Situated on the southern slopes of Painswick this 4 acre retirement village boasts formal lawns and borders planted for year-round interest. A varied mix of herbaceous and shrubs, with many areas of interest inc a wildflower meadow with fruit trees that combine to attract an abundance of wildlife. The gardens are a blaze of colour. Opens Thursday 22nd May.
One acre garden created from wilderness on a challenging, steeply sloping site using many reclaimed materials, stonework and statuary. Multiple terraces and garden ‘rooms’ enhanced with different planting styles and water features to complement the natural surroundings. Many seating areas with stunning views. Children’s Trail. Cidery offering tastings. Exhibition and sale of local artists’ work. Opens Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May.
Informal country garden developed over 40 yrs by current owners. Mixed borders, topiary, orchard and many species of trees. Gravel garden and rambling roses in ‘the ruins’. A concrete garden and wildflower area leads to vegetable patch. Large spring-fed pond with ducks. Also bantams, chickens, black Welsh sheep and Kunekune pigs. Opens Sunday 25th and Monday 26th May.
A wildlife and wildflower-friendly urban garden with many shrubs and climbers. At the front there are shrub borders and a gravel garden. The rear garden slopes upward from the house and is accessed by steps. There are 7 ponds, old fruit trees, a vine-house, raised beds planted with perennials and dwarf shrubs, a wild area and a brickery for alpines. Animal sculpture trail for children. Opens Sunday 25th and Monday 26th May.
Plant enthusiast and author’s walled ⅓ acre garden in heart of historic Painswick. Planted for year-round foliage colour and interest with particular focus on plants that thrive on thin limey soil in a changing climate. Garden features unusual trees, shrubs and peonies associated with owner’s interest in plant introductions from China. Opens Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th May.
Set in a charming rural hamlet, Grade II* Ashley Manor has the classic elements of a Cotswold garden: stone walls, yew, topiary, ponds, lawns, borders, orchards, paddocks, hedging, fruit and vegetables. The gardens are the result of the incremental work of 3 families of gardeners over 100 yrs. Today you will find nothing is particularly symmetrical and some elements appear oddly placed, having been kept to preserve the evolution. Opens Friday 30th May.
Garden offers a combination of long perspectives and intimate corners. Planting inc wide variety of perennials, with emphasis on colour interest throughout the seasons. Herbaceous borders, woodland garden and flower meadow, water garden containing treatment ponds (unfenced) and flowform cascades. Sculptural features. Kitchen garden with raised beds, orchard. Run on organic principles. Opens Friday 30th May.
This beautiful Arts & Crafts garden overlooks a quiet valley on descending levels with terraces designed by Norman Jewson in the1930s. Enclosed by Cotswold stone walls and yew hedges, the garden has year-round interest inc a snowdrop collection with over 80 varieties. The terraces, shrub garden, herbaceous borders and bog garden are full of scent and colour from spring to autumn. Opens Saturday 31st May.
Striking views of the Malvern Hills from this 3 acre Cotswold garden positioned at the top of the charming village of Snowshill. Featured in Country Life in 1928 & 2016, the C17 Grade II listed house is surrounded by terraces of garden rooms. Herbaceous borders, espaliered fruit trees and sunken vegetable garden. Plants tumble down the terraces to a romantic stream, ponds, garden features, orchard and meadow. Opens Saturday 31st May.
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