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, glasshouse and wild meadow. Opens Sunday 27th April.
Garden designer’s garden with Japanese influence and large collection of Acer palmatum 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. Opens Saturday 7th, Sunday 8th June and Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th 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 19th May, pre-booking essential.
2 acre garden created over the last 37 yrs with a wide range of flowering and foliage plants in a variety of habitats. Bulbs, perennials, shrubs, roses and grasses together with trees planted for their flowers, foliage, ornamental bark and autumn display give a continual display. Two attractive meadows combine long flowering season in a wildlife friendly environment are a popular feature. Opens for By Arrangement visits from March to September for groups of up to 50.
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 15th 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 18th May.
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 10 February to 8 September for groups of 10+.
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 in attractive hillside setting. Pasture being restored to grassland 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 20th July.
A fabulous compact ½ acre garden with lawn, herbaceous borders, wild flowers, orchard, vegetable beds, treehouse, summerhouse and pool. Originally designed as a white garden, it now inc purple, blue and pink colours. Plenty of roses, grasses, salvia, nepeta, peony, delphinium, lupin, geranium, foxglove, allium, lavender, astrantia, ornamental trees inc davidia, and many perovskia varieties. Opens Sunday 29th June, pre-booking essential.
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 19th 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, now a Kitchen Garden, inc heritage vegetables organically grown, also herb and medicinal beds and the summerhouse Cowper called his ‘verse manufactory’. Opens Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th 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. The 100 yr old topiary is also outstanding. Part of the grounds inc an Iron Age fort. Opens Wednesday 6th 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 25th 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 and an old olive tree. Large bonsai collection. Opens Sunday 13th 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 26th May.
Opened in September 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. Everything is high quality and carefully designed to bring benefit to patients who often have lengthy stays in hospital. Opens Saturday 7th June.
A stunning, exceptional 6 acre garden, constantly 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. A natural stream with bog plants and nesting kingfishers, meanders serenely through shrub and woodland gardens, with many walks. A garden to visit again and again. Opens for By Arrangement visits from March to 15 July for groups of 6+.
Since the C17, a house and grounds have been recorded on the site of Lilies in Buckinghamshire. Rebuilt in 1870, the current owners have lovingly restored and renovated the house (not open) and surrounding gardens. There are several acres of formal lawns and gardens, with mature specimen trees. The woodlands, large walled garden, and flower meadow complete the picture. Opens Thursday 3rd July.
A variety of gardens set in this attractive Chiltern village in an AONB. You can start off at one end of the village and wander through stopping off halfway for tea at the beautiful Anglo-Saxon church built in 975. The church has recently received a lottery grant for restoration and many medieval wall paintings have been found. Tours will be given of these discoveries. The gardens reflect different style houses inc several old cottages, converted barns, Elizabethan and Georgian houses (houses not open). There are herbaceous borders, shrubs, trees, old-fashioned roses, hostas, topiary, Koi and lily ponds, kitchen gardens, play areas for children and the River Misbourne runs through a few. Some gardens are highly colourful and others just green and peaceful. Opens 5th and 6th July.
Six gardens open Sun 13 Apr. Baker’s Close: 1000s of daffodils, tulips, shrubs and wild area. Barry’s Close: spring flowering trees, borders and water garden. Cop Close: daffodils, tulips, borders and bog garden. 25 Elm Trees: cottage style organic garden planted to encourage wildlife. Manor Farm Bungalow: wildlife garden with natural swimming pond. Manor House: a large garden with views to the Chilterns, two ornamental lakes, a variety of spring bulbs and shrubs. Four gardens open Sun 8 June. Cop Close with mixed borders, vegetable garden, wildflower bank and damp garden. 50 Chilton Road (New): medium garden, large pond and wildlife area. Tompsons Farm: a large woodland garden with large lake and herbaceous borders. 25 Elm Trees: cottage style organic garden planted to encourage wildlife and all round colour. Opens 13th April and 8th 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 April to 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 19th March, 21st May and 16th 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 Sunday 24th August, pre-booking essential.
Described by visitors as ‘a real gardener’s garden’. A fairly new 1½ acre garden set around a Grade II listed former brickmaker’s cottage (not open). The garden features borders packed full of perennials, a small meadow, and a small orchard, creating a haven for wildlife, with over 20 different types of butterfly spotted in 2023. Opens Sunday 15th June.
A garden of almost 3 acres made from a rough field over 25 yrs ago. 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. Beyond this there is a wildlife pond, stream, grass, meadow, and woodland gardens. Opens Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd June.
Artistic chalk garden on two levels. Collection of C17/C18 plants inc auricula, 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 20th April.
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 organic orchard with wild flowers. Delicious home-made teas in our barn and adjacent entrance courtyard. Jams and apple juice made with fruits from the garden for sale. Cash only please. Opens Sunday 11th and Monday 26th May.
Rackleys was a farm built in the 1700s and has been lovingly restored into a wedding and events venue. It is set in 7 acres of stunning gardens with sweeping views over the Chilterns. The gardens boast a wide range of flowering trees and shrubs as well as roses, herbaceous perennials and bulbs that provide continuous colour throughout the yr. Opens Sunday 27th July.
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 change significantly through the seasons. Opens Tuesday 13th May and 15th July.
Garden designer’s own garden at the start of The Chilterns. Informal planting with a variety of trees, woodland edge plants, shade borders, shrubs, perennials and grass borders blending into pastureland, now restored to a beautiful long grass meadow. Mature cherry orchard, chickens, and vegetable garden. Planting constantly evolving to better suit our changing climate and enhance biodiversity. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 26 May to July 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 14th 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 April to July for groups of up to 25.
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 27th April.
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, inviting 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 28 April to 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 11 February to 26 February for groups of between 10 and 25.
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 25th May.
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 1st 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 18th June, pre-booking essential.
Located on the edge of the Chiltern Hills with long reaching views, these 3 acre gardens surround a C18 Georgian Manor House built for the First Earl of Burlington (not open). Over recent yrs they have been remodelled to inc formal and vegetable gardens, a classic water garden, large greenhouse and more informal areas. There are a variety of mature trees inc a holm oak and yew. Opens Saturday 19th July, 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 18th May.
3 acre wildlife friendly, year-round garden, comprising informal woodland and wild gardens, separated by streams lined by iris, primulas and astilbe. Over 350 shrubs and trees, many variegated or uncommon, marginal and bog plants and a bed of stripy roses. Stunning was the word most often used by visitors. ‘Best private garden I have visited in 20 yrs of NGS visits’ said another. Opens for By Arrangement visits from March to September for groups of 10+.
A country garden with a series of rooms each with their own planting style inc a formal box parterre with gazebo, a knot garden, a pool garden with grasses and perennials. A Victorian style glasshouse with scented pelargoniums and a garden with raised beds of dahlias and herbs, two stumperies with hellebores and ferns, woodland and meadow walks with wonderful views, and a labyrinth. Opens for By Arrangement visits from July to August for groups of between 10 and 30.
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