Nestled in Eskdale, the ¾ acre cottage style garden is on a south-facing slope with 360 panoramic views of the valley. There is a mix of perennial beds and herbaceous borders with many roses and shrubs inc rhododendrons, magnolia and azaleas. There is a summerhouse and a large kitchen garden with a greenhouse. The sloping lawns have an orchard, wildflower borders and a small pond. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 7 June to 30 August for groups of 10+.
Cottage style, small garden in a village location. Densely planted around a chalet bungalow on sloping, half acre site. Wide range of small trees, shrubs and perennials. Pond, bog garden, rockeries and camomile lawn. Opens for By Arrangement visits from April to September for groups of up to 10.
4 acre garden combining formal areas, shrubberies and woodland, dissected by the River Irt which can be crossed by a suspension bridge. In spring the garden is vibrant with azaleas and rhododendrons, in summer by an impressive collection of colourful hydrangeas. Set in the heart of the Wasdale valley the garden has an unforgettable backdrop of the Screes and the high Lakeland fells. Open all year for By Arrangement visits.
The allotments are managed by Grange Town Council. Opened in 2010, 30 plots are now rented out and offer a wide selection of gardening styles and techniques. The majority of plots grow a mixture of vegetables, fruit trees and flowers. There are a few communal areas where local fruit tree varieties have been donated by plot holders with herbaceous borders and annuals. Opens for By Arrangement visits from May to August for groups of between 10 and 40.
Four very different gardens hidden down narrow lanes off the road south out of Grange. Off Kents Bank Road, the 3 gardens on Cart Lane all back onto the railway embankment, providing shelter from the wind but also creating a frost pocket. The garden at 21 Cart Lane is a series of rooms designed to create an element of surprise with fruit and vegetables in raised beds. Elder Cottage is an organised riot of fruit trees, vegetables, shrubby perennials and herbaceous plants. Productive and peaceful. Hawthorne Cottage has been redesigned and replanted over the last 2 yrs to create a garden with colour and interest. Up the hill on Carter Rd, Shrublands is a ¾ acre garden situated on a hillside overlooking Morecambe Bay. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 19 May to September for groups of between 10 and 40.
Colourful 300ft cottage style garden backing on to sheep fields with views to Blackcombe and the Coniston hills. Planting adapted to a coastal situation. Wildlife pond, woodland area, herbaceous borders, vegetable and fruit beds, a bee attracting slate scree front garden, two summerhouses, and many seating areas for relaxing. Plus an outside WC disguised as a Tardis! Opens for By Arrangement visits from 17 May to August.
Approx 2 acres of sloping fellside garden with meandering paths leading to a series of ‘rooms’: inc pond, fern garden, Acer terrace, shrubberies, herbaceous borders and grass and herb gardens. Copse with meadow leading down to beck. Trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses, bamboos, evergreens and perennials planted with emphasis on variety of texture and colour. Opens for By Arrangement visits from April to August.
Large, very informal and natural mature garden around an ancient manor house. Intriguing courtyards are full of wild flowers and old roses; the 1683 walled garden is now an orchard. Wildflower lawns and meadows in summer, a bluebell walk through the beginnings of a pinetum with some unusual young specimens, and a field of free-range rare-breed pigs. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 19 May to 11 July.
This 2 acre woodland garden in the tranquil Winster valley has extensive views to the Pennines. The four season garden, restored since 2003, inc expanses of rock planted sympathetically with grasses, unusual trees and shrubs, climaxing for autumn colour. There are native hedges and areas of plant rich meadows. Opens for By Arrangement visits for groups of up to 30.
2 acres of mature, south facing gardens. A good mix of formal and informal planting inc topiary features, herbaceous and shrub borders, wildflower areas, stream leading to a large pond and developing arboretum. Rose garden, rockery, topiary terrace borders, ha-ha. Productive, walled kitchen garden c1862, a wide assortment of fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, cobnuts and herbs. Greenhouse. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 6 January to 15 December for groups of between 5 and 30.
Artist and potter’s garden of approx ½ acre of mixed planting designed for year-round interest, inc two linked small ponds. Roses, grasses and colour themed borders surround the house, with a gravel garden at the front, as well as a number of woodland plant areas, some vegetables, fruit and orchard areas and lots of sitting spaces. Designed to attract birds and insects. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 18 April to September for groups of 10+.
A beautiful village garden of ⅓ acre, overlooking the river Eden and Hadrian’s Wall footpath. Gravel paths take you through several garden rooms featuring an extensive vegetable garden, small orchard, rose garden, wildlife pond, wide mixed borders with espaliered crab apples on the boundary, rose clad pergolas and arches. Designed to be wildlife friendly. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 9 June to 22 June for groups of up to 30.
3 acre parkland setting, country house (not open), woodland garden with marvellous views of Skiddaw, Binsey and the Northern Fells and also the Solway and Scotland. Outstanding trees, some ancient and rare and many specimen, shrubs, herbaceous borders, potager vegetable garden. Opens for By Arrangement visits from April to August.
This ‘secret’ garden’s richness in herbaceous plants, grasses, shrubs and trees belies the twin challenges of thin topsoil and an acutely sloping site. With grand views across the Lyth valley, steps and pathways carry down to lower-level lawns, streamside summerhouse and wild flowers. Long season of interest with designed elements providing bountiful displays well into late summer. Opens for By Arrangement visits from June to 7 September for groups of up to 20.
Unorthodox organically run garden,the wild and natural alongside provision of owners’ fruit, vegetables and firewood. Idyllic riverside setting, 5 acres to explore inc wooded riverbank with hand-crafted seats. Large vegetable and soft fruit area, following no dig and permaculture principles. Hand tools prevail. Open for By Arrangement visits all year.
A beautiful garden tucked away in a small hamlet. Meandering gravel paths lead around the garden with imaginative, colourful planting and quirky features. Take a look around a productive, organic potager using no-dig methods, wildlife pond, mini spring and summer meadows and sit in the pretty summerhouse. Designed to be beautiful year-round and wildlife friendly. Opens for By Arrangement visits from May to September for groups of up to 25.
More Cornwall than Cumbria, according to Country Life, a colourful 4 acre garden filled with exotic and rare plants, with dramatic views over Morecambe Bay. Outstanding features inc the Orangery, the Japanese garden with infinity pool, the Italian terraces and the restored Victorian kitchen garden. Dahlias, cannas and colourful exotica are a speciality. Opens for By Arrangement visits from March to October for groups of between 10 and 60.
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