A 10 acre historic garden, at the centre of a picturesque Cotswold village, nestled amongst Capability Brown inspired Parkland. The Garden compromises vast formal lawns skirted by a series of rills and ponds which reflect the ancient plane trees that are dotted throughout the garden. Opens Saturday 1st April.
Cotswold stone walled shrub and herbaceous garden flanked by mature Beech, Birch, Acer and Catalpa. Spring fed gravel brook bordered by primula, hosta, hydrangea, lavender and rose. Pastel colours merge with cool white and blue and later hot colours turn to mellow yellow. Opens Saturday 1st April.
3 acre show garden of professional garden designer inc large variety of trees, shrubs etc. Features inc a twisted brick pillar pergola, 2½ metre diameter solid oak moon gate set into reclaimed brickwork, and this year a new four turreted, moated castle folly with vertical wall planter set between two water falls. Opens Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd April.
Inspirational small garden next to the Alpine Garden Society office. The garden shows a wide range of alpine plants that are easy to grow in contemporary gardens over a long season. Opens Saturday 1st and 29th April and Wednesday 31st May.
Surrounded by glorious countryside lays one of Britain’s best kept secrets. Spetchley is a garden for all tastes and ages, containing one of the biggest private collections of plant varieties outside the major botanical gardens and weaving a magical trail for younger visitors. Opens Sunday 9th April.
Two acre wooded hillside garden of the 1830s former rectory, now a B&B. Peaceful and natural, the garden contains many magnificent specimen trees inc a Wellingtonia Redwood. Informal in style with meandering bark paths, historic garden buildings, garden railway and a paved terrace with outstanding views. Opens Sunday 9th and Monday 10th April. Pre-booking essential.
The garden consists of one acre of stockbeds with many thousands of kinds of plants many of which are unusual and rare. On open days visitors can follow or be taken on a guided tour. Opens Monday 10th April and Monday 29th May.
The C19 Walled Kitchen Garden is formal in layout, with relaxed planting. A peaceful historic garden in the city with a focus on chemical free planting especially herbs and their uses. Seating areas around the garden in shade and in the sun. No 53 a very small part-walled garden divided into three ‘rooms’, inc shade tolerant planting, A tranquil, ‘secret’ garden 5 mins walk from the City centre with containers and bee-friendly planting. Opens 15th and 19th April.
2 acre garden with large herbaceous and shrub borders, island beds, stream and bog area. Spring meadow with 1000s of snakes head fritillaries. Formal area with lily pond and circular rose garden. Alpine rockery and new fern area. Opens Sunday 16th and 30th April, Sunday 28th and Monday 29th May.
A former Horticultural College garden being brought back to life. For 35 years after WW2 it was known as Oakfield Teacher Training College for Horticulture. It now features a Forest School, apiary, wildlife pond, and children’s vegetable plots within a walled garden. Opens Saturday 22nd April.
A one acre garden developed over 20 years, divided into two areas by an original Victorian wall, which formed part of Abbey Manor grounds. Formal planting surrounds the house with a landscaped wood beyond the wall. Opens Saturday 22nd, Sunday 23rd April and Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st May.
This is a plant specialist’s 1½ acre informal working garden, parts of which are used for plant production rather than for show. Situated next to common land. Mixed borders with wide variety of hardy perennials where plants are allowed to self seed. Opens Sunday 30th April.
A steeply sloping garden on Malvern Hills with views over the Severn Vale. Three levels are accessed by steps, paved/gravel paths and ramps. Landscaped areas for potager and greenhouse, courtyard, formal terrace, pergola, mature cedars and sculptures. Opens Sunday 30th April and 7th May.
Overlooked by the Malvern Hills, the garden is on two levels with mature horse chestnuts, western red cedars, wildlife pond, small wildflower meadow, shady woodland area, cottage garden, Japanese garden, rockeries and a New Zealand influenced area. Opens Sunday 30th April and Monday 1st May.
⅓ acre gardens, front and rear, containing many plants, herbaceous, hostas, ferns, acer trees, various other trees, a 300+ year old Olive Tree, oak sculptures, metal animals inc giraffes, elephant, ducks, birds, reptiles, stone statues and verse plaques. Opens Sunday 7th May.
The 1½ acre garden at Cowleigh Park Farm surrounds a Grade II listed timber framed former farmhouse (not open). Whilst no longer a farm, the property has views to adjacent orchards and inc lawns, spring fed ponds, a waterfall and stream. Opens Saturday 13th May.
