Vote for the Nation’s Favourite Garden

All through spring and summer, you’ve been nominating your favourite gardens that open to visitors for the National Garden Scheme, as part of our competition to find the nation’s favourites. Now, The English Garden with the help of George Plumptre, chief executive of the National Garden Scheme, and competition sponsors, Agriframes and Sisley Garden Tours, a shortlist of superb gardens has been shortlisted from your nominations.
There are 28 shortlisted gardens: four from each of the Scheme’s six regions (South East, South West, Midlands, East, Wales & The Marches and North), along with four public gardens from across the country. This last and newest category is for those gardens that are always open to the public, but donate their takings on designated days to the National Garden Scheme – as opposed to private gardens that open only to visitors for the Scheme.
Now we move on to the second phase of the competition: voting to choose the winners!
There will be one winner for each of the seven categories, along with one overall champion. Visit https://theenglishgarden.co.uk/ngs between now and 30 September to place your vote for your favourite shortlisted garden.
Explore the shortlist by clicking on the garden names below:
- Jackson’s Wold copyright Val Corbett
- Grafton Cottage copyright Marianne Majerus
SOUTH EAST
St Timothee, Berkshire
The Old Rectory, Isle of Wight
Pheasant Barn, Kent
The OId Vicarage, Washington, West Sussex
SOUTH WEST
Little Ash Bungalow, Honiton, Devon
Blockley Gardens Group, Gloucestershire
Urchfont Manor, Wiltshire
Middle Well, Devon
MIDLANDS
Westbrooke House, Leicestershire
The Old Rectory, Quinton, Northamptonshire
Grafton Cottage, Staffordshire
Pear Tree Cottage, Worcestershire
- Burrow Farm Gardens, Devon
- The Old Rectory, IoW, copyright Carole Drake
- Stretton Old Hall copyright Joe Wainwright
EAST
Ulting Wick, Essex
Hall Farm, Lincolnshire
The Mill House, Hertfordshire
Castor House, Peterborough
WALES & THE MARCHES
Hill Crest, Caerphilly
Brockhampton Cottage, Herefordshire
Norchard, Pembrokeshire
Gorsty House, Powys
NORTH
Stretton Old Hall, Cheshire
Kirky Cottage, Northumberland
Jackson’s Wold, North Yorkshire
The Old Vicarage, Whixley, North Yorkshire
- Urchfont Manor, Wiltshire
- East Ruston Old Vicarage
- Old Rectory, Quinton copyright Clive Nicholls
PUBLIC GARDENS
Scampston Walled Garden, North Yorkshire
Burrow Farm Garden, East Devon
Felley Priory, Nottinghamshire
East Ruston Old Vicarage, Norfolk
Visit https://theenglishgarden.co.uk/ngs between now and 30 September to place your vote for your favourite shortlisted garden.
- Norchard, Pembrokeshire