4 acre country house garden; fine trees and shrubs with wide herbaceous borders and sweeping striped lawn. Good display of bulbs in spring, roses June and July. Walled grey garden; nepeta walk arched with roses, parterre with box and roses. Mediterranean garden. Heated greenhouse, potager with topiary, water feature garden and sculptures. Opens every Wednesday in July.
A medium sized prairie garden, organically managed and planted in the Piet Oudolf style. Also many roses and a wide range of perennials. The back garden has a small ‘white’ garden with box hedging and more colourful style perennial borders. Set on a slight incline the south facing garden at 22 Hastings Close has stunning views of Breedon Priory church. There are three distinct rooms within the rear garden. Firstly, there is the sundial garden containing a mixture of alpines and acers leading through into a seating area with raised beds culminating in a traditional styled garden with wide borders. Opens Saturday 6th July.
Market Bosworth is an attractive market town, with an enviable record for the quality of its regular entry in the annual East Midlands in Bloom competition. There are a number of gardens open, all within walking distance of the Market Square. The gardens show various planting styles and different approaches to small and intimate spaces in the historic town centre, as well as larger plots in more recent developments. Opens Sunday 7th July.
A small SSW garden with water features to add interest to the colourful and some unusual perennials inc climbers to supplement the trees and shrubs in May and July. Garden established and recently re-established by current owner to provide seating for a variety of views of the garden. Many perennials in the garden are represented in the plants for sale. Opens Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July.
Wigston Gardens consists of four relatively small gardens all within a 2m radius of each other. There is something different to see at each garden from traditional and formal to a taste of the unusual via wildflowers, upcycling, interesting artefacts and prairie style planting. A couple of the gardens are within walking distance of one another but you will need to travel by car to visit all of the gardens in the group or it will make for quite a long walk and you’ll need your comfy shoes. Opens Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July.
Willoughby Waterleys lies in the South Leicestershire countryside. 7 gardens will be open. John’s Wood is a 1½ acre nature reserve planted to encourage wildlife. 2 Church Farm Lane has been professionally designed with many interesting features. Farmway is a plant lovers garden with many unusual plants in colour themed borders. 3 Orchard Road is a small south facing garden packed with interesting features. High Meadow has been evolving over 14yrs. Inc mixed planting and ornamental vegetable garden. Kapalua has an interesting planting design incorporating views of open countryside. 3 Yew Tree Close is a wrap around garden that naturally creates a series of rooms with cottage garden style borders. Opens Sunday 14th July.
A fairly formal garden on an exposed site surrounded by open fields. Mature trees enclosing the many varied plants chosen to give all round year interest. Many unusual hardy plants grown along side good reliable old favourites present a range of colour themed borders. Grass and gravel paths allow access to the whole garden. Opens Sunday 14th and Wednesday 17th July.
Set within the grounds of the Glenfield Hospital, the Secret Garden is 1 acre in size, hidden behind the walls of a Victorian Walled garden which has been lovingly designed and restored for the benefit of all those who visit it and in consideration of the rich history and heritage of the garden and the wider Leicester Frith site. Opens Saturday 20th July.
Approx ½ acre divided into garden rooms with formal and informal planting plus specimen trees. Incl. formal white garden, rose garden, sunken Italian garden, rose and wisteria pergola and laburnum arch, Edwardian conservatory, terracotta garden and well garden with raised beds. Opens Sunday 21st July.
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