The Laskett Gardens

About The Laskett Gardens

The Laskett Gardens are one of Britain’s great autobiographical gardens. Over almost four decades the historian, Sir Roy Strong, and his late wife, the designer Dr Julia Trevelyan Oman, transformed a four-acre field into a series of stunning garden rooms, vistas, ascents and descents. These include a rose garden, pleached lime avenue, orchard, Colonnade Court, knot garden, fountains, statuary and parterres as well as a spectacular array of topiary and rich herbaceous and prairie style borders & the stunning new Belvedere – a tower from which to view the gardens on high. Uniquely, the garden tells the story of both their marriage and their creative lives in the arts and continues to evolve as in a painting that is never finished. In January 2021 Sir Roy Strong donated his beautiful garden to the charity Perennial.

Speaking about his decision to leave his Gardens to Perennial, Sir Roy said:

“It is no secret that the creation of the Gardens was a shared passion with my late wife and that they will remain a monument to a marriage. Now that we have opened to the public that passion is shared with the thousands of visitors each year which we welcome. I am heartened that that will continue and also that the Gardens will continue to change and develop in the future. I see it not only as a bequest to Perennial but also to the county of Herefordshire’.