Plantswoman’s cottage garden overflowing with plants, pots and interesting artifacts. Patio with plants and shrubs for spring, small pond and waterfall. Plenty of seating, separate wildlife pond, water features, alpine area, rear open vista. Opens Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th May.
A Grade II listed black and white cottage (not open) south west facing gardens with far reaching views across orchards to Abberley Clock Tower. The ¾ acre garden comprises gently sloping lawns with mixed and woodland borders, shade and plenty of strategically placed seating. Opens Sunday 14th May.
Gardens mainly laid out in 1865, based on three avenues of oak, cedar and lombardy poplar, within and around which are specimen trees and flowering shrubs. Meadows within the avenues covered in daffodils, and later, fritillaries, bluebells, cowslips etc. Opens Saturday 20th May.
60 yr old ever evolving ½ acre garden with unusual plants full of colour and texture in all seasons. Interesting to plant lovers gardeners and flower arrangers alike with views overlooking fields and the Malvern Hills. Opens Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st May.
A multi-themed mature garden with numerous water features and colourful borders. There is a formal white garden, wildlife pond and cutting garden surrounded by large rhododendrons which give a colourful display in late spring. Opens Sunday 21st May.
Warndon Court is a 2 acre family garden surrounding a Grade II* listed farmhouse (not open) featuring a circular route with formal rose gardens, terraces, two ponds, pergolas, topiary (inc a scruffy dragon), pretty summerhouse (gallery), a potager and woodland walk along the dry moat and through the secret garden. Opens Sunday 21st May.
Set on slopes of Malvern Hills, ⅓ acre plant-lovers’ garden surrounding Arts and Crafts house (not open), created by owners since 1999. Herbaceous borders, rockery, pond, small orchard. Opens Sunday 21st and Monday 29th May.
True countryman’s ⅓ acre cottage garden. Japanese style feature with ‘dragons den’. Specimen trees, rare and unusual plants, water features, perennial garden, vegetable garden, poultry, streamside bog garden. Opens Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th May.
3½ acre garden and woodland developed by current owners over 25 years. Large informal flowerbeds planted for year-round interest, from spring flowering bulbs, camellias and magnolias through to asters and dahlias. Opens Sunday 28th May.
1½ acres designed for the benefit of children and young people with life limiting illnesses and their families. Inc play areas, raised beds for young people to plant vegetables, tranquil memorial garden with gentle stream and memorial pebbles for children who have passed away and an enclosed bedroom garden set aside for recently bereaved families. Opens Saturday 3rd June.
The C19 Walled Kitchen Garden is formal in layout, with relaxed planting. A peaceful historic garden in the city with a focus on chemical free planting especially herbs and their uses. Seating areas around the garden in shade and in the sun. No 53 a very small part-walled garden divided into three ‘rooms’, inc shade tolerant planting, A tranquil, ‘secret’ garden 5 mins walk from the City centre with containers and bee-friendly planting. Opens Saturday 3rd and Wednesday 7th June.
3 very diverse gardens set in/close to lovely village of Eckington. The chance to enjoy views over the beautiful Worcestershire countryside and explore a rose garden and see formal hedging, topiary, treehouse, statues and herbaceous borders. Opens Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th June.
This is a plant specialist’s 1½ acre informal working garden, parts of which are used for plant production rather than for show. Situated next to common land. Mixed borders with wide variety of hardy perennials where plants are allowed to self seed. Opens Sunday 4th June.
Beginning in March 2016 our plan was to create a garden with a decidedly tropical feel to inc palms from around the world, with tree ferns, bananas and many other strange and unusual plants from warmer climes that would normally be considered difficult to grow here as well as a pond and small waterfall. Opens Sunday 4th, 25th June, Sunday 30th July, Sunday 27th and Monday 28th August.
A chance to explore six gardens in Hanley Swan and see a country garden, a wildlife garden, a traditional cottage garden, a modern interpretation of a cottage garden as well as see a wealth of plants and borders. Opens Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th June.
10 acre garden surrounding beautiful medieval moated manor house (not open). White garden, built and planted in 1997 surrounded on all sides by old topiary. Potager, vegetable garden and working greenhouses, all beautifully maintained. Rare double working moat and waterways inc Westminster Pool laid down in Henry VII`s reign to mark the consecration of the knave of Westminster Abbey. Opens Sunday 11th June.
