Gardens & Flower Shows

THE GARDENS OF DEVON
Garden	Picture	Address	Tel/Fax
Arlington Court Arlington Court is hidden in a wooded valley on the edge of Exmoor. There is a Victorian garden complete with conservatory and ornamental pond. A partially restored kitchen garden which produces fruit, vegetables and flowers for the House and Tearoom. Stunning walks in the historic parkland including stream fed valleys and tranquil lake with heronry and bird hide. In Spring there are lovely drifts of bulbs, followed by azaleas and rhododendrons. Take time to visit the House including a great collection of shells. There is also a collection of over 50 horse drawn carriages.		Arlington, Nr Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 4LP ARLINGTON COURT CLICK	Tel 01271 850296
Becky Falls On Dartmoor near Bovey Tracey. Cascading waterfalls and 60 acre woodland estate with river walks, pets garden, nature trails, tea room, ice-cream parlour, gift shop and restaurant.		Manaton, Nr Bovey Tracey, TQ13 9UG Open from 10am every day, March to October, school holidays and winter weekends (weather permitting) BECKY FALLS CLICK	Tel: 01647 221259
Berry Head Country Park Berry Head is Torbay's most important wildlife site. It also features Napoleonic fortifications, geological formations and landscapes designated as being of national importance. There are several species of rare and threatened plants growing at Berry Head.		Brixham BERRY HEAD COUNTRY PARK CLICK	Tel: 01803 882619
Bicton Park Gardens Spanning nearly 300 years of horticultural history, these magnificent gardens are set in East Devon's picturesque Otter Valley, between the ancient city of Exeter and southwest England's Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Bicton Park has lovely gardens set in 50 acres near the sea. The gardens date from 1874 and include the Palm House built in the early 1800s.Italian Garden, Oriental Garden and many plants including azaleas, camellias, flowering cherries. Hermitage garden with lake and pinetum. So much to see and don't forget the fuchsia and geranium houses and the temperate house. Large museum detailing changes in agricultural life over the last 2 centuries.		East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton EX9 7BJ Open All year 10-6 summer 10-4 winter BICTON PARK GARDENS CLICK	Tel: 01395 568465
Blackdown Hills The Blackdown Hills Rural Partnership brings together local communities, local authorities, interest groups and national agencies to promote environmental, social and economic initiatives that will help ensure the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) remain a healthy, living landscape for future generations		Devon/Somerset Border Halifax House, Hemyock, Cullompton, Devon, EX15 3QW BLACKDOWN HILLS CLICK	Tel: 01823 680681
Broadlands Broadlands is a rare and precious area of ancient woodland with a wealth of interesting wildlife: bluebells, goldcrests, speckled wood butterflies and coppiced wych elms. There are also good views from the adjoining area of grassy public open space. Local people appreciate Broadland's variety and accessibility.		Off Broadlands Avenue in Newton Abbot, this small community woodland is a green gem in a built-up area.
Buckfast Abbey Tucked away in its own secluded valley, the house built by Sir Richard Grenville, hero of The Revenge, incorporates the remains of a small but influential 13th-century Cistercian monastery. Later on, his great rival Sir Francis Drake lived at Buckland during the turbulent period of the Armada, and the house contains interesting memorabilia from this time, including Drake’s drum The gardens at Buckfast Abbey are designed to create a feeling of tranquility. What's on offer depends on the time of year		Yelverton, PL20 6EY 6 miles (10km) S of Tavistock, 11 miles (18km) N of Plymouth. Turn off A386 0.5 mile (1km) S of Yelverton and follow the brown tourist signs Check opening times on website BUCKLAND ABBEY CLICK	Tel: 01822 853607
Burrow Farm Gardens A beautifully landscaped seven acre garden created over the last forty years by Mary Benger. Awarded * status in the 'Good Gardens Guide', Burrow Farm Gardens will appeal to both the plantsmen and those seeking a relaxing walk round a tranquil garden with extensive views. It includes a fascinating woodland garden created in an ancient Roman clay pit, and the most recent addition is the millennium rill garden. Homemade Cream Teas and light refreshments will complete your day's enjoyment at Burrow Farm Gardens.		Dalwood, EX13 7ET BURROW FARM CLICK	Tel: 01404 831285
Canonteign Falls and Lakeland Nature trails, the highest waterfall in England, woods & lakeland. Miniature ponies, wildfowl, junior commando course, picnic area, shop, all weather barbecue & restaurant.		Near Chudleigh, EX6 7NT	tel : 01647 252434
Castle Drogo Nr. National Trust owned property designed by Sir Edward Lutyens between 1910-30 built from granite and oak and with formal gardens. This garden at Castle Drogo is within the grounds of a 20th century castle with magnificent views of the Teign valley. Planned by George Dillistone. The Castle Drogo garden is a series of formal terraces and borders, with galleries round the sunken centre, serpentine paths, rose beds, arbours of yew. There are beautiful herbaceous borders full of old varieties of lupin, lychnis, campanulas, hollyhocks and red pokers. Under the granite walls are perennial and spring bulbs leading to terraces with yuccas, herbs, magnolias and a splendid croquet lawn. (croquet equipment for hire.		Drewsteignton, EX6 6PB CASTLE DRAGO CLICK	Tel: 01647 433306
Castle Hill Gardens Welcome to Castle Hill, a beautiful Palladian house in its wondrous Grade 1 landscape in North Devon. Share the romance of the Woodland Garden. Wander through rare trees along tranquil paths where magnolias, camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas grow in abundance together with profusions of daffodils, bluebells and primroses. Visit the Sham Castle with all round views to distant horizons before a peaceful decent brings you to the Millennium Garden, a summer haven of lavender and gentle colours.		Castle Hill, Filleigh, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 0RH CASTLE HILL GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01598 760336
Coleton Fishacre House and Garden Oswald Peregrine Milne, a pupil of Sir Edwin Lutyens, designed the house and the architectural features of the garden for Rupert and Lady Dorothy D’Oyly Carte and it was completed in 1926. The elegant Art Deco influenced interior is furnished as a family house in the ‘spirit of the D’Oyly Cartes’ with original light fittings and the delightful Spencer Hoffman pictorial over-mantle picture in the library.		Kingswear, Dartmouth, TQ6 0EQ Situated 3 miles (5km) from Kingswear off the Lower Ferry road B3205. 5 miles (9.5km) from the A379 junction with the Paignton to Brixham ring road. Follow the brown tourist signs and at the Hillhead junction turn left onto the B3205 and thence to the property via a left turn at the toll house. Opening: House :23 Mar - 30 Oct 11 - 4:30 Garden :5 Mar - 20 Mar 11 - 5 23 Mar - 30 Oct 10:30 - 5:30 COLETON FISHACRE CLICK	Tel: 01803 752466
Dartington Hall Gardens A truly magnificent landscape garden most of which has been created in the 20th century, at the rear of Dartington Hall. A woodland garden with rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias has been set round a series of clever terraces on the steep hillside. There are magnificent trees, a Japanese Garden, borders all of which are meticulously maintained. Beatrix Farrand designed the Courtyard and helped with the woodland glades. Percy Cane built the long staircase and planted the yews- the 12 apostles. Rest a while and take in the unusual surroundings. Truly a great garden to visit.		Dartington Dartington, Totnes, TQ9 6EL DARTINGTON HALL CLICK	Tel : 01803 862367
Docton Mill Gardens The Garden started in the 1930's but fell into disrepair in the 1970's. 1980 saw the Mill renovated and Garden cleared with extensive planting and the creation of a new Bog Garden and borders, vast numbers of trees were planted. The start of the new Millennium saw developments including a new Magnolia Garden with large Herbaceous borders, Woodland Garden and Greenhouse area enabling more extensive plant propagation. The Wild Flower Gardens theme is to make everything as natural as possible. In spring there are displays of narcissi, primulas, camellias, rhododendrons, azaleas with bluebells covering the woods. In summer the garden abounds with roses, there is a rosebank of Felicia and Pax and adjacent to this is the Herbaceous border. In this field there are 25 varieties of magnolia - truly a garden to give variety throughout the seasons. The Garden is open 1st March to October 31st, 10am to 6pm		Lymebridge Hartland North Devon EX39 6EA john@doctonmill.freeserve.co.uk DOCTON MILL CLICK	Tel :01237 441369
Escot Country Park and Gardens Escot Ltd is a testimony to rural business in the 21st century. Since 1984, John-Michael and his wife Lucy have instigated a dramatic evolution of this traditional East Devon rural estate, sensitively managing a programme of diversification that has been imaginative, bold and highly successful .Escot Gardens - Laid out in the 18th century as 220 acres of ‘Capability Brown’ parkland and gardens, generations of the Kennaway family have since travelled the world bringing back a wide range of shrubs and magnificent champion trees. Contemporary design elements have been added by Ivan Hicks, the well-known TV gardener-artist. Woodland paths and trails lead to the remarkable new 4,000-beech-hedge maze; to the birds of prey with their summertime displays; through the beginnings of an International Tree Foundation wood, carpeted with beautiful flowers in Spring; through the wild boar and otter enclosures; to an award-winning aquatic centre and a dedicated wetlands conservation area.		Parklands Farm, Escot, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1LU ESCOT COUNTRY PARK & GARDEN CLICK	Tel :01404 822188
Farway Countryside Park Welcome to Countryside Park Farway, East Devon's favourite farm based tourist attraction, where you are guaranteed a fun day out for children and adults of all ages. Enjoy the breathtaking views as you walk the woodland nature trail, passing sheep and rare breed cattle fields. Feed the baby lambs, calves and goats, before visiting the nursery to hold the baby chicks, ducklings, rabbits, guinea pigs and many other animals.		Colyton, EX24 6JL Opening Times daily from 3rd Saturday in March 2005 to 30th October 2005 10.00am to 5.30pm Winter Opening Times from 2nd November 2004 to 3rd Saturday in March 2005 every Saturday,Sunday and school holidays from 11.00am to 5.00pm FARWAY COUNTRY PARK CLICK	Tel: 01404 871367
Flete House The garden at the historic Flete House in South Devon is slowly being restored after decades of neglect. A Victorian walled garden which was left to fall into disrepair for 50 years, is being restored to its former glory. The garden is at Flete Estate - an historic site near Ermington in South Devon. There has been a Manor at this spot since the time of the Conquest. Then, during the 19th century the magnificent gardens were created. However, the gardens slipped into disrepair at the outbreak of WW2, and from 1956 to 1998, they were used to grow Christmas trees. And the project even has the support of the Chinese Government.		Ermington Plymouth, PL21 9NX We are situated on the A379 Plymouth - Kingsbridge road, between Yealmpton and Modbury. FLETE CLICK	Tel: 01752 830308
Garden House The Garden House is a magical place: a place designed to meld with its surrounding landscape to create an almost ethereal beauty; a place where luxuriant, brilliant colour creates unforgettable panoramas; a place where the past meets the present and stands at the gate of a bright future.		Buckland Monachorum, Yelverton, PL20 7LQ. GARDEN HOUSE CLICK	Tel: 01822 854769
The Gnome Reserve and Wild Flower Garden For a completely unique 100% fun experience, simultaneously 100% ecologically interesting, with an extra 100% wonder and magic mixed in, visit The Gnome Reserve		West Putford, Nr Bradworthy, EX22 7XE GNOME RESERVE CLICK	Tel: 01409 241435
Greenway Greenway was once the family home of Agatha Christie. It is surrounded by a glorious woodland garden on the banks of the Dart Estuary. Beautiful in all seasons and renowned for rare half-hardy plants under planted with native wild flowers, Greenway has an atmosphere of wildness and timelessness. This true 'secret' garden of peace and tranquillity with wonderful views, is set within an extensive estate and associated with many fascinating characters.		Greenway Road, Galmpton, Brixham, Devon TQ5 0ES GREENWAY CLICK	Tel : 01803 842382
