Behind red brick walls lies a ¾ acre garden on four different levels, each with unique planting and atmosphere. The lower lawn with white wisteria arbour and pond; the upper lawn with rose pergola and woodland, pool area with grasses, Victorian kitchen garden, glasshouse, and wild meadow. Opens for By Arrangement visits from May to July for groups of between 5 and 16.
A garden designer’s garden with Japanese influence and a large collection of Acer palmatum Japanese maples. The enclosed front garden is Japanese in style. The back garden is divided into three areas: a patio area recently redesigned in the Japanese style; a densely planted area with many acers and roses; and a corner that inc a productive greenhouse and interesting planting. Opens for By Arrangement visits from May to 16 October for groups of up to 18.
A 2 acre garden created over the last 38 yrs, with a wide range of flowering and foliage plants in a variety of habitats for all year interest. Many different bulbs, perennials, shrubs, roses, and grasses, together with trees planted for their flowers, foliage, ornamental bark, and autumn colour give a continual display. Two meadows with a long flowering season are a popular feature with visitors. Opens for By Arrangement visits from March to September for groups of up to 50.
The present garden covers around 12 acres, inc the walled kitchen garden crisscrossed by paths lined with vegetables, fruit, herbs, and flowers. The sculpture garden, the replanted granary garden with a fountain and borders, as well as individual paved gardens and parterres divided by yew hedges and more. The Lyde water garden, formed out of old cress beds, is fed by numerous springs. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 5 May to September for groups of 25+.
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 dazzles against a grey and green background. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 2 March to 13 September for groups of up to 15.
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. There is a lodge greenhouse and a good collection of half-hardy plants in pots. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 13 February to 27 September for groups of 10+.
A Japanese garden, shielded from the upper garden level by Shoji screens. A winding path leads over a traditional Japanese bridge by a pond and waterfall, and invites you through a moongate to reveal a purpose built tea house. The garden is surrounded by traditional Japanese planting, inc maples, cherry blossom trees, azaleas, and rhododendrons. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 27 April to 4 September.
A beautiful 3 acre garden with primroses, daffodils, and hellebores in early spring. It is interesting throughout most of the year, with lovely herbaceous borders, a rill with a small ornamental canal, a walled garden, an old orchard with a wildlife pond, and handsome trees, some of which are topiary. It is a peaceful oasis. Opens for By Arrangement visits from March to August.
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+.
½ acre garden with mature trees, inc a large magnolia. It features a fernery, stream, water wheel, natural pond, and a fish pond with large fish surrounded by acers. There are two greenhouses, two aviaries, and spring flowers, alliums, lilies, dahlias, and many hosta varieties. A small Japanese style area. A child friendly garden that is constantly being changed and updated. Opens for By Arrangement visits for groups of up to 20.
Our garden sits on 6 acres of old farmland offering great views. Over the last 8 yrs, many trees and shrubs have been planted. A natural stream flows into a pond with a deck to sit and rest on. A small copse of woodland is being developed, and large grass sculptures sway in the wind. The borders are full, while a pergola with a vine and wisteria provides shade on the patio, alongside a collection of acers. Opens for By Arrangement visits all year.
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, a kitchen garden, and a meadow with an apiary. A gate leads to the old brickyard, now a 3 acre mixed deciduous wood with level paths, a large fernery planted in a clay pit, acers, and an avenue of thousands of daffodils. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 2 March to July for groups of up to 35.
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 with perennials, a small meadow, and a small orchard, creating a haven for wildlife. As we continue to develop the garden each year, there’s always something new to discover! Opens for By Arrangement visits from 12 June to 25 June for groups of 30+.
A garden of almost 3 acres, created from a rough field over 28 yrs ago. A series of terraces cut into the sloping site form the formal garden, with long and cross vistas, lawns, and deep borders. The aim is to provide interest throughout the year with naturalistic planting and views borrowed from the surrounding countryside. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 8 June to 8 July for groups of between 8 and 40.
Artistic chalk garden on two levels. Collection of C17/C18 plants, inc auriculas, hellebores, bulbs, pulmonarias, peonies, geraniums, herbs, and succulents. Antique species and rambling roses. Potager and a lily pond. Blue and white ribbon border. The cottage was once a C17 fever house for Missenden Abbey. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 14 April to June for groups of between 15 and 25.
This Chiltern hillside garden of 1½ acres is planted for year-round interest and has superb views. Lovingly and beautifully maintained, it offers several different areas to relax in, each with its own character. A wildflower orchard, mixed borders, a pond, vegetables, a woodland area, and a lovely hidden garden. Many climbers in the garden change significantly through the seasons. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 4 May to 1 September for groups of 20+.
This is a garden designer’s own garden at the start of the Chilterns. It features informal planting with a variety of trees, woodland-edge plants, shade borders, shrubs, perennials, and grass borders that blend into pastureland, now restored to a beautiful long-grass meadow. There is a mature cherry orchard, chickens, and a vegetable garden. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 25 May to 2 August for groups of between 15 and 30.
The Shades drive is approached through mature trees, with areas of shade loving plants, beds of shrubs, and herbaceous plants. The rear garden with a natural well, surrounded by plants, shrubs, roses, and acers. A green slate water feature and a scree garden with alpine plants complete the garden. Opens for By Arrangement visits for groups of up to 20.
A 2 acre garden containing drifts of common snowdrops, along with a few unusual ones. Strong structure provided by terracing, walls, and topiarised yew hedging. Your visit will begin 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 18 February to 20 February for groups of between 10 and 25.
Grade II registered. A series of garden rooms, each with a different planting style, envelops the architect’s own Grade II* listed house (not open). A dry garden, formal box garden, sunken gardens, and mixed borders around a curving lawn, all framed by ancient walls and mature trees. Plantings inc bulbs, irises, wisteria, roses, ferns, and climbers. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 11 March to 3 June for groups of between 10 and 20.
A 3 acre, wildlife friendly, year-round garden comprising informal woodland and wild gardens, separated by streams. Many shrubs and trees, several variegated or uncommon, along with marginal and bog plants, and a bed of stripy roses. ‘Stunning’ was the word most often used by visitors. Persistent rain in 2023/24 killed some shrubs, but a large new, drier bed now houses replacements. Opens for By Arrangement visits for groups of 10+.
A country garden with a series of rooms, each with its own planting style: a formal box parterre with gazebo, knot garden, pool garden with grasses and perennials, Victorian style glasshouse with scented pelargoniums, 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. Planting is ongoing. Opens for By Arrangement visits from July to August for groups of between 10 and 30.
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