Picture postcard perfect – gorgeous gardens to visit this August
August can be a great time to visit a garden. With the hoards abroad and the children or grandchildren in tow, garden visits can provide the perfect holiday treat whether you’re staying at home or visiting another part of the UK. Children go free at most of National Garden Scheme gardens and there is always the wonderful lure of refreshments, usually homemade tea and cakes, to make your visit extra special. What’s more, your visit helps support some of the UK’s best-loved nursing and health charities.
In no particular order of loveliness or date here are some of our favourites – click on the garden name for more details.
(Lead image: Aston Pottery, Oxfordshire open 20th and 21st August).
Colwood House, West Sussex, open 14th and 17th August
© Leigh Clapp
Morton Hall Gardens, Worcestershire, open 27th August
© Clive Nichols
Ashbourne Road and District Allotments Ltd, Derbyshire, open 13th and 14th August
© Amanda McConnell
Bourton House Garden, Gloucestershire, open 14th August
Crab Cottage, Isle of Wight, open 14th August
© Carole Drake
Western Gardens, Dorset, open 7th August
10 Streatham Common South, London, open 28th August
© Matthew Bruce
Dyffryn Fernant, Pembrokeshire, open 14th August
Somerleyton Hall Gardens, Suffolk, open 2nd August
Goldstone Hall Gardens, Shropshire, open 17th August
© Julia Stanley
Gasper Cottage, Wiltshire, open 21st August
© Bella Hoare
Titsey Place Gardens, Surrey, open 14th August
Old Rectory, Quinton, Northamptonshire, open 28th August
Tudor Lodgings, Norfolk, open 21st August
Hurdley Hall, Montgomeryshire, open 14th August
Malthouse Farm, Sussex open 21st and 24th August
© Carole Drake
The Manor, Gloucestershire, open 21st August
For all National Garden Scheme gardens opening in August CLICK HERE
