125 foot plantaholic’s garden divided into different beds with unusual plants giving year-round interest. Almost 1000 different types inc many hardy geraniums, heucheras, ferns, grasses, alpines and geums, plus several pots, troughs, 2 small ponds and an old Bramley apple tree. Opens Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th June, pre-booking essential.
As you walk through the gate you will be welcomed by Japanese Koi. Then take a step to another level to the relaxing Japanese garden room and tea house surrounded by acers and cloud trees. Walk past Buddha corner into the Bonsai and Zen water feature area. Continue to a Japanese courtyard through a gate to a peaceful Japanese tea garden. Opens Saturday 14th June, pre-booking essential.
The Walled Garden at Wormsley Estate is a 2 acre garden providing flowers, vegetables and tranquil contemplative space for the family. For many yrs the garden was neglected until Sir Paul Getty purchased the estate in the mid 1980s. In 1991 the garden was redesigned and has changed over the yrs, but remains true to the original brief. Opens Wednesday 18th June, pre-booking essential.
Approx an acre of many garden designs inc Japanese, interlinked by gravel paths. A plantsmans garden featuring 155 acers and unusual shrubs. Quirky with interesting features and some narrow paths. Opens Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th June, pre-booking essential.
This 1½ acre garden complements our C17 Longhouse and 11 acre smallholding. In the garden trees and shrubs are underplanted with thousands of snowdrops, crocus, cyclamen, and daffodils, together with many rhododendrons, skimmias, clematis, rambling roses and hydrangeas. There are several wildflower hay meadows, wildlife ponds, stream and shepherd’s hut to explore beyond the main garden. Opens Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th June, pre-booking through Garden owner essential.
Restored 1¼ acres bordered by mixed woodland and divided into different ‘rooms’. A kitchen garden, mixed and cut flower borders, hydrangea walk, small waterfall, bog garden fed by natural springs, mature rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas, bluebells, adolescent Japanese acers, ornamental and specimen shrubs, and a peaceful woodland glade. Opens Wednesday 18th June, pre-booking essential.
Infuse your senses with colour and scent in the unique sub-tropical gardens basking in the mild climate and salty breeze. Clinging to granite slopes the terraced beds tier steeply to the ocean’s edge, boasting tender exotics from places such as Mexico, the Canary Islands and South Africa. This year the St Aubyn Family will be opening the gardens again, but pre-booking is essential. Opens Sunday 15th June, pre-booking through St Michael’s Mount site essential.
Exquisite wildflower meadows filled with an abundance of orchids, yellow rattle, grass vetchling, ragged robin, agrimony, meadow cranesbill and various vetches, amongst many other species. The meadows extend just over 3 acres, including wildlife pond and recently planted trees. A flower-filled garden surrounds the house and is informal in style. Opens Wednesday 18th June, pre-booking essential.
TheExplore the private gardens of the historic Badminton House from the formal beds to the South Garden with its water squares, hedges, beds and borders. Glorious displays of roses and borders of summer colours are combined with herbaceous perennials.The Walled Garden is home to the kitchen garden, providing fruit, vegetables and cut flowers for much of the year. Opens Monday 16th June, pre-booking essential.
A diverse garden of over 20 acres created during the last 30 yrs by the current owners. Inc a walled garden, pleached lime avenues, nut walk, potager, ponds, Italian garden, arbour, shrubberies and wildflower meadows. Strategically placed follies, urns and statues enhance extraordinary vistas. Opens Tuesday 17th June, pre-booking essential.
Series of smallish gardens around award-winning converted farm buildings in beautiful situation overlooking Oare Creek. Main garden is nectar rich planting in formal design with a contemporary twist inspired by local landscape. Also vegetable garden, dry garden, water features, mowed paths in wildflower meadow, fruit trees, late summer perennial beds and grass labyrinth. Opens Wednesday 18th, Thursday 19th, Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd June, pre-booking essential.
Small residential garden created from scratch, consisting of shrubs, herbaceous/perennials and rose beds and borders with over 60 roses (shrubs, standards and climbers), wisteria, soft fruits and fruit trees, raised beds, all of which with the aim of accommodating as many varieties of plants as possible; composting bins and a lean-to greenhouse. Opens Friday 13th June, pre-booking essential.
One acre garden divided into rooms by mature hedging, shrubs and trees enjoying views over the surrounding countryside. Large patio area with containers and seating. Other features inc pond, topiary, vegetable plot, hen run and wildlife area – always adding lots of new features, and lots of new plants. Opens Sunday 15th June, pre-booking essential.
Set in the beautiful Surrey Hills on a sloping site surrounded by mature trees. A small country garden, just shy of an acre, with a lush and green walled garden and a social area where teas will be available. There is also a vegetable garden, woodland area and informal/wildflower lawn surrounded by mixed borders of perennials, grasses and shrubs. Opens Sunday 15th June, pre-booking essential.
Welcome to 16 acres of informal garden, park and woodland; enticing views to Surrey Hills from the hill. Enjoy winter and spring walks, through witch-hazel and winter honeysuckle, crocus and snowdrops, daffodils/narcissi and spring flowers, then gorgeous bluebells and azaleas and fleeting cherry blossom. Opens Thursday 19th June, pre-booking essential.
Discover hidden surprises in this romantic cottage garden with tumbling roses, topiary and scented Magnolia grandiflora. Enjoy a sensory haven of sun and shade with wildlife pond, hidden dell, fernery and sheltered loggia. Cutting garden with topiary birds, raised beds, vegetables, fruit trees and potting shed patio. Opens Sunday 15th June, pre-booking essential.
Gardens of 3½ acres set around 1832 Regency house (not open). The front is formally laid out with topiary, wide lawn, mixed border and contemporary water sculpture. The rear features new and mature trees from C19, herbaceous borders, water garden and stunning uninterrupted views of the North Downs. The Japanese garden with waterfall and pond leads to a large copse, stream, treehouse and stumpery. Opens every Thursday from June to September, pre-booking essential.
Created from scratch on a new build development this space has been transformed into a haven for bees, butterflies and birds. From an uninspiring turfed area it is now full of colour and interest. After attending a garden design course at nearby West Dean College, the owners created their own landscaping and planting plans, and within two yrs they have seen a remarkable transformation. Opens Sunday 15th June, pre-booking essential.
Five acres of garden and grounds with roses, herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees in the courtyard and immediate surroundings of this C14 moated castle. Open Sunday 15th June, pre-booking through Maxstoke Castle site essential.
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