Hartland Abbey Situated in an unspoilt valley leading to a remote Atlantic cove, the Abbey offers peace and tranquility and also the woodland gardens, fascinating secret 18th Century walled gardens, the Baronets Bog Garden.		Hartland, Bideford, EX39 6DT. HARTLAND ABBEY CLICK	Tel: 01237 441264
Heddon Hall Whenever it has been opened in the past for the NGS, Heddon Hall Garden has attracted widespread admiration. Jane Keatley began her work here in 1987, with creative input from luminaries such as Carol Klein and Roy Lancaster. Taking advantage of its sheltered position, she has made it very much a gardener’s garden, with a wonderful collection of exotic species, shrubs and ferns, many of which are the results of dendrological trips abroad. The walled garden, laid out by Penelope Hobhouse, has clipped box hedges and cordoned fruit trees as well as flowers, herbs and vegetables. The mainly herbaceous rose garden is home to some ‘bizarre’ pleached limes trees. This leads onto a glorious informal rockery and bog garden, where the River Heddon tumbles into the three renovated stew ponds. Enjoy the intimate valley setting from the terrace afterwards with a delicious home made cream tea.		Parracombe, North Devon EX31 4QL HEDDON HALL CLICK	Tel /Fax: 01598 763541
Hill House Hill House Garden - Set amongst rolling Devon Countryside this 3 acre garden surrounds a charming one time vicarage. It was made famous by Edward Hyams 'an Englishmans Garden'. The garden has been restored by the Hubbard family and has many unusual plants and a lovely atmosphere. To view on request is a 'temple' which Edward Hyams bought from a junk shop more than 50 years ago and installed on the side lawn, looking down over the Rhododendron walk.This garden is worth a visit combined with time spent at the Hillhouse Plant Nursery which is outstanding.		Hillhouse Garden and Nursery Landscove, Ashburton, Newton Abbot TQ13 7LY HILL HOUSE CLICK	Tel 01803 762273
Holbrook Gardens The Holbrook Garden garden is nestled in the lovely Devon countryside. If you want to see manicured paths and formal borders this garden is not for you. But if you want to get ideas for an informal wildlife friendly garden then a visit here is a must. At the rear of the house paths through abundantly planted gravel beds lead to a more wooded area. Paths take you through to different vistas with logpiles, bird boxes and native shrubs. There is a summer meadow with asters, helenium species, lobelia, purlpe loostrifes and more.		Sampford Peverell, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 7XN HOLBROOK GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01884 821164
Killerton 18th Century house set in a magnificent 6,400 acre estate known as a plantsman's paradise with something to see throughout the year. The house features tableaux & exhibitions on clothing. Killerton House is beautiful hillside garden for all seasons set in the rolling devon countryside. There is something for every season with early spring flowering bulbs, magnolias, azaleas, herbaceous borders and great autumn colours. Killerton is a plantsman's paradise with rare trees and shrubs from all around the world collected by the Veitch family. The Summer Borders to the side and front of the house are a mass of colour in the summer. Early 19th century summer house, the Bears Hut, ice house and rock garden. Visit the house with its costume collection dating from the 18th century. The House and Gardens are surrounded by beautiful parkland.		Broadclyst, Exeter, EX5 3LE On the W of the Exeter-Cullompton road (B3185 formerly A38, entrance off the B3185); from M5 southbound, take junction 28 and B3181 Cullompton-Exeter road; from M5 northbound, take junction 30 via Pinhoe and Broadclyst and B3181 Exeter-Cullompton road. KILLERTON CLICK	Tel: 01392 881345
Knightshayhes Court Designed by William Burges and begun in 1869, Knightshayes is a rare survival of his work. The rich interiors combine medieval romanticism with sumptuous Victorian decoration and hold many interesting treasures. The smoking and billiard rooms, elegant boudoir and drawing room all give a wonderful insight into the ‘high noon’ of grand country house life. Edward kemp designed this 50 acre garden at Knightshayes Court but it owes much to the Amory family who devoted themselves to its development. Formal terraces and summer flowering borders, drifts of spring bulbs, a topiary fox and hounds and a tranquil lily pool. this extends into the ' garden of wood ' of rare trees which is magical. The striking Victorian gothic house is a rich combination of medieval romanticism and lavish decoration. Knightshayes Court is just great!		Bolham, Tiverton, EX16 7RQ Exit M5 at junction 27 on to North Devon Link Road. After approximately 7 miles (11.5km) turn right at roundabout on to A396 (Bampton). After 0.5 mile (1km) turn right in Bolham, signposted Knightshayes Court. KNIGHTSHAYES COURT CLICK	Tel: 01884 254665
Lee Ford Gardens Country estate gardens with woodland garden, formal lawns, walled vegetable garden and kitchen gardens		Lee Ford Budleigh Salterton EX9 7AJ Easily reached by coach/ bus. At the bottom of the hill into Budleigh from Exmouth, by the Knowle Village turning on the left. 300 yards on the left.	Tel: 01395 445894
Lukesland Gardens Lukesland Gardens, described in the Good Gardens Guide as ‘one of the finest gardens of its type in the South West’, offers the visitor 24 acres of flowering shrubs, rare trees and wild flowers. The gardens lie in the beautiful valley of the Addicombe Brook, which cascades down from Dartmoor through ponds and over waterfalls towards the River Erme. At Lukesland the acid Dartmoor soil and mild climate of South Devon provide ideal conditions for a fine collection of camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas, some dating back to the original Victorian planting. Lukesland also has 4 Champion and over 40 Notable trees on the National Tree Register, many in its fascinating pinetum.		Harford, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 0JF LUKESLAND GARDENS CLICK	Tel : 01752 893390
Marwood Hill Gardens Marwood Hill Gardens are delightful and cover 20 acres with many plant collections and year round interest created by Dr Jimmy Smart MBE VMH when he moved there in 1949. Upper Garden - Camellias and rhododendrons are planted on the walk along the north side of the walled garden, including 3 borders of herbaceous peonies. Lower Garden - The path to this garden with its small lakes passes plantings of bamboo. The Bog garden houses a superb National collection of Astilbes. There is so much to see at Marwood Hill Gardens. Do not miss it.		Barnstaple, Devon EX31 4EB MARWOOD HILL GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01271 342528
The Mythic Garden The Mythic Garden is a 5 acre garden presenting an annual sculpture exhibition amid National Collections of Birch and Alder in a landscaped water & woodland setting. We are situated in the Dartmoor National Park and enjoy fine views to the moor. The sculptures are complemented by the informal plantings of trees, shrubs and perennials. We are confident that you will enjoy our unique, peaceful garden; whether you are a lover of art or nature.		Stone Farm, Chagford, Devon. TQ13 8JU MYTHIC GARDEN CLICK	Tel/Fax: 01647 231311
Oldway Mansion This impressive Mansion, is laid out in 17 acres of spectacular gardens.The house was built as the home for Issac Merritt Singer of sewing machine fame. The house was add to after Issac's death by his son Paris, to make it into the impressive build that it is today.Open all year round from 9 am till 5 pm Monday to Saturday.Oldway Mansion is also Torbays Register Office.		Torquay Road, Paignton Oldway is in Preston, Paignton on the main Paignton/Torquay road. Buses stop at the gate . OLDWAY MANSION CLICK	Tel: 01803 207933 / 201201
Orchid Paradise The award winning Burnham Nurseries show a fine display of rare and exotic orchids in a paradise garden. Open daily all year. BURNHAM NURSERIES is situated in picturesque South Devon and is a family business run by the Rittershausens since 1950 and now in its third generation. We have the largest selection of orchid species and hybrids available in the UK and our nursery can be visited any time of the year. We are open 7 days a week from 10am to 4pm and plenty of free help and advice is always on hand!		Burnham Nurseries Ltd Forches Cross Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 6PZ ORCHID PARADISE CLICK	Tel 01626 352233 Fax 01626 362167
Overbecks Gardens This lovely coastal garden at Overbecks has stunning views of the Salcombe Estuary and is set just above the coastal path. The garden is very sheltered and is home to a wide range of Sub Tropical plants including many palm trees. Lovely herbaceous borders full of colour, sub tropical border and other interesting shrubs and plants. Interesting museum in Edwardian House which has a secret room for children with dolls, tin soldiers and other toys. Overbecks Gardens are well worth seeing. Great Tea Room , plant sales, shop, some disabled access with strong companion!		Shapitor, Salcombe TQ8 8LW OVERBECKS GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01548 842893
Rosemoor Garden New National Garden: 40 acres set in the Torridge Valley with arboretum, formal planting, potager & 200 varieties of Rose. Visitor centre, shop, restaurant & plant centre.Come and see this enchanting 65 acre garden set in the beautiful Torridge Valley . Whatever the season, Rosemoor is a unique place that people return to time and again for ideas, inspiration or simply to enjoy a marvellous day out. From Lady Anne’s original garden to the Rose Garden’s (with over 2000 roses), the Fruit and Vegetable Garden , the Arboretum, Lake and Bog Garden , there is something for everyone to enjoy. Rosemoor also holds over 80 exciting events throughout the year including horticultural talks, walks and demonstrations, children’s workshops, family events, musical and dramatic performances and many more!		Great Torrington, North Devon EX38 8PH ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY CLICK	Tel : 01805 624067
Saltram House and Gardens Set on the outskirts of Plymouth this magnificent house is surrounded by 20 acres of Parkland. The Garden is mainly woodland with some lovely trees including a fine Lime avenue bordered by Bluebells in the Spring. There is a good collection of rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias and magnolias. The Garden is at its best in the Spring with narcissi and other spring bulbs. Peaceful formal pond area with backdrop of fine trees and shrubs. Fine Orangery and classical garden house named Fanny's Bower. Childrens play area and other family activities.		Plympton, Plymouth, PL7 1UH 3.5 miles (5.5km) E of Plymouth between Plymouth - Exeter road (A38) and Plymouth - Kingsbridge road (A379). Signposted from A38 Marsh Mills roundabout SALTRAM HOUSE CLICK	Tel: 01752 336546
Tapeley Gardens Tapeley Gardens offer beautiful terraces with tender plants, an Ilex tunnel, a thriving Permaculture garden, a straw bale house and a bountiful walled kitchen garden. Walk to the woods to the lake where the largest Thulia trees can be seen. The views from the front lawn are right across to Lundy Island, weather permitting and across the bay to Saunton Sands which also belongs to the Estate. Visitors can enjoy the refurbished cafe (The Orangery) with lovely home made fayre with organice vegetables from the gardens.		Instow, Nr Bideford, Devon EX39 4NT	Tel 01271 860897
Winsford Walled Garden Tucked away in the beautiful North Devon countryside is Winsford Walled Garden. The original garden owner's family can be traced back to the Cornish artist Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834), through the most famous of all Victorian African Big Game hunters, Capt. F.C. Selous, friends of whom included US President Theodore Roosevelt. In the past, there were 30 gardeners and 500 linear feet of greenhouses. Today, features abound in this inspirational garden for the summer, with Agapanthus, Cannas, ornamental gingers, herbs and large numbers of herbaceous perennials. The 300' south wall grows subtropical climbers. Developing bamboo grove and alpine house. Beautiful teak Victorian greenhouses.		Halwill Junction Devon EX21 5XT WINSFORD WALLED GARDEN CLICK	Tel 01409 221477