2 acre garden with large herbaceous and shrub borders, island beds, stream and bog area. Spring meadow with 1000s of snakes head fritillaries. Formal area with lily pond and circular rose garden. Opens Sunday 11th June.
Wick Village gardens offers the visitor a range of extraordinary garden visiting experiences. We can show you gardens with low maintenance, small and large gardens which are planted with an array of plants which are trendy modern day in vogue ornamentals the more unusual enthusiast and specialist plants. Opens Sunday 11th June.
A charming 1 acre informal garden with water features, bridges, garden sculptures, orchard, vegetable garden and lawns set around a 300 year old part timber framed house (not open) with beautiful views out over fields of ancient plough and furrow and old orchards. Opens Sunday 11th and 25th June.
Two acre wooded hillside garden of the 1830s former rectory, now a B&B. Peaceful and natural, the garden contains many magnificent specimen trees inc a Wellingtonia Redwood. Informal in style with meandering bark paths, historic garden buildings, garden railway and a paved terrace with outstanding views. Opens Sunday 11th June and Sunday 27th August. Pre-booking essential.
Large village with new development and historically interesting core with buildings spanning medieval to Edwardian and St Laurence Church dedicated in 1239. There is a selection of lovely open gardens ranging from a riverside previous rectory with waterfall to a corner plot gardened for wildlife. There are professionally landscaped terraced gardens and cottage gardens with lots of colour. Opens Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th June.
Set on slopes of Malvern Hills, ⅓ acre plant-lovers’ garden surrounding Arts and Crafts house (not open), created by owners since 1999. Herbaceous borders, rockery, pond, small orchard. Roses in June, magnificent Eucryphia glutinosa in July. Opens Sunday 18th June and Sunday 23rd July.
Warndon Court is a 2 acre family garden surrounding a Grade II* listed farmhouse (not open) featuring a circular route with formal rose gardens, terraces, two ponds, pergolas, topiary (inc a scruffy dragon), pretty summerhouse (gallery), a potager and woodland walk along the dry moat and through the secret garden. Opens Sunday 18th June.
1½ acres developed over 15 years with 5 acre wildflower meadow, woodland and stunning views of Malvern Hills. Colourful and diverse flower beds, unusual plants, roses, alstroemeria, stocks and shrubs. Opens Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th June.
1½ acre garden with views of Bredon Hill, designed into rooms, many created with high formal hedging of beech, hornbeam, copper beech and yew. There is a small ‘front garden’ with circular gravel path, well-stocked original garden area with pond and arches to the side of the house. Opens Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th June.
¾ acre plant collector’s garden with unusual plants and many different varieties of acers, hostas, shrubs. Woodland walk, large fish pool. Covered tea area with home-made cakes. Come and see for yourselves, you won’t be disappointed. Opens Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th June, Saturday 26th, Sunday 27th and Monday 28th August.
3 acre show garden of professional garden designer inc large variety of trees, shrubs etc. Features inc a twisted brick pillar pergola, 2½ metre diameter solid oak moon gate set into reclaimed brickwork, and this year a new four turreted, moated castle folly with vertical wall planter set between two water falls, then walk through giant gunnera leaves to the Fairy Garden. Opens 24th and 25th June.
Cotswold stone walled shrub and herbaceous garden flanked by mature Beech, Birch, Acer and Catalpa. Spring fed gravel brook bordered by primula, hosta, hydrangea, lavender and rose. Pastel colours merge with cool white and blue and later hot colours turn to mellow yellow. Opens Sunday 25th June and Sunday 27th August.
The now mature 1 acre ‘’quirky’ garden on the slopes of the Malvern Hills has a formal rose garden, grass beds, bamboo walk, colour themed beds, nature path leading to a wildlife pond, Acer bank, chickens. Large vegetable plot and orchard with views overlooking the Severn Valley. Opens Sunday 25th June.
2 acre garden with over 200 trees, predominantly Silver Birch. A Rockery and gravel path lead down to the terrace. Informal beds filled with Agapanthus, Sedums, Roses, Hydrangeas and Grasses; a Fruit and Vegetable garden and a Fernery surround the house. Opens Sunday 25th June and Sunday 2nd July.
⅓ acre gardens, front and rear, containing many plants, herbaceous, hostas, ferns, acer trees, various other trees, a 300+ year old Olive Tree, oak sculptures, metal animals inc giraffes, elephant, ducks, birds, reptiles, stone statues and verse plaques. Opens Sunday 25th June, 30th July and 13th August.
