Join our Head Gardener and expert gardens team for an exclusive evening tour. Step back in time to the 1860s through the extraordinary surroundings of Brodsworth Hall, exquisitely restored to their Victorian splendour. Enjoy awe-inspiring displays of colourful Victorian bedding surrounded by a vast collection of formal topiary and the wonders of the Fern Dell.
English Heritage in partnership with the National Garden Scheme is offering you the chance to visit gardens of Kenilworth Castle in the early evening when the site is closed to the public. At this exclusive event, you will meet a member of the garden team for a tour of the gardens, discover how the gardens are managed and experience the tranquillity and colourful planting of this historic garden.
Join us for an exclusive evening with our Head Gardener and expert gardens team. Discover Charles Darwin’s ‘living laboratory’ at Down House, the family home where he developed many of his ground-breaking ideas on evolution and natural selection. Tread the same paths as Darwin along the sandwalk and marvel at the collection of carnivorous plants in the glasshouses.
Explore a rare surviving picturesque garden with our expert gardening team. Follow the paths into the Quarry garden, whose rocky walls offer shelter to a vast range of exotics all hidden within the Northumberland countryside, and enjoy beautifully planted borders designed by Dan Pearson. At this exclusive event, you will meet the Head Gardener and members of their team for a tour of the gardens. Get an insight into how the team develop and enhance these wonderful spaces, which are carefully managed to reflect their rich history. You will have the opportunity to ask questions of the team as you experience the gardens at this very special event.
Meet our Head Gardener and gardens team for an exclusive evening tour – enjoy sweeping C18 parkland which wraps around C19 formality in the parterre. Explore the enchanting Elysian Garden and the ‘Capability’ Brown landscape setting for the house, still featuring many of its original trees.
Join our expert gardens team to explore the newly rejuvenated Arts and Crafts gardens and room-like spaces of the terraces and dell garden, with borders redesigned by award winning gardener Chris Beardshaw.
With a backdrop of undulating cloud yew hedge, the double borders at Walmer Castle are full of colour throughout the summer months. Alongside our expert gardens team, explore the herbaceous borders in the Broadwalk Garden, and marvel at The Kitchen Garden which has grown produce for the castle for nearly 300 yrs. At this exclusive event, you will meet the Head Gardener and members of their team for a tour of the gardens. Get an insight into how the team develop and enhance these wonderful spaces, which are carefully managed to reflect their rich history. You will have the opportunity to ask questions of the team as you experience the gardens at this very special event.
With an exclusive tour with our Head Gardener and expert gardens team, explore diverse gardens showcasing French, Dutch, Italian and English styles side by side, inc formal parterres, a kitchen garden, and a lush rose garden. Fancy French curves and bold Italian geometry provide an opportunity for contrast through Wrest Park’s dynamic bedding displays, surrounded by beautiful park and woodland. At this exclusive event, you will meet the Head Gardener and members of their team for a tour of the gardens. Get an insight into how the team develop and enhance these wonderful spaces, which are carefully managed to reflect their rich history. You will have the opportunity to ask questions of the team as you experience the gardens at this very special event.
A garden fit for a Queen: Explore the family home of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on the Isle of Wight with an exclusive evening tour by our Head Gardener and expert gardens team. Wander amongst the ornate terraces and the spectacular bedding displays, the productive Victorian walled garden, all set within the historic wider parkland featuring trees planted by Prince Albert. At this exclusive event, you will meet the Head Gardener and members of their team for a tour of the gardens. Get an insight into how the team develop and enhance these wonderful spaces, carefully managed to ensure how they are presented today reflects their rich history. You will have the opportunity to ask questions of the team as you experience the gardens at this very special event.