The garden contains interesting trees inc a large beehive shaped yew, a tulip tree and a catalpa. The rose covered veranda offers seating with glorious views of the Chalke Valley downs. The walled garden contains herbaceous and shrub borders and a pretty rose clad summerhouse to sit in. The ornamental fruit garden is edged with lavender and bee loving teucrium. Opens Tuesday 2nd June.
This glorious 4 acre garden surrounds a listed C17 manor house with moats and a C16 dovecote. Its many rooms are furnished with specimen trees, fountains and statues to focus the eye. Known for its stunning displays of old roses, it also has swathes of spring bulbs, wisteria, irises, a water garden in the old canal, and extensive vegetable and herb gardens. Plus a spectacular late summer garden. Opens Thursday 4th June, pre-booking essential.
Seend House is a Georgian house with 6 acres of gardens and paddocks. Framed with yew and box. Highlights inc cloud and rose garden, stream lavender, view of knot garden from above, fountain with grass border, walled garden as well as formal borders. Amazing view across the valley to Salisbury Plain. There is a shuttle bus running between Seend House and Brow Cottage for the opening in April. Opens on Saturday 6th June with Seend Manor.
Created over 25 yrs, a stunning walled garden with 4 quadrants evoking important parts of the owners’ lives in England, China, Africa and Italy. Extensive trelliage, hornbeam hedges on stilts, cottage orne, temple, Chinese ting, grotto, fern walk, fountains, parterres, stone loggia and more. Kitchen garden. Folly ruin in woods. Courtyard garden, and Garden Cottage Garden. Opens Saturday 6th June with Seend House.
Medieval Priory with Queen Anne face and early C17 rear (not open) in middle of 5 acre garden on chalk. Mature garden with fine trees within clump and flint walls, herbaceous borders, shrubs and roses. Moisture loving plants along mill leat, carp pond, orchard and wild garden, many unusual plants. Opens Sunday 7th June.
This group of 7 gardens, centred around the historic Dauntsey Park Estate, ranges from the Classical C18 country house setting of Dauntsey Park, with spacious lawns, old trees and views over the River Avon, to mature country house gardens and traditional walled gardens. Enjoy the formal rose garden in pink and white, old fashioned borders and duck ponds at Idover House, and the quiet seclusion of The Coach House with its thyme terrace and gazebos, climbing roses and clematis. Here, mop-headed pruned Crataegus prunifolia line the drive. The Garden Cottage has a traditional walled kitchen garden with organic vegetables, orchard, woodland walk and yew topiary. Meanwhile the 2 acres at The Old Pond House are both clipped and unclipped! Large pond with lilies and fat carp, and look out for the giraffe and turtle. The Old Coach House is a small garden with perennial plants, shrubs and climbers. The Old Rectory is a 2 acre garden adjoining the River Avon with mature trees, roses and shrubs. Opens Sunday 7th June.
Hannington has a dramatic hilltop position on a Cotswold ridge overlooking the Thames valley. A great variety of gardens, from large manor houses to small cottage gardens, many of which follow the brow of the hill and afford stunning views of the surrounding farmland. You will need lots of time to see all that is on offer in this beautiful historic village. Opens Sunday 7th June.
A wild wellbeing garden of approx 8 acres inc meadow walks, labyrinth, ponds, courtyard garden, orchard and polytunnels. Over 20 yrs, we have lovingly developed this unconventional garden, also home to a probiotic brewery, which works with the invisible architects of life: soil-based microbes. Join a talk at 2pm or 4pm outlining the magic of microbial life in healthy soil. Opens Sunday 7th June.
A charming cottage garden set within medieval thatch topped walls, which include beautifully planted and laid out herbaceous borders, orchard, pond and a glasshouse. Box and yew hedges define different areas. There is an extensive cutting flower garden. Opens Sunday 7th June.
12 acres of English country gardens with a strong theme based on colour, scent or style. Original 1920s Arts & Crafts plan inspired the design and combines classic style with more contemporary touches, inc specially commissioned sculpture. Opens Wednesday 10th June.
Set in the picturesque village of Purton, this small cottage style garden is a hidden gem packed with roses and planted for wildlife. Divided into different areas, with shaded pergola, sunny lawn and wildlife pond. Home-made cream teas are served on the patio. Not fully accessible due to gravel paths. Parking is limited so please be considerate. Opens Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th June.