Four town gardens on the northern edge of Worcester each having its own identity. The diversity of this quartet of gardens would satisfy anyone from a dedicated plantsman to an enthusiastic amateur while also offering plenty of ideas for landscaping, planting and structures. Opens Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd July.
2 acre country garden, set around an C18 house and outbuildings (not open). Mixed herbaceous borders with colour theming: white garden, bright garden, spring garden, canal garden, long double borders, intimate courtyards, a scented border, stream with little bridge to an island, vegetable garden. Opens Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd July.
Surrounded by glorious countryside lays one of Britain’s best kept secrets. Spetchley is a garden for all tastes and ages, containing one of the biggest private collections of plant varieties outside the major botanical gardens and weaving a magical trail for younger visitors. Opens Sunday 2nd July.
A multi-themed mature garden with numerous water features and colourful borders. There is a formal white garden, wildlife pond and cutting garden surrounded by large rhododendrons which give a colourful display in late spring. Opens Sunday 9th July.
3½ acre garden and woodland developed by current owners over 25 years. Large informal flowerbeds planted for year-round interest, from spring flowering bulbs, camellias and magnolias through to asters and dahlias. Opens Sunday 9th July.
The 1½ acre garden at Cowleigh Park Farm surrounds a Grade II listed timber framed former farmhouse (not open). Whilst no longer a farm, the property has views to adjacent orchards and inc lawns, spring fed ponds, a waterfall and stream. Opens Saturday 15th July.
A former Horticultural College garden being brought back to life. For 35 years after WW2 it was known as Oakfield Teacher Training College for Horticulture. It now features a Forest School, apiary, wildlife pond, and children’s vegetable plots within a walled garden. Opens Thursday 27th July.
The garden consists of one acre of stockbeds with many thousands of kinds of plants many of which are unusual and rare. On open days visitors can follow or be taken on a guided tour. Opens Sunday 30th July, Monday 28th August.
Perched atop an escarpment with breathtaking views, hidden behind a tall hedge, lies a Georgian country house with a unique garden of outstanding beauty. Opens Saturday 26th August, pre-booking essential.
Once a cherry orchard adjoining the mainly C19 flour mill, this is now a 2½ acre year-round garden laid out with trees, shrubs, mixed beds and borders. Opens Sunday 27th August.
A Grade II listed black and white cottage (not open) south west facing gardens with far reaching views across orchards to Abberley Clock Tower. The ¾ acre garden comprises gently sloping lawns with mixed and woodland borders, shade and plenty of strategically placed seating. Opens Sunday 27th August.
1½ acres developed over 15 years with 5 acre wildflower meadow, woodland and stunning views of Malvern Hills. Colourful and diverse flower beds, unusual plants, roses, alstroemeria, stocks and shrubs. Opens Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd September.
3 acre show garden of professional garden designer inc large variety of trees, shrubs etc. Features inc a twisted brick pillar pergola, 2½ metre diameter solid oak moon gate set into reclaimed brickwork, and this year a new four turreted, moated castle folly with vertical wall planter set between two water falls, then walk through giant gunnera leaves to the Fairy Garden. Opens Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd September.
60 yr old ever evolving ½ acre garden with unusual plants full of colour and texture in all seasons. Interesting to plant lovers gardeners and flower arrangers alike with views overlooking fields and the Malvern Hills. Opens Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September, Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th October.
Two walled gardens and a 60 foot greenhouse from the early 1800s set in 6 acres with wonderful views of the entire length of the Malvern ridge. One Walled garden is set out with formal paths and borders bounded by box hedging. Opens Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September.
This is a plant specialist’s 1½ acre informal working garden, parts of which are used for plant production rather than for show. Situated next to common land. Mixed borders with wide variety of hardy perennials where plants are allowed to self seed. Opens Sunday 17th September.
A charming 1 acre informal garden with water features, bridges, garden sculptures, orchard, vegetable garden and lawns set around a 300 year old part timber framed house (not open) with beautiful views out over fields of ancient plough and furrow and old orchards. Opens Sunday 17th September.
The garden consists of one acre of stockbeds with many thousands of kinds of plants many of which are unusual and rare. On open days visitors can follow or be taken on a guided tour. Opens Sunday 1st October.
Two acre wooded hillside garden of the 1830s former rectory, now a B&B. Peaceful and natural, the garden contains many magnificent specimen trees inc a Wellingtonia Redwood. Informal in style with meandering bark paths, historic garden buildings, garden railway and a paved terrace with outstanding views. Opens Sunday 8th October.
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