6 acres of lawns and landscaped grounds on the hills above Lake Windermere, designed by Mawson around 1909; conifers and specimen trees best in spring and early summer with a colourful display of rhododendrons, azaleas and Japanese maples; grounds offer splendid views to Coniston mountains. Pls note dogs allowed in the grounds only & admission is cash only. Opens on multiple dates from 1st May to 31st August.
Through the autumn and winter months this is very much an amazing and first-class snowdrop garden. However, in the summer months it is transformed into a beautiful wilderness of cascading roses, geraniums, phlomis, alliums, grasses and many other beautiful flowers, creating a semi-wild naturalistic look. Brick and flint walls, terraces, rustic arches, gates, pond and tea barn add character. Lots of birds and other wildlife share this garden. Chickens, normally free-ranging nearby provide wonderful eggs for my cakes. Scrummy teas here, under-cover if wet, with vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free options. Chutneys, jams & greetings cards for sale, also some plants. Assistance dogs only please and payment is by cash. Opens Thursday 2nd and 9th July.
The gardens at Chiltern Open Air Museum reflect the region’s rich horticultural heritage. Traditional gardens inc an Arts and Crafts garden, Victorian fernery, Iron Age herb garden, and a wartime ‘Dig for Victory’ allotment. The site’s apple and cherry orchards preserve rare varieties like D’Arcy Spice and Prestwood Black, celebrating the Chilterns’ rural history. Opens Thursday 2nd July.
5 acres inc formal topiary, a large prehistoric Ginkgo biloba, and a magnificent Magnolia grandiflora around an enchanting timber-framed medieval house (not open for NGS). Victorian Secret Gardens inc a splendid 140ft fruit wall with pineapple pits, Terracotta Garden, Jubilee Rose Garden, King’s Garden, and a circular Poetry Garden. Woodland walk and a Landscape Water Garden. Opens Friday 3rd July.
An acre garden displaying many different areas and planting schemes with a range of annual, herbaceous and perennial beds, productive kitchen garden, fruit trees and ponds. An ideal place to spend time and relax with a cup of tea and home-made cake. Opens Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th July.
This garden surrounds a Grade l listed Manor House with breathtaking views of the countryside. Beautiful herbaceous borders, recently laid out parterre, raised walk, ha-ha, countryside walks and lakes. Opens Saturday 4th July.
A recently designed and built tropical, jungle and rare plant garden. The garden has taken a couple of slightly different forms since moving here in 2020. It gives that feeling of being abroad, even in the depths of winter due to its evergreen structural backbone of plants. In the summer is when it really thrives and is an explosion of large leaves mixed with small rarities. Opens Sunday 5th July, pre-booking essential.
1½ acre garden and hardy plant nursery, gravel garden with pots and seating area, shrubs, herbaceous borders, stream-fed pond with woodland walk. New Alpine House, cutting and vegetable garden. Oak-framed summerhouse, log cabin sculpture gallery fronted by cottage garden beds. Opens Sunday 5th July.
Almost 1 acre garden divided into 3 areas, situated behind a1930s semi detached house in a cul-de-sac, parking limited – please park responsibly. Visitors are amazed and comment on size of garden and the tranquillity. The garden inc bog gardens, flowerbeds, ‘oriental’ area, vegetable patch, wild flower meadow, 5 greenhouses, a Koi pond and a wildlife pond. Opens Sunday 5th July.
The garden openings are timed to co-inside with special local events to enrich the sense of ‘place’. The garden continues to evolve incorporating rainwater recycling, compost management, home propagation and plant rescue. Work in the woodland has created new structures and water retention improvement. Plants, books and pictures for sale. Opens Saturday 11th July and multiple dates in September.
A welcoming garden started in 2021 unfolds a unique allotment style of raised beds. Winding borders, quiet seating spots and productive vegetable plots. The characterful outbuildings give the garden a personal touch, and seating to linger. Explore our plant sales and pick some fresh produce. Explore photos, RHS awards and quirky designs by local children, ask about our upcycling, and projects. Opens Saturday 11th July.
