A large, 1 acre garden of traditional and contemporary beds. A pretty beck runs through the lower garden with a Japanese style bridge and large rhododendrons. Many choice trees can be seen throughout the garden, Japanese acers, white birches and a growing rowan collection. A long herbaceous border, grassed areas and gravelled paths lead to a formal garden and potager. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 4th May to June.
Ornamental cottage garden using a variety of different colour schemes with topiary surround our C17 listed Cumbrian Longhouse. The remaining 4 acres are divided into a Water garden with ponds and rewilded areas designed to improve biodiversity, Kitchen garden using companion planting within listed bee bole wall, wildflower meadows, butterfly borders, cut flower beds and woodland walks. Opens for By Arrangement visits from May to September for groups of 20+.
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 June to 1st September for groups of between 10 and 30.
Cottage garden; mixed borders, vegetables, greenhouse, orchard, small ponds, roses. Organic and biodiverse. We propagate cottage garden plants and grow and sell heritage and northern fruit trees and produce apple juice. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 9th June to September for groups of up to 20.
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 May 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. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 11th May to August.
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 30th August for groups of between 10 and 40.
4 very different gardens hidden down narrow lanes off the road south out of Grange. Off Kents Bank Road, 3 gardens on Cart Lane all back onto the railway embankment, providing shelter from the wind but also creating a frost pocket. Opens for By Arrangement visits from May to August for groups of between 10 and 40.
Traditional Lake District garden that has been redesigned and replanted. A series of terraces lead down to the River Leven and wooded area. Inc a rose garden, cutting garden, dell area, rock terrace, herbaceous borders and many interesting mature shrubs. Opens for By Arrangement visits all year.
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 a vegetable and herb garden. 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 1st September.
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 13th May to 18th June for groups of 10+.
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.
Approx 1¼ acre garden with views to Farleton Knott and Lakeland hills. Unusual trees and shrubs, plus perennial borders. Architectural pruning, greenhouse, polytunnel with tropical plants, cottage gravel garden and vegetable plot. Fabulous display of colour most of the year. New for 2024, NorthStar Botanical Flower Farm with a polytunnel and greenhouse. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 3rd June to 7th July for groups of between 10 and 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. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 8th January to 23rd December for groups of between 5 and 25.
The garden extends to 4½ acres and overlooks the Lyth valley with extensive views south to Morecambe Bay and east to the Howgills. We have orchards, a wildflower meadow and more formal garden with a range of outbuildings. Over the last 8 yrs the garden has been developed with plantings that provide varying colour and texture year-round. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 15th April to October.
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 11th May to 29th September for groups of 10+.
A beautiful village garden overlooking the river Eden and Hadrian’s Wall footpath. Gravel paths take you through several garden rooms featuring 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 24th June to 15th July for groups of between 10 and 40.
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 7th 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. Opens for By Arrangement visits from April to September.
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 31st May to September for groups of up to 20.
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.
7 acre garden overlooking Windermere which has undergone extensive redevelopment since 2018. Formal gardens designed by Mawson and Avray Tipping inc sunken borders, rose garden and croquet lawn. Newly planted woodland walk, bog garden and renovated Yew maze. Naturalistic planting, areas left for wildlife and many fine trees. New kitchen garden built 2022 and original Messenger glasshouse. Opens for By Arrangement visits all year.
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