Beautiful ornamental C18 walled garden. Trimmed shrubs alternating with individually planted flowers and bulbs inc rare daffodils and tulips, sweet peas, annuals and wall-trained fruit trees. Opens Saturday 13th June.
A C15 manor house with spectacular 5 acre walled garden, established by Sir John Danvers, who brought the Italianate garden to the UK. Delightful aspects inc a Laburnum walk, replanted herbaceous border, an authentic Japanese garden, new Mulberry rotunda, orchard with 25 different apple and pear species, an arboretum with outstanding specimen trees and lake with duck house. Opens Saturday 13th June.
1½ acre peaceful garden, created from scratch since 2014. Lawns, borders, large ornamental pond, some gravel planting, vegetable garden, cutting garden and pergola rose garden, together with a number of wonderful mature trees. Opens Sunday 14th June.
Relaxed informal farmhouse garden with herbaceous border, small wildlife pond and some wilder areas. Walled kitchen garden with raised beds filled with vegetables and cutting garden. Several seating areas, some narrow and uneven paths and steps. Garden has been lovingly reclaimed over last 12 yrs with areas awaiting further work. The garden is still evolving. Opens Sunday 14th June.
Two acre garden, with stunning rural views. Luxurious mixed planting of perennials and shrubs with numerous hardy and tender annuals. Orchard embedded in a forest garden with a wildlife pond and model steam powered railway. Artist’s studio surrounded by colour balanced planting and formal pond. Several seating areas. Can accommodate max 12 seater minibus due to narrow lane. Opens Sunday 14th June.
A large garden (⅔ acre) with lovely views to open countryside. At its heart a landscaped family space created with wildlife in mind. Features include a formal Italianate area, fruit and vegetable patches, small orchard and wild meadow, and a large family area and treehouse hidden amongst prairie planting. Lunch available at the New Inn, 200 metres away, booking recommended. Opens Sunday 14th June.
New garden of approx 1 acre created over the last 5 yrs. Vegetable area with raised beds and espalier fruit trees and greenhouse. Small wildlife pond becoming established. Mixed herbaceous borders with many roses. Small woodland area. Eco friendly with use of water butts, and minimal chemicals. Opens Sunday 14th June.
Hard to encapsulate in a few words as each part of the garden and smallholding differs in style and appearance. Experience the intimacy of the garden around the cottage and afterwards walk through orchards, coppice woodland and fields. Cherry on top is the home-made lunches and teas. Metal sculptures and plant supports by Metal Menagerie. Ceramics and wood furniture made by the garden’s owners. Opens Sunday 21st June.
Set in the middle of a working farm, the garden has glorious views of surrounding downland. The extensive gardens have been created over the last 25 yrs and have many different areas to explore, from a spectacular new rill, a formal parterre, an old farm pond and a wildflower meadow, surrounded by traditional farm buildings all covered by a huge variety of climbing roses. Opens Sunday 21st June.
This glorious garden, with views over the surrounding countryside, has been created during the last 20 yrs with the help of designer Justin Spink and is divided into different areas. The parterre contains roses and magnolias, climbing roses tumble over arches, there are well-stocked herbaceous borders, a lawned area leading to the wildflower meadow and a small cutting garden, making this a wonderful garden to explore and enjoy. There is also a newly planted arboretum/pinetum. Opens Wednesday 24th June.
1740s mansion house later extended by Clough Williams Ellis in 1920s (not open). The original formal gardens around the house have been developed over the years to create a wonderful garden full of many unusual plants and a fine collection of rarities. Garden is undergoing a renaissance but still maintains split compartments each with its own individual charm; traditional walled garden with fine herbaceous borders, vegetable areas, trained fruit, roses and grand mixed borders surrounding formal lawns. The magnolia garden is wonderful in spring with some trees dating from 1920s, together with strong bulb plantings. Large arboretum and woodland with many unusual and champion trees. There is always something of interest, with the glorious Pewsey Vale as a backdrop. Opens Sunday 28th June.
Garden of 2 acres with large duck pond, lawns, ericaceous beds, dry bed, orchard, vegetable garden, large greenhouse, wood and wild areas of grass and trees with many wild flowers. Large dry stone wall topped with flower beds with rose arbour. 3 ponds linked by a rill in flower garden and large pergola in orchard. Set in farmland and mainly flat. Many interesting and rare succulents. Opens Sunday 28th June.
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