The garden is enhanced by views of the West Pennine moors. We have four garden rooms, oriental, Italian, English and gravel style gardens, all enhanced with statues, water features, herbaceous perennials and sedum roofs. Opens Sunday 2nd August with Topmill Park.
The architecture of Maggie’s Manchester, designed by world-renowned architect Lord Foster, is complemented by gardens designed by Dan Pearson, Best in Show winner at Chelsea Flower Show. Combining a rich mix of spaces, inc the working glasshouse and vegetable garden, the garden provides a place for both activity and contemplation. The colours and sensory experience of nature becomes part of the Centre through micro gardens and internal courtyards, which relate to the different spaces within the building. Opens Sunday 2nd August.
The concept of a Shakespearean Garden was first developed in Victorian England with the idea of creating a garden with some, or all, of the trees and flowers mentioned in the Bard’s works. With strong links to the suffrage movement and Edwardian society our garden opened in 1922 and was rescued from near obscurity by volunteers 4 yrs ago. Opens Sunday 2nd August.
The park was originally the site of a mill long since demolished. The overgrown site was reclaimed by local residents during lock down to create a community park. Many plants, shrubs and trees were donated by friends and neighbours, transforming the area into a quiet tranquil wildlife haven. We have bees and an allotment where plants are grown for the park and sold to raise funds for the park. Opens Sunday 2nd August with Arevinti.
Created by retired nurseryman and photographer John Bent, Weeping Ash is a garden of year-round interest with a beautiful display of early snowdrops. Broad sweeps of colour lend elegance to this stunning garden which is much larger than it initially seems with hidden paths and wooded areas creating a sense of natural growth. Opens Sunday 2nd August.
A tropical style new build garden around 3 sides of the house. With lots of unusual lush exotic style plants, such as bananas, palm trees, cannas, gingers, tree ferns and a massive tetrapanax. New plants and beds added for 2026. Many of the unusual plants available for sale. The garden is located next to the Leeds Liverpool canal. Opens Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th August.
A large garden in Manchester with borders full of woodland jungle plants. Mature bamboos, inc a magnificent Borinda papyrifera, large palm trees and a collection of rare, hardy plants from around the world inc a number of hardy Schefflera plants. Opens Saturday 15th August and Saturday 5th September.
A new private garden at 36 North Sudley Rd with a large collection of rare and unusual roses joins 3 beautifully planted gardens to open in early June for roses and early summer displays. And in mid August the new garden shows off its seasonal perennial display, alongside the produce and dahlias at Sefton Park Allotments, Fern Grove Community Garden and the delightfully planted garden in Croxteth Grove. Opens Sunday 16th August.
Formal raised beds within a walled garden, a peace garden and an edible garden. The formal part of the garden uses plants predominantly from just 3 families; rose, geranium and aster. It is punctuated by grasses and has been designed to demonstrate how diverse and varied plants can be from just the one family. Opens Saturday 22nd August.
An exotic and tropical garden with impressive and mature specimens of tree ferns, palms, banana plants and other plant rarities. There is a large koi pond and a rockery with a waterfall. The garden has various pathways leading to different parts of the garden. There are two patios with plenty of seating. Not all parts of the garden are wheelchair accessible due to the narrow pathways. Opens Sunday 23rd August.
The highly acclaimed Calderstones Park Nature Reserve, as featured on Gardeners’ World, joins the Allerton and Grassendale group this year for their July opening. And a new large suburban garden joins for the June date. The other private and distinctive Liverpool gardens each have their own special charm, with rare exotics in one, colour themed borders in another, fruit and food production elsewhere. Opens Sunday 30th August.
Wildlife and plant lovers’ garden developed from Victorian cottage plot and adjoining field. Series of themed spaces to delight the senses and the mind. Courtyard, ponds, mixed borders, kitchen garden, perennial meadow, orchard, developing woodland, many places to sit and relax. Opens Sunday 30th August.