THE GARDENS OF DORSET
Garden	Picture	Address	Tel/Fax
THE LOWER GARDENS The Lower Gardens in Bournemouth are only a five minute walk from the main shopping centre, the beach and the pier. Visitors who walk through the gardens will be amazed by the beautiful floral displays that combine a range of colours, textures and scents. The Gardens also have plenty of activities to keep visitors busy including the Bournemouth Eye, music at the Pine Walk bandstand, an aviary and an art exhibition during the summer. There is also a large rock garden which was built in the 1930s.		Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 2AQ Map LOWER GARDENS CLICK
MAPPERTON HOUSE & GARDENS Gardens descending at 3 levels beside Tudor manor-house, remodelled in c1660s. Italianate garden and fountain court. Fishponds, orangery and summerhouses. Wild garden with specimen shrubs and trees. Surrounded by wooded landscape with magnificent views. Gifts and plants for sale. Licensed cafe. Voted 'The Nation's Finest Manor House' by Country Life magazine.Mapperton House is open to individuals Monday-Friday between 23rd June-1st August and also on Bank Holiday Mondays between 2pm - 4:30pm. Group visits by arrangement.		Mapperton BEAMINSTER Dorset DT8 3NR Email Mapperton House MAPPERTON HOUSE CLICK Map	Tel: +44 01308 862645 Fax: +44 01308 863348
MACPENNYS WOODLAND GARDENS MacPennys Woodland Gardens consists of approximately 4 acres of established woodland gardens. It was created out of gravel pits in the early 1950s. A canopy of mainly indigenous trees and specimens shelter underplanting of many rare and unusual plants. We have a riot of colour in spring and again in autumn. There’s also a large nursery where many of the plants seen in the gardens may be purchased. Open all year except Christmas and New Year, Monday to Saturday 9am-5pm and Sundays 12pm-5pm		154 Burley Road, Bransgore, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 8DB E-mail MacPennys Woodland Gardens MACPENNY'S CLICK	Phone: +44 (0)1425 672348 - Fax: +44 (0)1425 673945
ATHELHAMPTON HOUSE & GARDENS Athelhampton is one of the finest 15th century manor houses and is surrounded by one of the great architectural gardens of England. The house contains many finely furnished rooms including The Great Hall, Great Chamber, Wine Cellar and newly open to the public the Library and Billiard Room. The glorious grade I garden, dating from 1891, is full of vistas and gains much from the fountains and River Piddle flowing through		Athelhampton, Dorchester, DT2 7LG Off the main A35 (signposted) at Puddletown, near Dorchester . March to October, Sunday to Thursday, 10.30am to 5pm. November to February, Sundays only, 10.30am to dusk ATHELHAMPTON HOUSE CLICK Map	Tel: 01305 848363
DOMINEYS GARDENS Domineys garden and arboretum open in 2008 on Sundays 13 April, 18 May, 10 August from 2pm to 6pm and on 26 October 12 noon to 4pm. Visits on other days by appointment. All seasons garden with rare and interesting plants in artistic setting. Small arboretum with 300 trees and shrubs, bulbs and perennials. A place to enjoy every day come rain or shine. Flowers of spring, shades of green, colours of autumn, stems of winter. Teas and Plant sale on open Sundays. Between Dorchester and Sherborne Admission £3.50 children free.All proceeds to charity - National Gardens Scheme and Arthritis Research Campaign.		Buckland Newton Dorchester Dorset DT2 7BS map DOMINEYS GARDENS CLICK
HARDY'S COTTAGE Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 in this small cob and thatch cottage and from here he would walk to school every day in Dorchester, three miles away. It was built by his great-grandfather and is little altered since the family left. The interior has been furnished by the NT (see also Max Gate). His early novels Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd were written here. It has a charming cottage garden.		Higher Bockhampton, nr Dorchester, DT2 8QJ 3ml NE of Dorchester, ½ml S of A35. From Kingston Maurward roundabout follow signs to Stinsford and Higher Bockhampton. Open 18 Mar–31 Oct 11–5 (except Tuesday & Wednesday) See National Trust Map HARDY'S COTTAGE CLICK	Tel: 01305 262366
KINGSTON MAURWARD GARDENS & ANIMAL PARK Kingston Maurward has been described as both a 'Hidden Gem' and 'One of Dorset's best kept secrets!'. Formal Edwardian garden with stunning ornamental lake in front of the 18th Century Mansion House. The Animal Park has a collection of miniature Shetland Ponies, Donkeys, Rabbits & Guinea Pigs		Kingston Maurward is signposted from the roundabout at the Eastern end of the Dorchester bypass. Open daily from 5th January to 21st December 10am to 5.30pm. KINGSTON MAURWARD GARDENS CLICK Map * Guardian listed B & B nearby- See guest house list.	Tel: 01305 215003
MINTERNE GARDENS Wander peacefully through 20 wild woodland acres, where magnolias, rhododendrons, eucryphias, hydrangeas, water plants and water lillies provide a new vista at each turn, with small lakes and cascades landscaped in the 18th Century. Home of the Churchill and Digby families for 350 years. Described by Simon Jenkins as 'a corner of paradise' The house, with many Churchill pictures and tapestries, is open for organised groups only. Contact 01300 341370		Minterne Magna Dorchester Dorset DT2 7AU map MINTERNE GARDENS CLICK	Tel: +44 (0) 1300 341 370 Fax: +44 (0) 1300 341 747
MORETON GARDENS The gardens have been created on the site of the old kitchen garden of Moreton House. Originally laid out in 1742 the three and a half acres, together with a similar sized walled garden next to these gardens produced fruit, vegetables and flowers for the 'big house' for almost two hundred years until 1940. The Dig for Victory campaign during the war, followed by some years as a pig farm and latterly as a nursey destroyed any original planting but the framework of the garden survived. In the shop is a copy of a map of 1765 showing the plan, easily recognisable today.		Moreton Dorchester Dorset DT2 8RF map MORETON GARDENS CLICK	Tel: +44 (0) 1929 405084 Fax: +44 (0) 1929 405346
COMPTON ACRES Compton Acres is one of the finest privately owned gardens in the South. A unique series of stunning themed gardens spread over 10 acres offer beautiful views. There is also a tea room and cafe, a restaurant, craft shop and model railway.		164 Canford Cliffs Road, Canford Cliffs, Poole, Dorset COMPTON ACRES CLICK Map	Tel: 01202 700778
DURLSTON COUNTRY PARK can be found on the rolling hills that lie to the west of Swanage beach. The park is a fantastic site of around 260 acres where you can see stunning views and an abundance of natural beauty, flora and fauna as well as magnificent marine mammals and bids, all set in nature's great open book. The park hosts a wide range of events throughout the year including dolphin watches and Durlston Castle is being developed as one of the key visitor centres for the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.		Durlston Swanage Dorset BH19 2JL map www.purbeck-dc.gov.uk	Tel: +44 (0) 1929 424443 Fax: +44 (0) 1929 424443
CORFE CASTLE MODEL VILLAGE & GARDENS The Castle destroyed by Cromwell's men in 1646, together with the church and surrounding village, has been reconstructed in Purbeck stone to 1/20th scale. It is set in a stunning old English garden, with an Enchanted Woodland Walk. Working stocks and pillory are a feature. Described as `3 Great Venues in One', the attractions include Corfe Castle Model Village, Traditional Dorset Gardens and The Courtyard Café.		The Square, Corfe Castle, Dorset BH20 5EZ Open in high season 6 days a week. Closed Fridays. School holidays seven days a week. Open low season weekends only CORFE CASTLE MODEL VILLAGE CLICK	Tel: 01929 481234. Fax: 01929 481234
BENNETT'S WATER GARDEN In 1959 Norman Bennett started growing water lilies in the disused clay pits of Chickerell Brickworks. Since then his son, Jonathan, has overseen the landscaping of this 8-acre site to create Bennett's Water Gardens, a lovely walk around numerous lakes with scenic places to sit and unwind. The gardens have one of the most outstanding displays of water lilies in Britain (150 varieties) surrounded by huge pond and moisture loving plants, palms, native trees, wild plants and flowers. The gardens, ponds and reedbeds are home to abundant wildlife. Some of the original water lilies came from the same French nursery that supplied Monets water lily garden in Giverny.		19 Putton Lane, Chickerell, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 4AF BENNETTS WATER GARDEN CLICK	Tel: 01305 785150 \| Fax: 01305 781619
CHETTLE HOUSE GARDEN A Queen Anne Manor house (designed by Thomas Archer) with lawns, good herbaceous borders and a new rose garden.		Blandforum, Dorset, , DT11 8DB	Tel : 01258 830858
CHIFF CHAFFS GARDEN A terraced garden enclosed by a hedge, and woodland garden, run in conjunction with a nursery (Abbey Plants).		Chaffeymoor, Bourton, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 5AY
CRANBORNE MANOR GARDENS Historic gardens surrounding at 12th Century Manor House, divided by walls and hedges, including a white garden, mount garden, a water and wild garden. There is a magnificent display of spring bulbs and fine avenues of beech, lime and yew.		Cranborne, Wimborne Minster, BH21 5PP In Cranborne off the B3078. Garden Centre: Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm, Sundays 10am to 5pm Gardens: Wednesdays only, March to the end of September, 9am to 5pm. CRANBOURNE MANOR GARDENS CLICK	Tel: 01725 517248
DEANS COURT GARDEN 13 peaceful acres of partly wild gardens, with specimen trees, lawns, borders, a delightful herb garden, kitchen garden with long serpentine wall, rose garden, peacocks and beautiful monastery fish pond.		Wimborne Minster, BH21 1EE In the centre of Wimborne Minster, off of East Street. Open April 11th & 12th, May 2nd, 3rd, 23rd & 24th, August 29th & 30th and September 12th. Sundays 2pm to 6pm and Mondays 10am to 6pm DEANE'S COURT CLICK	Tel: 01202 886116
EDMONDSHAM HOUSE A fine Tudor Manor House with Georgian additions and an unusual octagonal Victorian dairy. The delightful walled garden has a herbaceous border and gives keen gardeners the opportunity to see organic gardening in practice.		Edmondsham, Nr Verwood, BH21 5RE In Edmondsham village, off the B3078, Wimborne Minster to Cranborne road. Wednesdays, April and October, 2pm to 5pm and Easter Sunday & Monday, 2pm to 5pm EDMONDSHAM HOUSE CLICK	Tel: 01725 517207
FARRS LODGE Two gravel gardens, two bulb lawns, formal themed borders, natural pond and stream, Buddleia walk and grasses border, wild flower meadow, artist's studio and an old rifle range!		Cowgrove,Wimborne Minster, BH21 4EL. Situated on Cowgrove Lane to the side of the Victoria Hospital in Wimborne Minster.. Easter Monday (12th April) and Sundays, 2pm to 5pm. Please contact Wimborne Tourist Information Centre for further details on (01202) 886116.	Tel: 01202 885130
KINGSTON LACY Kingston Lacy was the home of the Bankes family for over 300 years. All four floors are open to visitors and contain lavish interiors. The Edwardian laundry gives a fascinating insight into life below stairs 100 years ago.The gardens and parkland open with flowering bulbs in the spring, then camellias, azaleas and bluebells. Enjoy summer visits to the formal gardens with floribunda roses, parterre, sunken garden, fernery and lovely hanging baskets.		Kingston Lacy, Wimborne, BH214EA On the B3082 Wimborne to Blandford road, approximately one and a half miles from Wimborne.20th March to 31st October, Wednesday - Sunday (and Bank Holidays), 11am to 5pm. See National Trust Map KINGSTON LACY CLICK	Tel: 01202 883402
KNOLL GARDENS NURSERY Exciting collection of grasses and perennials thrives within a mature framework of unusual trees, shrubs, tumbling waterfalls and pools. Mediterranean style gravel garden, 'Dragon' garden and exotic Summer garden. A nationally acclaimed specialist nursery for grasses and perennials. A quality experience		Stapehill Road, Hampreston, Wimborne Minster, BH21 7ND Signposted off the A31 from Canford Bottom roundabout, nr Wimborne.Wednesdays to Sundays, all year, 10am to 5pm (or dusk if earlier).Closed Christmas and New Year Holiday periods KNOLL GARDENS CLICK	Tel: 01202 873931 Fax: 01202 870842
PRIEST'S HOUSE MUSEUM & GARDEN The museum opened in 1962 and has a 300 foot walled garden reaching down to a mill stream behind the museum. There is a display of horticultural and agricultural implements.		23-27 High Street, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, BH21 1HR
SHUTE HOUSE GARDEN One of Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe's favourites among his own design projects.		Shute House, Donhead St Mary, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 9DG
STAPEHILL ABBEY CRAFTS & GARDENS See magnificent award winning gardens, 19th century buildings with nuns chapel and cloister garden. Working crafts people and a 12,000 sq.ft. museum depicting life in bygone days. Licensed coffee shop, Gift shop, and plant sales		276 Wimborne Road West, Stapehill, Nr Wimborne, Dorset. BH21 2EB off the A31 between Wimborne and Ferndown Open daily from 10am to 5pm Easter to end of September. Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm October to Easter. Closed Christmas Holidays to the end of January STAPEHILL ABBEY CLICK	Tel: 01202 861686

