Designer Jasper Conran has given one of England’s loveliest smaller houses, Bettiscombe Manor, a garden to match, with orchards, mellow brick enclosures, and broad beds flanking an unforgettable view of the Vale, looking down to the sea. The garden has a magical quality, it is informally planted and flower-filled, reflecting the designer’s predilection for constantly evolving and creative planting. A limited number of tickets have been made available for this exclusive special event, kindly hosted by Jasper’s Head Gardener. It includes a talk on the gardens and how they have evolved to empathetically embrace and work within the surrounding landscape. The talk will also provide a background to how the garden has been created, as well as its ongoing development and provide further detail on what is growing in the garden currently. Opens Thursday 11th June, pre-booking essential.
Enjoy several distinctive walled gardens, rolling lawns, sculpture and giant topiary around one of Beaminster’s historic town houses. John’s inspirational grass garden and Jennie’s very contrasting garden with an oak fruit cage; a riot of colour. Glasshouse, straw bale studio and orchard. Remarkable trees, planked and seasoning in open sided barn for future furniture commissions. Opens Thursday 18th June and 20th August, pre-booking essential.
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, one of our finest landscape architects, was commissioned in 1969 to create a water garden for Lady Anne and Captain Michael Tree. The result was Shute House Gardens; his favourite and some say his finest work. The River Nadder rises at the top of the garden and is diverted into canals, waterfalls, rills and mysterious pools through a series of atmospheric garden ‘rooms’. A limited number of tickets have been made available for this special one day event, which includes a talk and private guided tour with the garden owner, Suzy Lewis followed by tea and cake. Please note the refreshments will be served in two sittings; one before and one after the garden tour. The first 20 tickets sold will take the tour first followed by refreshments. Opens Thursday 11th June, pre-booking essential.
The owners of Wyke Farm, Robert and Alex Appleby, are both fanatical about rewilding, environmental conservation and preservation of the natural habitat. They have lived at Wyke Farm for almost 20 yrs and in this time have worked hard to sympathetically restore the land to inc a substantial wildflower meadow at the front of the house, and a large lake and woodland area. There are herbaceous borders and lawns around the house and a rose garden that leads to the woodland garden, then a more formal courtyard garden that leads through the barn to a kitchen garden. Opens Sunday 21st June, pre-booking essential.
The gardens at Stafford House inc a river walk and tree planting in the style of early C19 Picturesque. Humphry Repton prepared landscape proposals for the garden and the designs were later implemented, they were also included in his famous Red Books. A limited number of tickets have been made available for this private morning opening, hosted by Lord and Lady Fellowes. Opens Friday 3rd July, pre-booking essential.
Large coastal garden next to Lulworth Castle with views to the sea. Pleasure grounds surround a walled garden filled with roses and perennials, behind which sits a working kitchen garden. In front of the house the scented walk leads to a wildflower meadow, lavender labyrinth and Islamic garden with rills and fountains. A new wild white garden has been created over the past winter. Opens Thursday 9th July, pre-booking essential.
A wonderfully calming garden with naturalistic plantings of ornamental grasses interspersed with an array of flowering perennials. Grand specimen trees and beautiful shrubs offer shady spots to take in the open vistas of the prairie style gardens, benefiting both wildlife and environment. Opens Tuesday 1st September, pre-booking essential.
Behind the Museum of East Dorset is a tranquil walled garden tucked away in the centre of Wimborne. Colourful herbaceous borders and heritage orchard trees line the path which stretches 100 metres down to the mill stream. This year we have 3 evening garden lectures taking place at the Museum.
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