Award winning hospital garden, opened in Sept 2012 and designed by Cleve West for patients with spinal cord injury at the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. Built from donations given in memory of Horatio Chapple who was a volunteer at the centre in his school holidays. Low limestone walls, which represent the form of the spine, divide densely planted herbaceous beds. Everything in the garden is designed to benefit patients during their long stays in hospital. The garden is run by a Head Gardener and team of volunteers. Opens Saturday 9th May.
2 acre plantsman’s garden originally designed by Michael Balston and updated by us over the past 14 yrs. Lawned areas with borders surrounded by hornbeams and yew hedging, long border and gravel garden by tennis court, formal vegetable garden with buxus parterres and meadow with spring bulbs, box mound and walkway through moisture loving plants. Opens Sunday 10th May.
Cotswold stone C17 manor house (not open) with 5 acres of garden to enjoy. Lake, ponds, streams, arboretum, vegetable and cutting gardens and orchard. Formal front garden featuring box and yew topiary. Opens Friday 15th May.
1½ acres with glorious views of surrounding countryside. The garden has evolved over last 10 yrs to inc kitchen garden with bothy and greenhouse, mown paths through informal areas, wildflower meadow planted with spring bulbs, 30 metre iris border, ha-ha, wildlife pond and bee friendly planting. Opens Saturday 16th May.
3 acres of wild and formal garden in beautiful situation with series of hedged garden rooms. Numerous shrubs, flowers and borders, all allowing tolerated wild flowers and preferred weeds, while others creep in. Large walled kitchen garden, herb garden and C13 dovecote (open). Charming C16/18 Grade I listed house (not open), with lovely courtyard. Every year varies. Free walks around park and lake. Opens Sunday 17th May.
An atmospheric and very long town garden, full of wonderful planting surprises at every turn. Densely planted with pots near the house and large borders further up, it houses a collection of beautiful and often unusual plants, shrubs and trees, many with striking foliage. Colour from seasonal flowers is interwoven within this textural tapestry. ‘Truly inspirational’ is often heard from visitors. Opens Sunday 17th May.
Trymnells garden was started approx 9 yrs ago and has an interesting and challenging plot. It is now maturing and has many trees, shrubs, hedges and perennials. The garden is steep and slopes up from the property and reaches a bank at the very top. Sleepers, fences, walls and plants have imposed a sense of structure with bulbs and perennials providing wonderful colour. Opens Sunday 17th May.
Delightful 2 acre community garden, created and maintained by volunteers. Features inc 7 individual display gardens, ornamental pond, plant nursery, Iron Age roundhouse, artwork, fitness trail, separate kitchen garden site, Swindon beekeepers and the haven, overflowing with wild flowers. Opens Sunday 17th May.
Fovant House is a former Rectory set in about 3 acres of formal garden. In 2016 the garden was redesigned by Arabella Lennox Boyd. Garden inc 60 metre herbaceous border, terraces and parterre. A range of mature trees inc cedar, copper beech, oak and lime. Opens Saturday 30th May.
Very beautiful and elegant garden created over 60 yrs by previous and current owners. Above the house there are several acres of mature rhododendron and magnolia woodland planting. Among the many different areas in this 9 acre garden is a box parterre, rose garden, vegetable garden and, around the house, a recently planted formal garden designed by Dan Combes. Opens Saturday 30th May.
Within The Vale of the White Horse, Ashbury is a picturesque village with thatched cottages and a friendly atmosphere. Nestled between the village pub and St Mary’s Church is the garden of The Old Vicarage. The garden surrounds the house and is made up of a floriferous walled garden, a wildflower meadow, an extensive kitchen garden, filled with flowers, as well as vegetables, plus more. Open Saturday 30th May.
An ever evolving, organically managed garden with a mixture of planting inc woodland, drought resistant gravel gardens, free flowering and seeding plants and mixed hedging. All with a view to increase ‘food chain’ for nature. Irrigated when necessary using an underground 7500 litre rainwater harvesting tank. Opens Sunday 31st May.
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 31st May.
A beautiful and characterful garden on the banks of the River Kennet, with wild and cultivated areas, rich mature borders and a vegetable/cutting garden. Walk along mown paths by the river, through water meadows and view the downs beyond. Or stay near the house to enjoy the tranquil and inspirational quirkiness. A garden for all ages to enjoy and relax in. Opens Sunday 31st May.
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