THE GARDENS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
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BADMINTON PARK A great park, made by the Duke of Somerset and shown on a drawing by Kip in 1699. It is one of the main examples of the French style in England. William Kent designed a number of buildings with the pattern of radiating avenues, which Canaletto painted in 1748. The design is not unlike that of Cirencester Park, which is nearby. Thomas Wright added additional garden buildings between 1750 and 1770. There is also a private garden, part of which was designed by Russell Page, which is occasionally open for charity.		Badminton, Avon, Gloucestershire, GL9
BARNSLEY HOUSE GARDEN A William and Mary house with an Arts and Crafts style garden designed by Rosemary Verey after 1951. The partly walled garden has been publicicised through the designers books and TV appearances. It is planted in the Jekyll manner and has a lime walk, a lily pond, an ornamental vegetable garden and statuary.		he Close, Barnsley, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5EE BARNSLEY HOUSE GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01285 740 000
BATSFORD ARBORETUM The Batsford Arboretum is set in 55 acres of lovely Cotswold Countryside and contains over 1500 trees with species from all over the world. Tracks take you though to different parts of the arboretum. Beautiful colours throughout the year, snowdrops in winter, followed by daffodils and then marvellous displays from the Cherries and Magnolias. In summer see the bamboo groves, fine bronze statues and waterside plantings. It all comes together in Autumn with glorious Autumn tints. It is worth allocating around 2 hours to your visit here. Many other gardens nearby to Batsford Arboretum and there is an adjoining Birds Of Prey centre with flying displays.		Moreton in Marsh, Gloucs GL BATSFORD ARBORETUM CLICK	Tel 01386 701441
BERKELEY CASTLE GARDEN A romantic 12th century castle overlooking the watermeadows of the Doverte Brook. The battlements are used as terraced gardens. It has a park, an Elizabethan bowling lawn, a lily pond and extensive planting, notably of climbers. Romantic 12th century castle built by the Berkeley family and still lived in by them today, overlooking the water meadows. Surounding the Castle are Elizabethan terraced gardens planted for scent and colour. Nearby is the medieval Deer Park. Also in the gardens, Elizabeth I's bowling lawn, a lily pond and extensive planting, notably of climbers.		Berkeley, Gloucestershire, , GL13 9BQ BERKELEY CASTLE GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01453 810332
BOURTON HOUSE GARDEN Bourton House - An exciting 3 acre garden surrounding an 18th century manor house (not open) and 16th century Grade I listed Tithe Barn. Extensive topiary including knot garden and parterre; stunning herbaceous borders; water features; 18thC raised walk; unusual shadehouse; specimen trees. A plantsman's paradise! Bourton House 2010 - Open to public every Weds, Thurs, Friday from June to September. Open to groups (min 20 people) from May to October (advance booking essential). NGS Open Day Sunday 15th August. Tea/Coffee & home-made cakes available in Tithe Barn. Ample parking. Limited disabled access. Toilets/Disabled toilet. Sorry, no dogs.		Bourton on the Hill, Nr Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 9AE, BOURTON HOUSE GARDEN CLICK	Tel: 01386 700754
CERNEY HOUSE GARDENS This secret Cotswold garden at Cerney House, high above the lovely Churn Valley is a very special and friendly place. The walled garden has a lovely atmosphere and you can admire the plants as well as listening to the birdsong from the surrounding woods. See the old fashioned roses along the trellis, herbaceous borders and wonderful scents. In April there are lovely displays of tulips joining the last of some very special daffodils. There is a well labelled herb garden and working kitchen garden. Colourful rockery. The 3.5 acre red brick walled garden has many colourful borders and seating areas. In Spring wander through the Bluebell woods down to the front garden which has more colourful borders.		North Cerney, Cirencester GL7 7BX CERNEY HOUSE GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01 285 831300
CIRENCESTER PARK This leading example of the English Forest Style of garden design requires an informed eye and an enthusiasm for walking. The park is 8 km long and 4.8 km wide. Stephen Switzer may have advised on the design. Pope came here over a 30 year period and invested money in the afforestation. Its planting was Lord Bathurst's major achievment. The forest is transected by a goose-foot of avenues, inspired by baroque geometry. But the intention was to make a rural retreat which would be useful and peaceful. It was not designed, like the baroque gardens of Italy and France to impress, visitors with the owner's wealth, power or fashionable taste. By far the best view of the park is from the top of the church steeple in Cirencester.		Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 2BT CIRENCESTER PARK CLICK	Tel: 01285 653135 Fax: 01285 656291
COLESBOURNE PARK The snowdrop collection at Colesbourne Park originated in the plantings made by Henry John Elwes (1846-1922). In 1874 he had discovered Galanthus elwesiis while travelling in western Turkey and he became one of the prominent galanthophiles of his day. It is clear that he planted widely, as the garden today contains large populations of snowdrops, many of them hybrids, descended from those plantings. New cultivars have been added to the collection each year, with the collection now totalling some 160 cultivars.		Nr Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NP COLESBOURNE PARK CLICK	Tel 01242 870264
DYRHAM PARK A William and Mary house with deer park and garden. Only a fragment survives of the garden which was designed by London and Wise and illustrated by Kip in 1712. It was converted to the Serpentine Style in the eighteenth century. Humphry Repton worked here after 1800.		nr Chippenham, Gloucestershire, SN14 8ER DYRHAM PARK CLICK	Tel : 0117 937 2501
FILKINS GARDEN A Cotswold stone house with an Arts and Crafts garden designed by Brenda Colvin.		Lechlade, Gloucestershire, GL7 3JQ
HIDECOTE MANOR GARDEN Hidcote Manor is one of the greatest gardens in England created this century by the great horticulturist Major Lawrence Johnston. This garden at should not be missed. A series of small gardens within a garden each with its own, but also with long avenues bordered by different plantings. The garden is famous for rare shrubs and trees as well as its outstanding design features. See the herbaceous borders which gives a great splash of colour from July. Walk amongst the old scented roses. Take your time to go round and don't forget to take the camera. Can be crowded at weekends.		Hidcote Bartrim, Chipping Campden, GL55 6LR HIDECOTE MANOR GARDEN CLICK	Tel 01386 438333
HIGHNAM COURT The Gardens at Highnam Court have been lovingly restored and expanded. The gardens surround several large lakes, with walkways around them. They are bordered by beds planted with thousands of plants to give colour and interest in all seasons. Whilst many of the plantings are still young becoming established there is much to see. In Spring there are thousands of daffodils throughout the grounds, planted together with other spring bulbs to give a tremendous show. There are many different sections including the Broad Walk and rose tunnel, a Knot Garden, a Wisteria walk and much more. A large oval Rose Garden has been planted with over 2000 roses and 60,000 Spring Flowering Bulbs.		Highnam, Gloucester, GL2 8DP HIGHNAM COURT CLICK	Tel 01452 308251
HODGES BARN GARDENS A 14th century Cotswold Barn barn with a large Arts and Crafts garden. It has stone walls, hedges, topiary, a water garden and a woodland garden. It is well planted with a particular enthusiasm for roses.Very unusual C15 dovecote converted into family home undergoing restoration (not open). Cotswold stone walls act as host to climbing and rambling roses, clematis, vines, hydrangeas, and together with yew, rose and tapestry hedges create formality around house. Mixed shrub and herbaceous borders, shrub roses; water garden; woodland garden planted with cherries, magnolias and spring bulbs.		Shipton Moyne, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8PR HODGES BARN GARDENS CLICK	Tel : 01666 880202
HUNTS COURT GARDENS Hunts Court is not so much a garden but a collection of plants set out in borders bypassed with informal grass paths. It is set high up on the Cotswold Hills and the scenic drive to the garden is beautiful. The speciality here is the collection of over 400 roses which are every where you look flowing from the borders onto trellis, and intermixed with foxgloves and other perennials. You will need to wander round more than once not to miss anything. There is other interest with a good collection of hardy geraniums and the small arboretum is starting to become established.A plant lover's garden with unusual shrubs, 450 varieties old roses, large collection of penstemons and hardy geraniums in peaceful 21/2 -acre garden set against tree-clad hills and Tyndale monument. Mini-arboretum. House (not open) possible birthplace of William Tyndale. Picnic area.		North Nibley, Dursley, GL11 6DZ HUNTS COURT GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01453 547440
KELMSCOTT MANOR GARDEN A sixteenth century house with an Arts and Crafts garden. It was used as a country house by William Morris from 1871-1896 and has a simple well-made 'Old English' garden, as befits the opponent of Victorian eclecticism. The planting at Kelmscott Manor has been restored, with well-chosen plants.		Kelmscott, nr Lechlade, Gloucestershire, GL7 3HJ KELMSCOTT MANOR GARDEN CLICK
KIFTSGATE COURT GARDENS Kiftsgate Court Gardens are magnificently situated garden on the edge of the Cotswold escarpment with views towards the Malvern Hills. The gardens planted around the late 19th century house are planted to give harmonious colour schemes, whilst the sheltered lower garden is home to more tender plants.Sunken garden with fine show of bulbs, but the roses are the true highlight of the garden. June and July are the best months to visit for colour and scent but there is something to see all year round at Kiftsgate Court.Very close to Hidcote Manor.		Chipping Campden, Gloucester GL55 6LR KIFTSGATE COURT GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01386 438777
LYDNEY SPRING GARDENS Set in beautiful countryside the Lydney Spring Gardens are in an enchanted secluded wooded valley with lakes and a profusion of rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias and other flowering shrubs and trees. Plenty of birdsong and places to sit make this a really peaceful oasis on a sunny day. Small formal garden with lovely views over the Severn Estuary. Roman Temple, site museum, and small NZ exhibition. Don't miss the yummy cream scones! served in the elegant dining room.		Lydney Park, Glouc, GL15 6BU LYDNEY SPRING GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01594 842844
MILL DENE GARDEN Mill Dene Garden: hidden in the Cotswolds. ‘We were searching for the spirit of the Cotswolds, and found it at Mill Dene’. A recent Japanese visitor. This is a garden to nourish your senses. Horticultural skill is carried lightly but you will still go home with ideas for all season pleasure in your garden. Set round an old water-mill and pond , the garden is terraced up steep sides to beautiful Cotswold views at the top. The herb garden has the village Church as a backdrop, had views over the hills and is probably sited over the old Saxon burial ground. A misty grotto is home to the ducks ,named trout in the stream hide from the kingfisher and heron, but are not much worried by the family’s Birman cats. Come and enjoy the peace		Blockley, Moreton-in- Marsh, Gloucetershire GL MILL DENE GARDEN CLICK	Tel 01386 700457
MISARDEN PARK GARDENS Lovely 12 acre gardens set around 17th century Manor house - not open. Misarden Park Gardens are in a stunning situation 700 feet above sea level at head of Golden Valley. Beautiful Spring Walk with naturalised bulbs and flowering trees. Displays of tulips from mid April and a wonderful wisteria ( end of April ) which cloaks the front of the House. Formal gardens in summer with large herbaceous borders, rill and fountain. Fine topiary avenue which takes you down to the House with more formal areas either side. All in all a really good way to spend your time. Neighbouring plant nursery with good selection of plants.		Misarden Park, Miserden, Stroud, GL6 7JA MISARDEN PARK GARDENS CLICK	Tel : 01285 821303
OWLPEN MANOR GARDEN A Tudor house (1450-1616) in a wooded valley with an Arts and Crafts garden. The grass terraces and hedges are believed to date from the 1720s. Vita Sackville West exclaimed 'Owlpen - ah! what a dream is there'. Jekyll and Weaver wrote that 'Among the notable examples of little hillside gardens treated in formal fashion, none is more delightful than that of Owlpen'.		Uley, nr Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11 5BZ OWLPEN MANOR GARDEN CLICK	Tel : +44-(0)1453 -860261
PAINSWICK ROCOCO GARDEN Painswick Rococo Garden is a unique 18th century garden set in a hidden valley with lovely views of the surrounding countryside. There is a fascinating combination of woodland walks, vistas, a large kitchen garden which has been restored. Some more formal borders which are still developing. It is famous for its snowdrop displays in winter, coming into their best (28 January ) and likely to last several weeks subject to suitable weather.		Painswick, Gloucestershire GL6 6TH PAINSWICK ROCOCO GARDEN CLICK	Tel 01452 813204
RODMARTON MANOR GARDENS A stunning courtyard garden greets you as you enter through the door by the side of the Rodmarton Manor. The courtyard is divided into many sections with lovely plantings and colourful pots amongst areas of dappled shade. This leads to the outstanding herbaceous borders, one of the best that you will find in Southern England. The path takes you to a charming summer house which looks back towards the manor house. The atmosphere of the garden is superb with many different vistas and plenty of places to sit and take it all in. Combine your visit with a tour of this arts and crafts house at Rodmarton Manor.		Tetbury, Cirencester Gloucs, GL76PF RODMARTON MANOR GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01285 841253
SEZINCOTE GARDEN This garden at Sezincote surrounds a fine house built to encompass Indian character in 1810. It is reminiscent of the Brighton Dome. The Indian influence is seen in the garden and the drive goes over an Indian Bridge with statues of bulls.Water features include a temple pool, Canal, stream bordered with bog loving plants. More formal gardens to the side of the house with elephant statues. Fine trees include copper beeches, cedars, limes and yews with many unusual shrubs. In Autumn the tints are marvellous. Many architectural items give these gardens at Sezincote a distinctive feel. Take time to see inside the House which is superb.		Sezincote, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9AW SEZINCOTE GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01386 700444
SNOWSHILL MANOR GARDEN Delightful hillside garden surrounding beautiful Cotswold manor. Designed in the Arts and Crafts style, the garden consists of a series of contrasting 'outdoor rooms.' Simple colourful plantings tumble and scramble down the terraces and around byres and ponds. Enjoy produce from the kitchen garden in the restaurant		nr Broadway WR12 7JU SNOWSHILL MANOR GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01386 852410
STANWAY BAROQUE WATER GARDENS Stanway Manor House is surrounded by 20 acres of grounds which are now complemented by its newly partly restored baroque water garden. This is one of the finest in Britain with pyramid cascade ( not restored), upper pond, waterfall, grand canal and 300 foot high fountain from June ( superb ). There are some exceptional trees including old cedars of Lebanon. Breathtaking views. The Gardens are now largely neglected, but at one time must have been majestic with a cascade to match that of Chatsworth. Oh for it to be restored.		Nr Winchcombe, Gloucs GL54 5PQ STANWAY BAROQUE WATER GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01386 584528
SUDELEY CASTLE GARDEN This garden at Sudeley Castle surrounds a fine castle which was desecrated by Cromwell in the Civil war. Designed almost as a continuation of the Castle, the inspiration for the gardens draws on and reflects Sudeley’s rich history. Eminent landscape designers including Lanning Roper, Rosemary Verey, Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall and, more recently, Charles Chesshire have all been involved in the design and layout of the gardens. The 14 acres of grounds includes, the Queens Garden, Tudor Knot Garden, Secret Garden and the Carp Pond next to the Tithe Barn. Some great topiary! The Garden is probably best seen from May onwards.		Winchcombe, Gloucs GL54 5JD SUDELEY CASTLE GARDEN CLICK	TEL 01242 602308
TRULL HOUSE Nr TETBURY Trull House is magnificently set in rolling countryside and surrounded by gardens of many sorts, splendid trees and shrubs. There is a large lily pond with terraced gardens, the sunken garden focusing on the summerhouse. The wilderness features a mass of spring bulbs that give way in summer to a wide variety of natural grasses and wild flowers. Behind the beautiful house is the walled garden in which there are a series of herbaceous borders. Despite its size (8 acres) the Trull House Garden is intimate and from it there are stunning views of the Cotswold landscape		Near Tetbury, Glos, GL8 8SQ TRULL HOUSE CLICK	Tel : 01285 841255
WESTBURY COURT GARDEN This formal Dutch Westbury Court Water Garden was laid out between 1696 and 1705. Historical varieties of apple, pear and plum with many other plants introduced to England before 1700. The Water Gardens include a long canal bordered by yew hedges. An elegant Dutch style pavilion is at the head of one canal. There is a secret walled garden and don't miss the holm oak which could be the oldest in the country. The Westbury Court Garden is set on low land on the banks of the River Severn.		Westbury Court Garden, Nr Gloucester, GL14 1PD WESTBURY COURT GARDEN CLICK	Tel 01452 760461
WESTONBIRT ARBORETUM Westonbirt Arboretum, the National Arboretum is known worldwide for its trees. Over 18,000 of them from all over the world, planted since 1829 and plantings continue today. 17 miles of way-marked trails and something to see in every season from vibrant autumn colours to bluebells, and spring flowers. The acers also look great in the spring with their mellow tints while the older and more mature trees are coloured with emerald green. The display of Autumn tints from around early October is a marvellous sight and is not to be missed. Well worth making a special visit.		Westonbirt, Tetbury, Glouc, GL8 8QS WESTONBIRT ARBORETUM CLICK	Tel 01666 880220

