An impeccable oriental garden with more than 120 large and small bonsai trees, acers, pagodas, oriental statues, water features and pond with koi carp, creating a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere. Described by visitors as an oasis of peace and tranquillity. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 2nd May to September for groups of up to 30.
Bramble lodge is hidden from the road with panoramic views of open farmland and large fen skies. A medium sized garden, it has been designed and built entirely from scratch over 15 years by the owners from a bramble, nettle and rubble field on the site of an old pig farm. It has swirling borders filled with familiar favourites and some unusual species of perennials, shrubs, roses and hydrangeas. Opens for By Arrangement visits from June to 7th September for groups of 10+.
A traditional Cambridgeshire cottage garden with some formal features extending over an acre, with herbaceous borders, old roses, perennial wildflowers and a vegetable garden. Many trees, inc several old fruit trees, as well as more recently planted specimens. There is a “hot” themed poolside area with oleanders, cannas, and citrus trees. Cream teas available in the garden if fine. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 3rd June to July for groups of between 10 and 25.
Approx ½ acre, level, with many unusual plants. Year-round interest. Secluded back garden with well-stocked colourful rockery, herbaceous borders raised vegetable beds, soft fruit and fruit trees (inc quince, fig); pergolas with climbing roses. Front garden has a wide variety of roses, flowering prunus, philadelphus, judas tree. Opens By Arrangement from April to October for groups of up to 35.
Set in just under an acre, our garden offers a wildlife pond, herbaceous borders, Victorian style greenhouse and kitchen garden, orchard and wildflower meadow. There are borders dedicated to cut flowers and dye plants. This is a family friendly garden, shared with chickens, guinea pigs and bees with plenty of seating areas to take in the views. Opens for By Arrangement visits from June to September.
A country garden which inc a small flower farm. There are many old fashioned scented roses, both shrub and climbing. As well as the garden herbaceous borders, there are raised growing beds and two polytunnels. The garden inc a wildlife pond and flowering plant-filled pots. The farm growing area changes season by season. Opens for By Arrangement visits from June to September.
In winter find a flowering cherry tree, borders of snowdrops, aconites, Iris reticulata, hellebores and miniature Narcissus throughout the packed small garden which has inspiring ideas on use of space. Pond and arbour, raised beds of fruit and vegetables. In summer arches of roses and clematis, hardy geraniums, delightful borders of English roses and herbaceous plants. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 18th February to June.
Small, long, narrow and planted in the cottage garden style with over 40 roses, some on arches and growing through trees. Particularly planned to encourage wildlife with small pond, mature trees and shrubs. Perennials and some unusual plants interspersed with sculptures. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 31st May to August for groups of between 15 and 30.
A small plot of inter-connected gardens philosophically based on Ancient Chinese pleasure gardens but with English naturalistic style of planting and artefacts. Part covered by mature ash trees and part open with Mediterranean planting and pond. An enclosed patio rose garden and terrace completes the garden. Set on the edge of a fenland village with an RSPB reserve opposite for a pleasant walk – or maybe croquet on the lawn. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 25th May to 29th September for groups of up to 30.
A fish pond dominates this large garden surrounded with planting. Patio with pots and raised beds, Undercover BBQ area. Small wooded area, polytunnels and corners of the garden for wildlife. Opens for By Arrangement visits from May to September for groups of between 5 and 30.
Warmed and sheltered by the medieval walls of a C14 house (the oldest in Burwell) the garden is richly diverse in format and planting. There are ‘theatres’ (auricula, pinks), hints of Snowdonia, the Mediterranean, and a French potager, Anglesey Abbey in the snowdrop season and much else. Throughout there are many interesting, unusual and rare plants. Around each corner a new vista surprises. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 22nd April to June for groups of between 15 and 30.
An acre working organic cottage garden providing something for the kitchen and vase year-round. Seasonal cut flowers grown in raised beds and traditional borders. Allotment style vegetable garden. Paddock with fruit trees and views over the fen to the rear. Chickens for eggs. Wreath workshops and flower demonstrations available, please email for more details. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 11th May to 23th August for groups of between 10 and 20.
Well-stocked formal garden designed in a series of rooms with pleached limes, avenue of Himalayan birch and interesting cottage borders set in just over ⅓ acre. The garden surrounds The Manor House, once the home of Capability Brown as featured on C4 Alan Titchmarsh’s television programme and in East Anglia’s Secret Gardens book. Opens for By Arrangement visits all year.
Molesworth House is an old three acre rectory garden with everything that you’d both expect and hope for, given its Victorian past. There are surprising corners to this traditional take on a happy and relaxed garden – come and see for yourself. A humble gem awaits your discovery. Opens for By Arrangement visits for groups of up to 20.
Unusual garden appealing to those with historical interest in individual collections of plant groups: March-old primroses, daffodils, Victorian double flowered hyacinths and first garden hellebore hybrids. May-old English tulips, Crown Imperials. Aug-Victorian Pelargonium, Heliotrope, Calceolaria, Red list for Plant Heritage. Opens for By Arrangement visits from March to August.
The garden surrounds a C16 grade II listed thatched cottage. It is to a good extent walled and split into the front and back. All told, the site is about ⅓ of an acre. The garden has over 60 Japanese Acers, a magnificent walnut tree, and mature silver birch. The borders are packed and aim to provide all year seasonal interest, and a lawn that is filled with wildflowers rather than just grass. There are ponds front and back and a few interesting sculptures to be discovered. Opens for By Arrangement visits from March to 1st November.
This garden represents the personality of this Georgian house (not open), classical and formal at the front and friendly and a bit crazy at the back. A walled cottage style of about an acre with an abundance of plants and roses leading onto wildflower meadows with walking paths. There are also three ponds each one also with a different personality. Opens for By Arrangement visits from May to 21st July for groups of 10+.
Our garden is a hidden gem made up of a formal garden with herbaceous borders, a small pond, sheds, a rockery and gravel bed. There are four acres of wildflower meadow, vegetable garden, wildlife pond, log cabin and woodland apiary in a long plot alongside the railway. It was an area of sidings, but has been a garden for the last 30 years, and we have actively managed it since 2006 for wildlife. Opens for By Arrangement visits from February to October for groups of between 6 and 50.
One acre wildlife garden with formal borders, kitchen garden and ponds, large rockery, mini woodland, wildflower meadow (June/July). Topiary, rose walk, greenhouses. Character bridge, veranda and treehouse. Adjacent to C13 village church. Opens for By Arrangement visits from May to August for groups of up to 25.
Edwardian house set in 7 acres bordering the river Cam. Rare breed sheep browse among the willows and poplars in the watermeadow. Wisterias on south side, hopefully in full bloom. Herbaceous borders, an orchard, a potager for soft fruit and sheltered area for kiwis, vegetables and vines. Maturing woodland with bluebells and cow parsley. Conscious attempt to blend the formal with the informal. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 7th May to 21st July.
A previously romantic wilderness of 1½ acres surrounding windmill, now filled with bulbs, perennial beds, pergolas, bog gardens and herb bank. Secret paths and wild areas with thuggish roses maintain the romance. Millstone seating area in smouldering borders contrasts with the pastel colours of the remainder of the garden. Also ‘Pond Life’ seat, ‘Tree God’ fountain and amazing compost area. Opens for By Arrangement visits from March to October.
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