Discover peace amongst beauty in Llanwrtyd Wells. Nestled in the heart of Wales, Llanwrtyd Wells proudly holds the title of Britain’s smallest town, with a community of 750 residents. The town is steeped in heritage and surrounded by breathtaking scenery, making it the perfect destination for those seeking tranquillity and natural beauty. Garden enthusiasts will love the chance to wander through six private gardens and admire the floral displays surrounding the iconic Red Kite sculpture. At Dolwen Field, immerse yourself in a haven of nature: enjoy peaceful parkland, a sensory garden, wildflower meadows, and a scenic walking track. Whether seeking relaxation or inspiration, Llanwrtyd Wells offers an unforgettable experience where beauty and community flourish together. Opens Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July.
A tropical oasis in the South Wales valleys; it has a range of Mediterranean and tropical plants from olive trees to banana trees and palms. Over the last few years, I have added new structures to increase the sitting areas and added more and more plants. My last count was over 60 palm trees of different sizes and types and over 20 banana trees. Opens Saturday 11th July.
Hardy Plant Society member’s garden brimming with unusual plants. Year-round interest inc meconopsis, trillium and other shade lovers. ½ acre inc gravel, borders, vegetable and plant sales. National Collection Dierama (Angels Fishing Rods) featured on BBC Gardeners’ World, flowering first half July. Covered vinery for tea if weather is unkind, seats in the garden for sunny days. Opens Sunday 12th July, pre-booking essential.
Derian House cares for more than 400 seriously ill babies, children, young people and their families from across the North West. The gardens at the hospice offer tranquil outdoor spaces for children and their families to spend precious time together. Opens Sunday 12th July.
Wolfe Hall is a C16 house and former ecclesiastical retreat in 5½ acres. Mark and Jo have changed the grounds from mostly horse paddock to gardens. The gardens inc an established orchard, a veg plot, pond, a new orchard of heritage apple and various statuary. Some 1½ acres of perennials and grasses loosely based on Piet Oudolf’s planting style. Opens Wednesday 15th July, pre-booking essential.
The gardens of St Edmund Hall are on an intimate scale, much used and loved by the college’s Fellows and students. The first sight is the college’s historic front quad (‘the most exquisite of the small Oxford quadrangles’ according to Jan Morris) with its double lawn, clambering wisteria, and medieval well. To the left is the graveyard of the medieval church of St Peter in the East, now the college library. The graveyard is thick with snowdrops in February, and behind the church you will find the Broadbent Garden, with its herbaceous planting and overhanging limes. In the more modern part of the college, you will find one of Oxford’s new ‘green walls’, designed to soften and cool the austere concrete of the new part of the historic, central Oxford site. Opens Friday 17th July.
A productive kitchen garden, complete with a polytunnel, where fresh produce is lovingly grown for our farm shop and transformed into delicious seasonal dishes in the onsite restaurant. Opens Friday 17th and Saturday 18th July.
A ½ acre prairie style inspired garden with block planting of bold colour, late summer perennials and grasses inc helianthus, rudbekia, echinacea, sedum, echinops, salvia, sanguisorba and asters. Designed for low maintenance and maximum wildlife; with wetter winters and hotter summers in mind. Biodiversity features inc a wildlife pond, log piles, insect houses and a wildflower area. Opens Saturday 18th July.
Mawsons was originally the ‘top garden’ of the Grey Walls estate, designed and built by Thomas Mawson & Sons in the 1920s. Thomas Mawson, Lancashire born, with international offices in Lancaster, Toronto and New York, was designer of over 250 gardens in the UK alone, for Lord Leverhulme at Rivington and London for example, the Peace Palace on the Hague, Dyffryn near Cardiff, public parks, eg Stanley Park in Blackpool and many more. Mawson’s gardens always utilised the local landscape and geology. Here it is huge limestone terraces and sloping limestone pavement, with fabulous views over Morecambe Bay. Optional guided tour for max 15 visitors or self guided with map. Feel free to bring a picnic and spend time in the garden. Disabled parking must be booked. Opens Saturday 18th July, pre-booking essential.