THE GARDENS OF HAMPSHIRE
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Get 20 per cent off admission price to some of the area's top attractions this summer with East Hampshire District Council's new discount card.

The Local Explorer Card is now available on-line or at Tourist Information Centres and will offer East Hampshire's visitors good times for less.The card, which costs just £5, is valid for six months and entitles up to five people entrance to participating attractions at a 20 per cent discount. It can be used an unlimited number of times within the six month period. Among the attractions signed up to the scheme are Birdworld, Gilbert White's House, Mid-Hants Railway Watercress Line, Butser Ancient Farm and Milestone in Basingstoke. Tim Beere, Marketing Manager for Mid Hants Railway, said: "We are delighted to be participating in East Hampshire District Council's Local Explorer Card scheme. We operate a 10 mile steam railway line between Alresford and Alton and this card offers a 20% discount on entrance fees. A normal family ticket costs £30 and using this card saves you £6 which so it pays for the cost of the card the first time you use it. The cards are available from Grayshott Pottery, Queen Elizabeth Country Park, near Horndean, Forest Lodge Garden Centre, near Farnham, Petersfield Town Hall and the Tourist Information Centre, Petersfield.The Phoenix Theatre in Bordon will also be selling the cards and offering a £1 discount on theatre tickets to card holders. For up-to-date offers and information on how to get hold of the card go to: www.easthants.gov.uk/localexplorer or get in telephone 01730 234066.

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Abbey Gardens

The Abbey Gardens and Mill are part of the site of St Mary’s Abbey, once one of the largest religious houses in England. In November 1539 the Abbey was surrendered to Henry VIII as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries and most of the monastic buildings were demolished. The site was subsequently gifted to the City by Queen Mary Tudor to celebrate her marriage to Philip of Spain in the Cathedral in July 1554. The land was later divided into two, the eastern part was occupied by a fine town house and formal gardens that survive today as the Mayor of Winchester's official residence and public gardens. The western part of the site was cleared for the City's Guildhall in 1873. Remains of St Mary’s Abbey can be seen at the back of the Guildhall.

The Broadway, Winchester,
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Alice Holt Woodland Park

This ancient forest is famous for its oak trees which once supplied timber for building navy ships. Recently, Alice Holt oak has been used to build a replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. Today the area has been designated a Woodland Park which means that it is managed for the benefit of its visitors, its wildlife, as well as a working forest.

Bentley near Alton, GU10 4LS
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Ashford Chase

One of Hampshire's most beautiful woodland areas, where the poet Edward Thomas and his wife Helen lived before his death in the First World War. 323 acres of woodland and beech hanger, with magnificent views over the surrounding area.

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The nearest town is Petersfield, but roads to Alton and to Liss form part of the road boundary of the area, to which the name Ashford Chase is conveniently given, though in fact it is made up of a series of hills running east from Stoner to Wheatham. Footpaths cross the area from almost every direction.

Avon Valley Path

from Christchurch to Salisbury via Ringwood, Fordingbridge and Downton. A 34 mile walk through the Avon Valley, a wildlife heritage area

The walk starts or finishes at Salisbury Cathedral and Christchurch Priory. The route is well marked with a variety of signposts, nameplates and waymarks, all in the same distinctive colours of green and beige, bearing the bridge symbol. In towns similar markings will be found on street furniture.
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Bishop's Waltham Nature Trail

A circular walk of about two miles around the countryside immediately to the east of Bishop's Waltham.

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Bishop's Waltham, Southampton,
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Bramdean House

Traditional 6-acre garden on chalk, famous for mirror-image herbaceous borders. Carpets of bulbs, especially snowdrops, in the spring. Very many unusual plants incl collection of old-fashioned sweet peas and hardy/tender nerines. 1-acre kitchen garden featuring prizewinning vegetables, fruit and flowers Open: Suns 14 Feb; 14 Mar; 11 Apr; 13 June; 11 J

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Hampshire,
SO24 0JU
4m S of Alresford. In centre of village on A272

Tel : 01962 771214

Braxton Gardens

Braxton Gardens are located two miles north of Henry VIII's Tudor Castle at Hurst. Come and explore the walled garden and courtyard with its cooling pool and fountain, designed around the attractive red brick barns of an original Victorian farmyard. The gardens contain many beautiful roses, including the Apothecary's Rose and the Eglantine Rose.

Braxton Gardens, Lymore Lane, Milford-on-Sea, Lymington, SO41 0TX
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Broadlands Gardens

A Palladian house in a serpentine park, home to Lord Palmerston in the eighteenth century and to Lord Mountbatten in the twentieth century. The park was designed by Lancelot Brown, as were some parts of the house. Dorothy Stroud writes (p138) that 'In addition to new lawns and plantations, Brown must have have been responsible for alterations at this time to an earlier orangery'. The view of the house across the River Test to the house is an eighteenth century classic.. The House is closed 2009 -2010 for refurbishment.

Romsey,
Hampshire,
SO51 9ZD
Broadlands is on the A3090 Romsey by-pass, ½ mile from Romsey town centre. The M27 motorway runs 3 miles from Broadlands providing excellent motorway and trunk road links in all directions - Central London is only 2 hours from Broadlands via the M3 and M27 motorways. Drivers should leave the M27 motorway at Junction 3 if approaching from the North and East, or Junction 2 if approaching from the West, and follow the signs to Broadlands.
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Tel 01794 505010

Browndown Reserve

In the fen north of Browndown Road still grow the aromatic Sweet Gale, Bush Grass, Saw Sedge, Purple Small- reed and Bog St. John's Wort

Stokes Bay Road, Gosport ,
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Clarendon Way

A 24 mile walk joining the two Wessex cities of Winchester and Salisbury, a perfect weekend walk. In contrast to the Test Way (which runs from the hills overlooking Berkshire, down the Test Valley to the coast), the Clarendon Way crosses the Test Valley between Kings Somborne and Houghton.It starts beside the waters of the Itchen in the heart of Winchester and ends near the Avon at Salisbury Cathedral. It provides a splendid variety of scenery along the way, ranging from the water meadows of the valleys with their charming villages through woodland - ancient as well as modern - to downlands with far-ranging views.

The Clarendon Way RouteSalisbury to Clarendon Palace (3 miles) , Clarendon Palace to Broughton (8 miles), Broughton to Oliver’s Battery, Winchester (9½ miles), Oliver's Battery to Winchester City Centre (3½ miles)
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EXBURY GARDENS

Exbury - HHA/Christies 'Garden of the year' 2001. A spectacular 200 acre woodland garden famous for the Rothschild collection of rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias. The daffodil meadow, rock garden, rose garden, herbaceous borders, rare shrubs and exotic trees ensure year round interest. Superb autumn colour. Enjoy also the newly opened steam railway and Summer Lane Garden, planted with huge swatches of herbaceous perennials and grasses. Features include a bridge, tunnel and viaduct. Exbury Gardens are a great family day out.Sat 26th February - Sunday 6 Nov, daily, 10am-5.30pm

The Estate Office
Exbury, Southampton, SO45 1AZ

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Tel

023 8089 1203

Farley Mount Country Park

On the downs a few miles west of Winchester lies Farley Mount Country Park, a large area of open country and woods. At the highest point is the strange pyramid shaped folly, with some of the finest views in central Hampshire. The Country Park is named after the famous monument to a horse, named "Beware Chalk Pit", which carried its owner to a racing victory in 1734, a year after having fallen into a chalk pit whilst out fox-hunting The park also includes Crab Wood

Hampshire County Council Crab Wood Depot
Sarum Road, Winchester
SO22 5QS
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Furzey Gardens

A sixteenth century cottage with a twentieth century heathland and woodland garden, in the New Forest, concentrating on flowering shrubs and bulbs. It was made by Hugh Dalrymple.Set in the heart of the New Forest at Minstead these delightful Gardens were established in 1922 and are renowned for their all year round beauty. Enjoy the lake, heather garden and fernery, a host of Summer and Winter flowering shrubs and trees of botanical interest, including extensive collections of Rhododendrons and azaleas.Opening times - All year. Daily, except 25th and 26th December. Open 10am to 5pm, or dusk.

School Lane,
Minstead,
Lyndhurst,
Hampshire,
SO43 7GL
Furzey Gardens are 8 miles south west of Southampton, in Minstead village. 0.5 miles north of the M27/M31 junction.
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Tel: 02380 812464 Fax: 02380 812297

Gilbert White's Home

Welcome to Gilbert White's House & The Oates Museum website. Come and enjoy a special day out at this fascinating and most original museum commemorating important individuals in the exploration of the natural world, set in an historic village in beautiful countryside. Having paid admission,our guests are free to come and go as often as they please that day. View the House and Museum, go for a walk around the delightful gardens and through the Park to see the follies, take tea in the Parlour and shop in the old billiard room. Time and energy permitting walk up the famous Gilbert White's Zigzag through the hanging beechwoods, return and tour the grounds. Or just sit and look at one of the most delightful views in the South of England.Opening times - All year except Christmas period. Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays. Also open Mondays June to August. Open 11am to 5pm.

