contemporary garden extension. Rock and water gardens, sunken colonnade, rose garden, 500 individual gated gardens, beautiful mature trees and newly landscaped areas. Opens Sunday 12th May.
A Japanese garden, shielded from the upper garden level by Shoji screens. A winding path leads you over a traditional Japanese bridge by a pond and waterfall and invites you through a moongate to reveal a purpose built tea house, all surrounded by traditional Japanese planting inc maples, cherry blossom trees, azaleas and rhododendrons. Opens for By Arrangement visits from May to 13th September for groups of up to 20.
A 2 acre garden containing drifts of common snowdrops as well as a few unusual ones. Strong structure provided by terracing, walls and topiarised yew hedging. Your visit will start with a short illustrated talk about snowdrop varieties before you explore the snowdrops lining a shrubbery path, woodland path and rockery. Naturalised snowdrops also line the lawn on either side of the driveway. The visit will end with tea and cakes. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 6th February to 5th March for groups of between 10 and 25.
Grade II registered. Series of garden rooms, each with a different planting style enveloping architect’s own Grade II* listed house (not open). Dry garden, formal box garden, sunken gardens, mixed borders around curving lawn, all framed by ancient walls and mature trees. Bulbs, irises, wisteria, roses, ferns and climbers. Courtyards with pools, pergolas, secluded seating and Victorian coach house. Opens Monday 6th May, pre-booking essential.
Medieval house that will be partly open. A large garden with extensive lawns, water garden with underground springs, vegetable garden, tennis court and swimming pool. Colourful varieties of flowers are planted around the garden with mature trees offering shade where needed. Many seating areas around the garden. Opens Sunday 23rd June.
10 acres of garden surrounds a C17 Grade I listed manor house (not open). This large and varied garden blends traditional and contemporary styles, featuring pool borders rich in grasses with a green and white theme, walled kitchen and cutting garden with large greenhouse at its heart, box parterre, deep mixed borders, water feature, rose garden, wildflower meadow and many old trees and shrubs. Opens Sunday 2nd June.
The Walled Garden at Wormsley Estate is a 2 acre garden providing flowers, vegetables and tranquil contemplative space for the family. For many yrs the garden was neglected until Sir Paul Getty purchased the estate in the mid 1980s. In 1991 the garden was redesigned and has changed over the yrs, but remains true to the original brief. Opens Wednesday 19th June, pre-booking essential.
Well established 6 acre formal garden in picturesque setting. Mature trees and hedges with River Misbourne meandering through lawns. Shrubberies, flower beds, rockery, rose garden and orchard. Large walled garden. Herb garden, vegetable plot and Victorian greenhouses. Opens Sunday 2nd June.
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