There are meadows, woods and a river walk to explore. For those searching for peace and tranquillity there are secret corners in which to retreat. For plant lovers there are gorgeous borders, unusual trees and shrubs and a bee-friendly walled garden. Eery season has special delights to offer from spectacular snowdrop and crocuses in winter through to the finest hydrangeas and cyclamen in autumn. Opens Sunday 19th July.
Former miners cottage built in the 1850s set in the amazing landscape of Bodmin Moor with views of mine ruins from the front and rear gardens.The garden is not large but has a large collection of Acers, roses, hydrangeas, wisterias viburnum and clematis as well as lots of perennials, pots, baskets and a pretty rill.There is a rose canopied deck and patio area with seating. Opens Sunday 19th July and 23rd August.
Modern garden set in the village of Eye near Peterborough, garden only 3 years old, previously overgrown grass and shrubs now made into sweeping borders with plenty of interesting colourful perennials and annual plants, and small trees. Opens Sunday 19th July.
3-hectare gardens nestled amongst a vineyard and conservation lands. Gardens wrapped around a Grade I listed C11 Luddesdown Court Lodge. Regenerative and sustainably managed. Orchards, edible forest, walled Kitchen Garden, wildflower meadows, cut flower garden, informal and formal. A reimagining of a historic garden that is resilient and wildlife focused. Opens Friday 24th and Saturday 25th July.
Large C18/19 garden around lake with wide lawns and specimen trees, original layout by John Davenport, with C19 arboretum, and H. Avray Tipping influence. Visit the 1790 walled garden and the newly restored greenhouses. Opens Sunday 26th July.
Located in a previously vacant corner of Hesketh Park, the Kitchen Garden is part of Bridge Inn Community Farm, a work based, educational day service for adults with additional needs. The Kitchen Garden provides a selection of locally grown vegetables, herbs and plants. A shop opens to the public. Crops are harvested on site, ensuring produce is as fresh as possible. There is a cafe in Hesketh Park and refreshments are also available at 3 Alexandra Mews, which is open nearby (separate admission charge applies). Opens Sunday 26th July.
Small garden showing what can be achieved with careful planting and the use of pleached hornbeam trees. Gravel garden with flower beds and pot plants. Colourful herbaceous borders with roses. Opens Sunday 26th July.
A family home and host to the National Collection of Historic Hemerocallis (Brummitt, Coe and Randall cultivars, 1959 -1979) – where Caro Skyrme (conservationist, plantswoman, lecturer, writer, collection holder and nursery owner) is reviving and restoring a garden dating back to at least Regency times. Opens Saturday 1st August.
The former private garden of Robert Holford, founder of Westonbirt Arboretum, the gardens and parkland cover 28 acres. Formal Victorian gardens inc walled Italian garden now restored with early herbaceous borders and exotic border. Rustic walks, lake now fully restored, statuary and grotto. Rare, exotic trees and shrubs. Opens Sunday 2nd August.
Renowned for its rich planting of shaded beds, but plenty to interest sun lovers too, especially salvias. A good selection available in the RHS listed nursery. The new crevice garden is developing nicely and once again we are holding a winter opening featuring drifts of snowdrops and aconites amongst winter flowering shrubs and a small, but expanding collection of named snowdrops. Opens Sunday 2nd August and 20th September.
Created in 2016, this three-level garden was landscaped in 2017 and planted with colourful perennials, annuals, grasses, and succulents in beds and containers. A formal garden leads into a wildflower meadow with spectacular ocean and South Downs views. Updated in 2023 and 2026 with the expansion of the central beds, greenhouse, and planting troughs. Relax in the meadow with tea and home-made cake. Opens Friday 7th August.
A developing family garden set around a 200 year-old farmhouse, blending traditional planting with contemporary touches. Features inc a newly renovated Dutch barn, raised vegetable beds, perennial borders, pond, greenhouse and shell-mulched area. Designed with sustainability, wildlife and seasonal interest in mind. Opens Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th August.