Selborne,
Alton,
GU34 3J
Gilbert White's Garden is 4.5 miles south of Alton, in the village of Selbourne.
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Hamble Common

Hamble Common is 55 acres of coastal heath of special scientific interest managed by the Countryside Service of Eastleigh Borough Council. Much of this area is a Site of Special Scientific Interest because of its wide range of habitats. By following the way marked trail the visitor can discover heathland, woodland, meadow, salt-marsh, mudflats and a shingle beach. Along the shore are the remains of Iron-age settlements, a Tudor castle and a Napoleonic gun battery. Together with the second world-war gun, these provide clues to the fascinating history of the common, which is also a scheduled Ancient Monument.

Hamble Common, near Southampton
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Hangers Way

The Hangers Way is a 21-mile long-distance walking route.It will take you from Alton Railway Station, out into the lush Hampshire countryside, along a series of steep-sided wooded hills, known as “The Hangers”. It then passes through the pretty market town of Petersfield to finish at Queen Elizabeth Country Park,

The route stretches between Alton and Queen Elizabeth Country Park in Hampshire.
The route is well sign posted with the logo of a tree on a green arrow.
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Hillier Gardens

Sir Harold Hillier Gardens (formerly known as the Hillier Arboretum) hold the greatest collection of hardy trees and shrubs in the world. Started by the late Sir Harold Hillier in 1953 and given in trust to Hampshire County Council in 1977, the Gardens now extend to 180 acres.Within this unique collection of more than 42,000 plants (12,500 different types), visitors will find much of interest throughout the year.Opening times - All year daily except 25th & 26th December. Open 10am to 6pm or dusk.

Sir Harold Hillier Gardens
Jermyns Lane,
Ampfield,
Romsey,
SO51 0QA
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Hiltingbury Lakes

Prehistoric burial mounds discovered nearby are the first evidence of settlement in the area. Parts of the Roman road from Nursling to Winchester have also been found in the vicinity. The lake was originally one of a series which may have been ancient fishponds described in the Domesday Book. The others lay to the north of Hiltingbury Road. Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century farms and cottages are the next positive evidence of people living in the area.

Lake Road, (or Lakewood Road), Chandlers Ford,, Eastleigh

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Hinton Ampner Garden

Ralph Dutton is the extraordinary designer who is responsible for this, one of the great 20th Century arrangements of a garden. Across the country people flock to see what is considered a modern masterpiece of design, a fantastic collection of flowers and plants, bushes and trees, arranged with a care and attention that most would hardly notice some of the points of interest without closer inspection.Opening times - Mid March to early November. Saturday to Wednesday. Open 11am to 5pm.

Bramdean,
nr Alresford,
Hampshire
SO24 0LA
Hinton Ampner garden is 1 mile west of Bramdean, 8 miles east of Winchester
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Phone: +44 (0)1962 771305

HOLLY HILL GARDEN

A suburban plantswoman's garden designed by the owner that has evolved over the last 20 years. There is a large waterfall, stream, clematis, roses, hardy geraniums, ferns, hostas and many containers with foliage plants and summer bedding. It is a cottage-style garden with traditional planting inspiringly mixed with an eclectic range of foliage and grasses and unusual perennials combined with the sound of water throughout the design. The garden was the overall winner of Southampton in Bloom in 2003.Opening times - Various weekends between June and August - see website for details. Open 2pm to 6pm.

93 Holly Hill,
Bassett,
Southampton,
Hampshire,
SO16 7ET
2 miles north of Southampton on the western side of Bassett Avenue.
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Hook Nature Reserve

Over 500 acres at the mouth of the river Hamble, including intertidal mudflats and a shoreline almost 3 miles long. There are a variety of habitats of which some are regionally rare and declining. The foreshore and intertidal areas provide an important winter feeding ground for many species of wading birds and wildfowl including Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwits, Oystercatchers, Redshanks, Shelduck and Brent Geese.

Access to the reserve is via a network of public footpaths. The two public car parks close to the waterfront at Warsash are an ideal starting point.
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Houghton Lodge Gardens

An eighteenth century Cottage Ornee in parkland beside the River Test. There is a flint grotto and a modern Hydroponicum in which plants are grown without soil. A haven of peace above the tranquil beauty of the River Test. The gardens at Houghton Lodge are listed Grade II*, and surround an enchanting and unique example of an 18th Century “Cottage Orné”. Chalk Cob walls enclose a traditional Kitchen Garden with espaliers, herbs and heated greenhouses, a hydroponicum and an orchid collection. The Gardens are both formal and informal with fine trees, a woodland walk, stunning herbaceous border and topiary peacock garden. There is a topiary puffing dragon! Houghton Lodge is a popular TV/Film location including the film “Wilde” and BBC “David Copperfield”. A further 14 acres adjoining the garden provide an experience of the natural world with meadow walks through the peaceful and unspoiled surroundings of the River Test where you will meet Tom, Dick and Harry, our new Alpacas. Houghton Lodge has an importance quite disproportionate to its size, a building of architectural and historic importance. Built sometime before 1799 and probably intended as a fishing lodge, it is one of the earliest examples of a Cottage Orné or Rural Retreat. Whoever designed it appreciated regional buildings, especially the rounded thatched forms and plastered walls of Hampshire valley villages. Built on a hill overlooking the River Test, a more magical position would be hard to find. Both the House and the Garden are in the rare category of Grade II* listed status, one of only 12 properties in the whole of Hampshire. Drifts of daffodills and snowdrops in the spring. Many cyclamen under the trees in the spring and autumn. Opening times - Open 1st March-31st October 10am-5pm everyday. Wednesdays and House by appointment only.

Houghton Lodge,
Stockbridge,
Hampshire,
SO20 6LQ
Houghton Lodge garden is 1.5 miles south of Stockbridge (A30) on minor road to Houghton village.

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Tel 01264 810502

Itchen Valley Country Park

The River Itchen is considered to be one of the best chalk streams in the world. Visitors to Winchester can escape the bustle of the city centre and take a leisurely walk along its banks which offer excellent views of the city’s medieval defences. The river is home to many varieties of protected species such as otters. It is also extremely popular with people who enjoy fly-fishing. There are plenty of benches along the river to sit and enjoy the view before walking back into the city or further along the river away from it.

Winchester area
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Longstock Park Water Gardens

A woodland garden and water garden with small islands linked by bridges. The water is supplied, generously, by the River Test. The planting is lush and varied.Opening times - April to September, 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month, Open 2pm to 5pm

Longstock,
nr Stockbridge,
Hampshire,
SO20 6JF
Longstock Park Gardens are 2 miles north of Stockbridge, from A30 turn north onto A3057
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Mottisfont Abbey Gardens

A former Augustinian priory beside the River Test with a park and garden. The park has ancient trees and an eighteenth century summer house. The Lime Walk was designed by Geoffrey Jellicoe in 1936. The Rose Garden, planted by Graham Stuart Thomas with pre-1900 shrub roses, is in the old kitchen garden. He wrote: 'I like to think that.. The rose's pomp will be displayed far into the future at Mottisfont where my work of some thirty years collecting these varieties together from France, Germany and the United States, and numerous gardens and nurseries in the British Isles, will not be set at naught'.Opening times - Check Mottisfont Abbey Garden website for dates. Open 11am to 5pm (4pm in November & December

Mottisfont, nr Romsey,
SO51 0LP
Mottisfont Abbey Garden is 4.5 miles north west of Romsey and 0.5 miles west of A3057.

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Mottistone Manor Garden

This magical garden at Mottistone Manor is planted to allow for climate change with colourful borders, shrub-filled banks and grassy terraces, is set in a sheltered valley with views to the sea and surrounds an Elizabethan manor house (tenanted). There are delightful walks on the surrounding downs.

N.T.Mottistone Manor 2010 - From 14 March - see website for days and times, Free entry for National Trust Members. Tea Garden. Partial disabled access.

Mottistone,
Isle of Wight
PO30 4EA
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Tel : 01983 741302

Moundsmere Manor Garden

A twentieth century house and garden designed, in 1908, by Sir Reginald Blomfield. There are yew hedges, a canal, a terrace and views of the surrounding landscape.

Preston Candover,
nr Basingstoke,
Hampshire,

Northington Grange

Northington Grange is a mansion near New Alresford, Hampshire, England. It is owned by English Heritage and is open to the public.Set in a landscaped park with an ornamental lake, it is a home built originally in 1670 by architect William Samwell for Sir Robert Henley. It was remodelled in a Greek revival style by the architect William Wilkins in 1804 and 1809: this involved remodelling the 17th century house. The portico is of the Greek Doric columns, six in width and two deep, loosely based on the Parthenon. Visitors have included George IV, Lord Tennyson and Thomas Carlyle.

New Arlesford,
Hampshire SO24 9TG
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Phone: +44 (0)1424 775705

Osborne House

After her marriage to Prince Albert in 1840, Queen Victoria felt the need for a family residence in the country. To use her own words, ‘a place of one’s own – quiet and retired’. Osborne House was acquired to fulfil this role. In keeping with the house, the terrace gardens were designed in formal Italianate style by Cubitt and Prince Albert himself. The walled garden has been restored as part of the Contemporary Heritage Gardens scheme run by English Heritage. The grounds at Osborne House are a delight with the Victorian spirit of the garden recaptured for modern visitors.Open most of year - English Heritage See website for details. Shop, refreshments, partial disabled access. Guided tours at other times by appointment.

Osborne House,
East Cowes,
Isle of Wight
PO32 6JY

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Tel 01983 200022

The Physic Garden, Petersfield

Set in an ancient walled burgage plot behind the High Street, the garden has recently been planted in a style familiar to John Goodyer, the distinguished 17th century botanist, who lived in Petersfield. The garden which is just over a quarter of an acre was given to Hampshire Gardens Trust in 1988 by Major John Bowen. Part of the garden is laid out with beds of herbs in a formal geometric pattern typical of 17th century physic gardens.

16 The High Street, Petersfield,

tel 01730 269060

Queen Eleanor's Garden

In medieval times a garden offered pleasure, repose and refreshment to the senses as well as food and medicine. Queen Eleanor’s Garden is an accurate example of such a garden and features include turf seats, bay hedges, a fountain, camomile lawn, tunnel arbour and many beautiful herbs and flowers of the time.Situated just outside the South Door of The Great Hall is a re-creation of a medieval herbarium named after Queen Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III and her daughter-in-law Queen Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I.

The Great Hall and Queen Eleandor’s Garden The Castle, Winchester, SO23 8UJ

Tel
01962 846476

Queen Elizabeth Country Park

This is the biggest country park in Hampshire with over 20 miles of trails catering for walkers, cyclists & horse riders including specially made trails for mountain-biking - from beginners to advanced. There is a café and visitor centre where activities run throughout the year. The South Downs Way runs through the park and across the nearby Butser Hill National Nature Reserve. It is situated just off the A3, near to Petersfield.

Gravel Hill, Horndean, PO8 0QE
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023 9259 5040

Spinners Garden

On a slope overlooking the River Lymington valley with Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Magnolias, Camellias, Japanese Maples, Hydrangeas, and other rare shrubs interplanted with a wide variety of choice woodland and ground cover plants. Adjoining internationally known nursery.The garden was made between 1961 and 1981 by the owners . Rhododendrons and Azaleas are the mainstay at the top of the garden where the soil is very poor, selected to give interest for long periods by concentrating on foliage and habit and not just flowers.Opening times - Mid April to mid September. Tuesday to Saturday. Open 10am to 5pm.

Spinners Garden,
Lymington,
SO41 5QE
Spinners garden is 1.5 miles north of Lymington.
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Stanstead Park House

Set in 1750 acres of glorious park and woodland on the Hampshire/West Sussex border. Stansted House is a prime example of the Carolean revival and the lavishly decorated Chapel of St Paul was an inspiration to the poet Keats.Stansted began as a hunting lodge in the 11th century, and has seen a succession of interesting owners and many royal and distinguished visitors over the centuries. It was built on the present site in 1688 for Richard Lumley, probably to a design by William Talman. The Stansted Park estate began in the 11th century as a hunting lodge in a forest. A great house was built in 1688. After several owners and a disastrous fire in 1900, the present mansion was rebuilt on the 'footprint' of the old house became the home of the Earls of Bessborough in 1924. Today there are 1750 acres of deer park and woodland. There is an arboretum and a Victorian walled garden which has been planted with roses and herbaceous plants. Lord Bessborough wrote a book The Enchanted Forest on the history of Stansted Park. The estate was given to the public in 1983.Arboretum in a stunning setting on the edge of an ancient forest. Walled gardens currently undergoing restoration. Garden centre open all year round. In front of the house is the cricket lawn dating back to the 1740s. The longest beech avenue in England, laid out in the 18th century, leads from the house through the forest Opening times - Grounds & Arboretum open all year. Daily 9-5pm Free parking, large Garden Centre & Tea room.

