This garden is packed with almost 2000 plants. The collection of over 1700 hosta cultivars is one of the largest in England. Hostas are displayed at eye level to give a wonderful tapestry of foliage and colour. Islamic garden, waterfall and stream garden, cottage garden. Talks given to garden clubs. Open for private By Arrangement visits in July.
A garden styled in different zones, starting in the front garden with a profusion of colourful planting and a morning deck area with a water feature. The side path gives interest with a rockery. The back garden has a rose garden, lawn, pretty greenhouse, deck and larger shrubs with planting making maximum use of space. Opens on various dates from July to September.
14 Watling Street is a vibrant garden replete with perennials grown from seed and striking foliage plants inc Chinese rice-paper plants, foxglove trees, chusan palms, cardoons, echium and honey flowers. 10 New England Street is a tiny, experimental, walled dry garden, recently planted in 10cm of sand on top of clay. The south and west facing garden overlooks the Brickie, and was formerly a traditional lawn with borders. Inspired by Tom Stuart Smith’s Plant Library at Serge Hill, the garden was designed, created and planted by Leo Holmes, a young garden designer, formerly apprenticed at Chatsworth, currently preparing for his first garden at Tatton Park Show, 2024. Opens Saturday 27th July.
Rare opportunity to access nurseryman’s private garden packed with unusual examples of herbaceous perennials and grasses. Informally planted 1 acre garden subdivided by strong structural shaped hedging and surrounding an old cottage (not open). Multiple densely planted borders with new plantings each yr. Pelham Plants nursery forms part of the 2 acre woodland edge site. Opens Thursday 1st and Saturday 3rd August, pre-booking essential.
Over two acres of landscaped gardens surround Foxgrove and Maynell House: two care homes in attractive Victorian buildings, formally part of Felixstowe College. The garden is beautifully maintained and contain mature trees, shrubs, roses, herbaceous borders, lawn and colourful pots and baskets. Maynell has a lovely veranda and large terrace. Opens Saturday 4th August.
Within the remains of an old walled garden, featuring extensive perennial planting around a central rill and reflective pool. Also potager kitchen garden, wildflower meadow and herbaceous border. Designed by Matthew Wilson and awarded Best Large Landscape and Garden 2022 Society of Garden Designers Awards. No chemicals and wildlife friendly. Opens Sunday 4th August.
The main garden has a roofed pergola with clematis growing around it and a raised pond. The Chinese garden laid with gravel has two water features, stone dragons and buddha. There is a working miniature railway in the garden shed. The churchyard contains a wildlife pond, colourful herbaceous borders and a fairy house for children. Opens Sunday 4th and Monday 5th August.
A colourful garden of great plant variety. Mature trees inc many acers with a wide variety of leaf colour. Early in the season a display of rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias and later many perenials, hydrangeas and hibiscus. Ponds, sweeping lawns, roses set on a sunny terrace and much more to see in this extensive garden surrounding a picturesque C16 manor house (not open). Opens Sunday 4th August.
A surprising garden, on the edge of a woodland, enjoying open views of adjacent fields. Formal and informal areas are scaled to complement a late Georgian gatehouse. Mass planting offsets selected specimens, mostly chosen for their pollen and nectar that helps sustain the resident honey bees. An enclosed vegetable garden with greenhouse, a flock of Shetland sheep and poultry add interest. Opens Sunday 11th August, pre-booking essential.
A new garden with a wide range of exotic style planting with canna, ginger and bananas amongst many other plants. Rich in colour, shape, and form, with several ponds with frogs in. This garden is new and still evolving, there’s no grass, replaced with wood chip, filled with good ideas for small gardens. Opens Saturday 17th, Sunday 18th, Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September.
A suburban garden with a south facing front garden, with views across the BS9 area of Bristol and beyond. Three levels slope down to the road via 37 steps with eclectic planting from arid to hardy tropical. The patio around the house has potted plants and raised beds. The rear garden is relatively level with a mature oak tree, Japanese acers, fruit trees, shrubs, perennials, a small bog garden and a vegetable plot. Opens Sunday 18th August.
The Manor House dates from 1619 and is built on the site of an ancient priory. The gardens have been extensively extended and improved by the present owners over the past 20 years and include a parterre, swimming pool, tennis court, vegetable garden and stable block. Opens Saturday 24th 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 25th August.
This dahliaholic’s garden contains over 400 dahlias in 150+ varieties, many of exhibition standard. Shapely lawns are surrounded by deep flower beds that are crammed with dahlias of all shapes, sizes and colours, and complemented by climbers, soft perennials and bedding plants. An absolute riot of early autumn colour. Entry on the gate is by cash only. Opens Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September.
A journey through a horticultural designer’s own garden where plants take centre stage in succession, providing year-round colour and interest. Three rooms, each with a different planting style and purpose: vibrant colours in the jewel’s amphitheatre, leafy textures and pastels in the social room, glasshouse and grow your own productive area. Opens Saturday 7th September.
Join us for a talk and tour full of fun tips and techniques to help you get the very best from your dahlias as well as a background of Withypitts Dahlias®, the origins of dahlias and how we grow beautiful premium quality blooms on a commercial scale. We like the talks to be interactive so either have your questions ready or be ready to interrupt! After the tour and Q&A feel free to have a look around as the dahlias will be at their peak at this time of the year and be putting on a fantastic and colourful display. Opens Tuesday 10th September, pre-booking essential.
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