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About The Nelson Garden
The Garden was the site of a ‘real’ tennis court in C17 and a bowling green by 1718. It is a rare survivor of an eighteenth-century town garden. Admiral Lord Nelson and his entourage took tea here after the town honoured him with a civic dinner on 19th August 1802. Its layout survives more or less intact and it contains an important and unusual early nineteenth-century garden pavilion. There are medallions bearing the names of the sixteen admirals from the Naval Temple at The Kymin presented by the National Trust which now flank the statue of Britannia in the garden.
In Autumn/winter 2017/18 the rare eighteenth century hot wall was repaired and planted with espalier trees. Planting throughout the garden is designed around species that would have been popular in informal gardens of the late C18, early C19. The Grade II listed Nelson Memorial Pavilion (which houses Nelson’s Seat) was restored and conserved. In addition an accessible composting WC was installed in a clematis- covered shed near the Bothy . This work was funded by an £84,600 Heritage Lottery and other small grants.
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Website:
https://www.nelsongarden.org.uk
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