Stansted Park

Rowlands Castle

PO9 6DX
Follow the brown Heritage signs from the A3 ( Emsworth & Rowlands Castle B2149) or A27 (Havant)
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023 9241 2265

Staunton Country Park

Staunton Country Park is set in 1000 acres of parkland with huge, beautiful glasshouses, walled gardens (including the Golden Jubilee maze) and follies. This park also has the only remaining ornamental farm in England, with horses, pigs, sheep, llamas, peacocks and waterfowl. Experience this as a perfect family day out. The ornamental farm is great fun for children who can pet the animals and have fun at the play area. The Victorian house has gone but much of Sir Geoerge Staunton's garden survives. Staunton was a horticulturalist and an orientalist. There is a terrace, a shell house, lakes, a Chinese bridge, a crinkle crankle wall, ornamental farm, maze and a very large nineteenth century greenhouse. The Oval Garden displays plants typical of the Regency period in teardrop shaped beds. The Sensory Garden was created in 2002 with aromatic herbs, grasses, tactile plants and wind chimes. Opening times - All year. Daily except Christmas. Open 10am to 5pm summer, 10am to 4pm winter.

Staunton,
Middle Park,
Way
Havant,
PO9 5HB
Staunton Park is north west of Havant.
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023 9245 3405

Staunton Way

A long-distance walking route, of 20.5 miles, through some of Hampshire’s finest and most peaceful countryside. The trail starts in the north of Hampshire, at Queen Elizabeth Country Park near Petersfield. It meanders up onto the hills of the South Downs, through the villages of Chalton and Finchdean, eventually leading you down to Staunton Country Park, close to the town of Havant. The route is waymarked and can easily be walked in stages.

The route stretches between Queen Elizabeth Country Park, near Petersfield and Staunton Country Park, Havant in Hampshire.

The route is well sign posted with the logo of a roe deer on a green arrow
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Telegraph Wood

55 acres of broad-leaved and coniferous woodland managed by the Countryside Service of Eastleigh Borough Council, under lease from Queen's College Oxford. On entering the woodland from Telegraph Road, the dense shade of the Douglas firs hides the remains of an Armada beacon marked by a perfectly circular bank. Further along the main path, the firs give way to reveal sweet chestnut coppice. Traditional coppice management continues today, providing a valuable crop of timber which regrows after each cutting. In the autumn, the trees shed their prickly seeds which carpet the ground and provide food for jays and squirrels. From places where tree cover is sparse, extensive views of the surrounding countryside can be enjoyed from the woodland's elevated position. Looking down from the remains of the Iron Age hill-fort to the valley below, you can imagine how difficult it would have been to attack.

Telegraph Road, Southampton,
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Test Way

A 44 mile long-distance walking route starting on the chalk downs at Inkpen.
It follows much of the course of the River Test to Eling where it flows into Southampton Water.
The route passes through some of the most picturesque villages in Hampshire.

The walk can start or finish at Inkpen in Berkshire or Eling Wharf in Hampshire.
The route is well sign posted and waymarked, using discs and urban stickers with the logo of TW on a green arrow.
Horse-riders and cyclists can also use some parts of the Test Way.
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The Tudor House Museum and Garden

A fifteenth century house with a re-created Tudor Garden. It was designed by Dr Sylvia Landsberg who, in her book on Medieval Gardens, is careful to distinguish between reconstruction, restoration and re-creation. This is a re-creation, for there are no old plans or other remains. It has a knot garden, period plants, heraldic beasts, a rose arbour, a tunnel of vines and hives for honey bees.Opening times - Gardens open by appointment - call 023 8063 5904. House closed for refurbishment.

The Tudor House Museum,
Bugle Street,
Southampton,
Hampshire,
SO14 2AD
In Bugle Street, Southampton.

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Tel : 023 8063 5904

Upton Grey Manor House Garden

The 15th century Manor House was altered by Ernest Newton in 1903-1905 for Charles Holme, founder of the leading Arts and Crafts magazine The Studio. The garden was designed and planted in 1908 and 1909 by Gertrude Jekyll. This is the most accurately and fully restored of her gardens. The garden consists of a Wild garden where grass paths run amongst rambling roses, shrubs and trees to a planted pond. The Formal garden holds herbaceous borders with colours running from cool colours at either end to hot in the centre, a rose lawn, planted drystone walls, bowing and tennis lawns. This is surrounded by a nuttery, kitchen garden, and orchard with pergolas and arbours. The garden was awarded a Gold Star in Channel Five's television programme 'I own Britain's Best Home and Garden' (broadcast October 25th 2008. The garden was selected amongst the late Geoff Hamilton's Paradise Gardens and appears in his television series of that name. It is a very fine garden and is visited by gardeners from around the world. In 2005 the garden featured solo in a half hour television programme that appeared on three Japanese TV channels. Opening times - May to July. Weekdays except bank holidays 9-4pm by appointment only

Upton Grey,
nr Basingstoke,
Hampshire,
RG25 2RD

In Upton Grey, on the hill above and beside the church.

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Tel: 01256 862827

Victoria Park Gardens

A traditional City Centre park dating from 1878 and originally known as "The Peoples Park". It has many mature trees, flower gardens, play area, aviary, pets corner and interesting monuments. The park is close to Victoria Swimming Centre, the Guildhall and the railway station.

Victoria Park, Portsmouth
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The Vyne

This is an attractive 16th Century house and estate that forms a treasure trove of history. The house is a rare treasure in this region, having been in the hands of the same family for over three hundred and fifty years, and managed by the National Trust. The park was designed by John Chute between 1755 and 1776. There are lawns, lakes, woodland walks and a wild garden. The extraordinary Tudor chapel is one of the many highlights here.Opening times - April to October. Daily except Thursday and Friday. Also weekends in February and March. Open 11am to 5pm.

Sherborne St John,
Basingstoke,
Hampshire
RG24 9HL
The Vyne garden is 4 miles north of Basingstoke, between Bramley and Sherborne St John.
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Phone: +44 (0)1256 883858 - Mobile: +44 (0)1256 881720

Wayfarers Walk

The Wayfarers Walk extends 70 miles between the coast near Portsmouth and Inkpen Beacon just across the Berkshire border. It connects with other long distance paths at Emsworth (the Sussex Border Path), at Bedhampton (the Solent Way) and at Inkpen Beacon (the Test Way). Linking with the Wayfarers Walk are six circular walks each consisting of a network of paths of varying distances. Near the villages of Burghclere and Kingsclere the Wayfarer's Walk traverses Watership Down, the setting for Richard Adams' best-selling book of the same name about a community of rabbits.

Start - Inkpen Beacon - Burghclere - North Oakley - Deane - Dummer - Brown Candover - New Alresford - Cheriton - Droxford - Hambledon - Denmead - Bedhampton - Emsworth - End
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Wellington Country Park Stratfield Saye Gardens

The estate was a gift to the Duke of Wellington's from a grateful nation. It has a Victorian garden with a collection of trees, an American garden, a summerhouse, a camellia house, a herbaceous border and a rose garden. Loudon, in 1833, remarked that 'we expected the surface of the grounds to be flat, but were agreeably surprised to find a gentle hollow running through them in the direction of the length of the park [which is] as well wooded as could be desired'. He also saw 'the charger which the duke rode at waterloo [for] 15 hours, without once dismounting, and it has never been ridden since that day'. Wellington Country Park has all the ingredients for a fantastic day our with barbeque and picnic areas, nature trails, adventure playgrounds, crazy golf, miniature railway, sandpit, animal farm, fishing lake, cafe, gift and Toy shop.

In the heart of the park, you'll find the elegant, but intimate, Stratfield Saye House, home to the Dukes of Wellington since 1817. The house and gardens offer an intriguing and informative insight into the life of the Great Duke of Wellington.Opening times - See garden website for opening information.

Stratfield Saye,
Basingstoke,
Hampshire,
RG7 2BZ

between Reading and Basingstoke.- just off the A33 on the B3349, near the village of Riseley, and accessible from the M4 (Junction 11) and M3 (Junction 6)
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Tel: 0118 9326 444

West Green House Garden

Celebrated garden with an intriguing collection of follies - Voted one of the UK's top 50 gardens - Herbaceous beds with wonderful colour combinations - Superb ornamental kitchen garden. An eighteenth century house with old walled gardens which were re-designed in the late twentieth century. The use of plants and colour themes is imaginative. Most of the planting is in the Arts and Crafts style but there is also an Islamic garden loosely based on the chahar bagh idea. The gardens have been restored by Marylyn Abbott.- Restrictions frequently necessary for the development and protection of the garden. Opening times - Open to the public from 12noon until 5.00pm on on Easter Sunday 12th April. Sunday 26th April Sunday 3rd May June midsummer concert date tba July summer concert - date tba Sunday 27th September

West Green,
Hartley Wintney,
Hampshire
RG27 8JB
1 mile west of Hartley Witney village.
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Tel : 01252 844611

West Walk

West Walk at 350 hectares is the largest relic fragment of the former Royal Forest of Bere. It is designated a Forest Nature Reserve and is probably one of the most important woodlands, outside the New Forest, in Hampshire. Much old Oak remains, protected by a management plan for the next 200 years. Ancient records and warrants establish a close relationship between the forest and the naval dockyards. It is recorded that in 1232, during the reign of Henry III, galleys were repaired with timber from the forest; in 1522 during the reign of Henry Vlll shipwrights were sent to the forest to select timber, and in 1653, 500 trees were felled in three days to repair ships damaged in skirmishes with the Dutch.

West Walk, Forest of Bere, near Fareham,
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Westwood Woodland Park

180 acres of woodland and grassland with impressive views over Southampton Water and the City. It lies between the medieval remains of Netley Abbey and Weston Shore, a Site of Special Scientific Interest for wading birds and Southampton's only beach. Westwood is managed for nature conservation and quiet informal recreation for local people. Westwood is open all year round and there is no charge to visit. It has a network of well surfaced paths which are passable in all but the wettest weather. There are two waymarked trails, many benches and a picnic site to help you enjoy your visit.

Weston Shore, Southampton Water The site has lots of entrance points, most of these are kissing gates
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Woolmer Forest

One of Britain's richest nature heathland reserves, in the guardianship of the army. Woolmer Forest is a remnant of a medieval hunting forest, situated in North East Hampshire near the village of Selborne. Some of the earliest descriptions of the Forest came from the pen of Gilbert White, a naturalist who lived in Selborne in the late 18th Century. A large area, some 300 hectares, has survived largely because it was purchased by the War Department in the 1860s and has been used since then as a rifle range.

Woolmer Forest, near Petersfield , Hampshire
Longmoor Training Camp, Longmoor Liss, near Petersfield, Hampshire GU33 6EL
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Yateley Common Country Park

This Country Park consists of 476 acres of heathland, woods, grassland and ponds. Much of the Common is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) because of its importance for wildlife. Heathland supports a large number of rare and beautiful species and the site is carefully managed in order to conserve and restore this important habitat.

In The Blackwater Valley
Yateley Common Country Park

tel 01252 870425

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Abbey Cottage

This 1½-acre organic garden, on alkaline soil, is a fine garden by any standards. Inside the C18 walls of an old kitchen garden there are enclosures, on different levels, which together make an inspirational garden, designed, created and now maintained by the owner. The adjoining meadow contains specimen trees, an orchard, spring bulbs, summer wild flowers and a plantation of native trees Open: Easter Mon 5 Apr, Sun 11 Apr; Sun 29, Mon 30 Aug (12-5).

Abbey Cottage,
Itchen Abbas,
Hampshire
SO21 1BN
2½m W of Alresford. On B3047 between Kingworthy and Alresford, ½m E of the Trout Inn at Itchen Abbas
ABBEY COTTAGE CLICK

80 Abbey Road,

Small garden with extensive collection of herbs and unusual plants of botanical and historical interest, many of which are for sale. Formal box edging provides structure for the more relaxed planting. Interesting use of containers, and other ideas for small gardens. Two ponds and tiny meadow area attract wide range of butterflies and other animals. Wildlife pond enlarged for 2010. Garden trails for children. Living willow seat, trained grapevine Open: Sun 9 May (11-5). Visitors also welcome by appointment.