This garden, on a working farm, surrounds the Grade ll listed sub-Medieval farmhouse and barn. The garden is being revitalised with the renovation of beds and development of areas such as the wildlife pond. The ancient yew is a magnificent feature as are the stone walls surrounding areas of the garden. A naturalistic approach to planting and spectacular far-reaching views. Opens Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th August.
The gardens surrounding Severals Grange are a perfect example of how colour, shape and form can be created by the use of foliage plants, from large shrubs to small alpines. Movement and lightness are achieved by interspersing these plants with a wide range of ornamental grasses, which are at their best in late summer. Splashes of additional colour are provided by a variety of herbaceous plants. Opens Sunday 9th August.
Started in 1970, a garden of approx ⅔ acre, formerly an egg packing station yard, overgrown with lots of hard standing, which we used to develop paved or gravel areas. The garden is divided into nooks and spaces to sit and relax. Each area has a different flavour, from hot and vibrant to cool and leafy. Exotic shrubs and ferns, fruit trees, lots of camelias, a Scandi area, a pond reached through a rose covered moongate, vertical planting and a separate vegetable garden. Opens Saturday 22nd August.
Stepping into this garden is akin to stepping into another world. As one visitor remarked ‘this is unlike any English garden I have ever seen.’ On this small and modest plot one finds huge leaves, tall exotic plants jostling for light with the small and the delicate. Created with a passion for the exotic landscapes of the Caribbean which was inspired by a visit to Barbados. Opens Sunday 30th August.
Explore our three acre flower farm and discover a spectacular display of seasonal flowers, inc hundreds of dahlias in full bloom. Stroll through the field, enjoy views across the Test Valley countryside and see where we grow flowers for weddings, events and bespoke floristry. Admission supports the National Garden Scheme, with PYO flowers and refreshments available to purchase separately. Opens Saturday 5th September.
4 acres round C17 farmhouse in peaceful pastoral setting. Year-round and varied. Emphasis on tender, unusual plants, structure and form. C16 courtyard, listed garden walls, holm oak avenue, yew rooms, vegetable garden, traditional potting shed, orchard, palm and gravel area SA veldt area, with close planting inc agapanthus, agave, dietes and dierama, woodland areas. Opens Sunday 6th September.
Tranquil garden of approx one acre, built for therapy, relaxation and fun. Maintained by volunteers, lawns and glades link garden buildings with willow spiral, wildlife pond, borders, sculptures and stained glass. Blue and gold planting at entrance inspires calm and confidence, leading to brighter red, orange and white. Hospice facilities open for viewing. Opens Saturday 12th September.
A young garden, Blaen-Cwmdu Farm does not lack ambition. A range of planting from rockery to fernery to cottage garden and more. Interlinked ponds are fed by a natural spring and a productive vegetable and polytunnel garden provides produce. Old farm equipment is used for planters and props to enhance the borders. Venture to the top of the garden and be rewarded with views across the valley. Opens Sunday 13th September.
The Oasthouse Garden has been slowly transformed into a beautiful home and garden over 12 years. The one-acre garden features lush herbaceous borders, a formal rose garden framed by yew hedges, Victorian style greenhouse, vegetable garden and a naturalistic prairie garden, with the entire landscape enjoying picturesque views of St Lawrence Church. A perfect blend of history and horticulture. Opens for By Arrangement visits from May to September for groups of up to 10.
Established garden set in small valley of River Ystrad. Acres of crocuses in late Feb to early Mar. Paths through wildflower meadows and woodland of magnificent trees, shade loving plants and azaleas; mixed borders; walled kitchen garden. Many woodland and riverside birds, inc dippers, kingfishers, grey wagtails. Many species of butterfly encouraged by new planting. Much winter interest, exceptional display of crocuses. Opens for By Arrangement visits for groups of 10+.
An acre of secluded organic garden: mix of wild and cultivated. This steeply sloping, densely planted wildlife garden with hundreds of varieties of shrubs and perennials has been evolving since 2013. Very productive raised veg beds, greenhouse with ornamental and edible crops, fruit cages, mixed borders and large pond. Perfect for garden photographers, picnics and wildlife. Opens for By Arrangement visits from July to September.
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