80 Abbey Road,
Fareham,
Hampshire
PO15 5HW
1m W of Fareham. From M27 J9 take A27 E towards Fareham for approx 2 m. At top of hill (past Titchfield gyratory) turn L at T-lights into Highland Rd. Turn 4th R into Blackbrook Rd. Abbey Rd 4th turning on L
80 ABBEY ROAD CLICK

Tel : 01329 843939

Alverstoke

Restored Regency ornamental garden, designed to enhance fine Crescent (Owen 1828). Trees, walks and flowers lovingly maintained by community/Council partnership. Garden's considerable local historic interest highlighted by impressive restoration and creative planting of adjacent St Mark's churchyard. Worth seeing together. Heritage, history and horticulture: a fascinating package (see website)

Alverstoke Crescent Garden,
Gosport,
Hampshire
PO12 2DH
1m S of Gosport. From A32 & Gosport follow signs for Stokes Bay. Continue alongside bay to small roundabout, turn L into Anglesey Rd. Crescent Garden signed 50yds on R
ALVERSTOKE CLICK

Tel : 02392 422467

23 Anglesey Road

A trio of garden styles in one small package. Exuberant mix of trees, shrubs and perennials with pool and greenhouse round the back. A Mediterranean feel at the front, linked by a shady fern border. Unusual angular design packed with interesting plants and constantly evolving
Open: Weds 14 Apr; 16 June; 22 Sept (2-6). Visitors also welcome by appointment , all year

23 Anglesey Road,
Aldershot,
Hampshire
GU12 4RF
On E edge of Aldershot. From A331 take A323 towards Aldershot. Keep in R-hand lane, turn R at T-lights into North Lane, then immed L into Lower Newport Rd. Round bend turn immed R into Newport Rd, 1st R into Wilson Rd. Round L-hand bend turn immed R into Roberts Rd, Anglesey Rd 1st on L. Please park considerately in local rds
23 ANGELSEY ROAD CLICK

Tel : 01252 677623

Apple Court

1½-acre formally designed and exuberantly planted sheltered walled garden. Theatrical white garden, extensive ornamental grass plantings, subtropical borders. 70 metre hosta walk. International display gardens of day lilies, fern walk, Japanese-style garden with koi pond
Open: Easter Sun, Mon, 4, 5 Apr (10-5).

Apple Court, Hordle,
Lymington,
Hampshire
SO41 0HU
4m W of Lymington. From A337 between Lymington & New Milton, turn into Hordle Lane at Royal Oak at Downton Xrds
APPLE COURT CLICK

Tel : 01590 642130

Appletree House

Very popular, small romantic woodland garden with many varieties of clematis climbing through richly planted beds as well as over obelisks and arches. Meandering paths lead to views of the meadow beyond, and sitting areas afford vistas across the garden. The design belies the actual size: 40ft x 100ft. Open: Weds 16, 30 June; Wed 14 July (12-4). Visitors also welcome by appointment.

Appletree House,
Soberton,
Hampshire
SO32 3QU
10m N of Fareham. A32 N to Droxford, at Xrds turn R B2150. Turn R under bridge into Station Rd, garden 1m. Parking in lay-by 300yds or in rd
APPLETREE HOUSE CLICK

Tel : 01489 877333

Appletrees

A garden to explore, down narrow winding paths edged with subtle and original plant associations, leading to secluded seats. Created by flower-arranger owner, with good use of contrasting foliage and flowers. No lawn, just a crown of clipped box contrasting with the relaxed and exuberant planting elsewhere. Sinks and container planting, small pond and waterfall. Open: Sat 22, Sun 23 May (11-5). Visitors also welcome by appointment.

Appletrees,
Burridge,
Hampshire
SO31 1BS
From A27 take A3051 Park Gate to Botley, on L after 1½m. From Botley take A3051, Appletrees is 2m on R
APPLETREES CLICK

Tel : 01489 579429

27 St Ronan's Avenue (part of Southsea Gardens group)

Exceptional design and landscaping has been used to create a modern family concept with exuberant planting. Start under the pergola, onto the dining area meandering towards the waterfall crossing over the pond and arriving on the decking outside the garden studio
Open: Same opening times as group garden.

27 St Ronan's Avenue
Southsea,
Hampshire
PO4 0QE
Location: Turn into St Ronan’s Rd from Albert Rd at junction opp Trinity Methodist Church. Alternatively follow signs from seafront and then follow yellow NGS signs from Canoe Lake and Eastern Parade. Park at Craneswater School in St Ronan’s Rd. Entrance to all gardens from St Ronan’s Ave
SOUTHSEA GARDENS GROUP CLICK

Atheling Villas,

'Winding paths, archways, shrubberies, dry weather planting, shady nooks, and sunny flower beds. A garden for all seasons, with surprises around every corner' (Waterside Herald). 1/3 acre with less usual trees and shrubs; species bulbs; wall-trained fruit; several seating areas; self-guide leaflet and children's quiz. Teas in gardener's cottage Open: Sat 20, Sun 21 Mar; Sun 2, Mon 3 May; Sat 5, Sun 6 June (2-5). Visitors also welcome by appointment.

Atheling Villas,
Hythe,
Southampton,
Hampshire
7m E of Lyndhurst. Leave M27 J2, follow A326 signed Hythe and Fawley. Go across all roundabouts until Dibden roundabout (½m after Marchwood Priory Hospital). Turn L towards Hythe. After Shell garage, Atheling Road is 2nd L
ATHELING VILLAS CLICK

Tel : 023 8084 9349

Aviemore

Charming smaller ‘all-yr-round’ garden. Extensive collections of shrubs, small trees, climbers, grasses and herbaceous plants to interest plantspersons and inspire all with ideas for colour, combinations and structure. Planted banks alongside the stream, vegetables, alpines and raised beds encircle curving lawns, patios and gravel areas Open: Suns 23 May; 6 June (2-5). Visitors also welcome by appointment July & Sept only, no coaches

Aviemore,
Bartley,
Southampton,
Hampshire
SO40 2LF
Location: 3m N of Lyndhurst, 7m W of Southampton. 5mins from M27 J1. Exit onto A31, ¼m to Cadnam r’about. 3rd exit A337, signed Lyndhurst, for ¾m then L into Beechwood Rd for ¾m to Bartley Xrds. Continue straight & follow signs into Chinham Rd. Also signed on A337, 3m N of Lyndhurst
AVIEMORE CLICK

Tel : 023 8081 3651

Barhi

Compact 'modern cottage' garden shared with lively Springer Spaniels, designed around a chambered nautilus spiral. No lawn, so lots of space for plants. The dense planting, meandering paths, secluded pergola, raised formal pond and feature patio have led visitors to describe the garden as 'Tardis-like'Open: Sat 5, Sun 6 June (2-5). Visitors also welcome by appointment.

Barhi,
Ashurst,
Southampton,
Hampshire

Barn Cottage (part of Crawley Gardens group)

¾-acre landscaped garden surrounds a converted barn. Painted trellising divides a courtyard garden into 3 areas where viticella clematis, roses and jasmine scramble and bee-loving plants abound
Open: Same opening times as group garden.

Barn Cottage (part of Crawley Gardens group), Hampshire

19 Barnwood Road
Step through the gate to an enchanting garden designed for peace with an abundance of floral colour and delightful features. Greek-style courtyard leads to natural pond with bridge and bog garden, complemented by a thatched summerhouse and jetty, designed and built by owners. Secret pathways, mosaic seating area and hexagonal greenhouse
Open: Suns 6, 27 June (11-5). Visitors also welcome by appointment.

19 Barnwood Road,
Fareham,
Hampshire

Bay Tree House (part of Crawley Gardens group)

Contemporary garden created during the last 6yrs. Features incl a rill, pleached lime square, large prairie-style borders, potager and fruit trees with wild flowers Open: Same opening times as group garden.

Bay Tree House (part of Crawley Gardens group),
Hampshire

7 Beacon Square (part of Emsworth Gardens group)

Award winning, medium sized garden close to the sea. Exuberant, densely planted herbaceous beds and borders. Small, raised beds which produce vegetables and salad leaves throughout summer. Tree ferns, fruit trees, herb, pond and sculptures Open: Visitors also welcome by appointment in July only, for max 20

7 Beacon Square (part of Emsworth Gardens group), Hampshire

Beechcroft

Challenging long and narrow 1-acre plot developed solely by us over the last 7yrs. Main garden has generous borders with wide variety of trees, shrubs and perennials. Gravel garden, 2 wildlife ponds linked by small waterfall, gazebo and productive greenhouse. Steeply-sloping wild flower bank with fruit trees and coppiced willows descends to natural pond with pontoon decking area surrounded by bog garden. Path continues up steep slope to very large fruit & vegetable cage and small orchard Open: Sun 30, Mon 31 May (11-5).

Beechcroft,
Wickham,
Fareham,
Hampshire

Beechenwood Farm

2-acre garden in many parts. Lawn meandering through woodland with drifts of crocus, daffodils, hyacinths, tulips and bluebells. Rose pergola with steps, pots with spring bulbs and later aeoniums. Fritillary and cowslip meadow. Walled herb garden with pool and exuberant planting incl alliums and angelica. Orchard incl white garden and hot border. Large greenhouse and vegetable garden. Rock garden extending to grasses, ferns and bamboos. Shady walk to belvedere with views over farmland. 8-acre copse of native species with grassed rides Open: Every Wed 31 Mar to 2 June incl (2-5). Visitors also welcome by appointment Apr & May only, no coaches. Small groups and individuals welcome

Beechenwood Farm,
Odiham,
Hampshire

Bere Mill

The garden is in a beautiful setting beside the R Test, with carriers and a large lake next to a restored SSSI water meadow. It is grazed by Jacob sheep, lambs and belted Galloway cattle. Riverside walks, specie tulips (some growing in grass), peonies, wisteria collection. Double perennial beds and swamp cypress avenue. Eastern influence includes Japanese Tea House, many different riverside irises and unique bridges Open: Sun 21 Mar; Sun 30, Mon 31 May (1.30-5). Visitors also welcome by appointment , Fris only, for 10+

Bere Mill,
Whitchurch,
Hampshire

Berry Cottage

Small organic cottage garden with all-yr interest. Spring bulbs, roses, clematis and herbaceous borders. Pond and bog garden. Shrubbery and small kitchen garden. The owner designed and maintained garden surrounds C17 house. The borders are colour-themed and contain many unusual plants
Open: Suns 2, 30 May; 20 June; 11 July; 8 Aug; 5 Sept (2.30-6).

Berry Cottage,
Farringdon,
nr Alton,
Hampshire

Blackdown House

A family garden in the making. 2010 will be the 3rd year of the 100m long, colourful herbaceous border set against a flint wall. There is a 13yr-old wild flower meadow to meander through, a part-walled kitchen garden, orchard and family garden. In all, the garden covers approx 5 acres. Jacob sheep and alpacas in the parkland Open: Sun 6 June, Thur 10 June (2-6).

Blackdown House,
Upham,
Hampshire

Braemoor

In the pretty hamlet of Harbridge, this ¾-acre garden is brimming with bold, colourful planting and interesting areas. Step through one of our two moongates into a seaside haven of painted beach huts and driftwood gems. In contrast, walk through to a cottage garden of overflowing herbaceous borders with a trickling little stream running by the lawn to a pond. Two greenhouses contain collections of cacti and carnivorous plants. Enjoy tea on the grass overlooking the vegetable patch with our bantam chickens Open: Fris, Suns 18, 20 June; 2, 4, 23, 25 July; 6, 8 Aug (2-5.30). Visitors also welcome by appointment June to Aug, coaches permitted

Braemoor,
Ringwood,
Hampshire

Bramlins (part of Froyle Gardens group), Lower Froyle

Informally planted to harmonise with surrounding countryside and to provide variety of material for nationally-known flower arranger. Wild flowers in small orchard. Conservatory with unusual plants Open: Same opening times as group garden.

Bramlins (part of Froyle Gardens group), Lower Froyle, Hampshire

Brandy Mount House

1-acre, informal plantsman’s garden. Spring bulbs, hellebores, species geraniums. National Collections of snowdrops and daphnes. European primulas, expanding collection of dwarf narcissi, herbaceous and woodland plants. 2 new raised beds to display early spring bulbs. New small collections of ferns in the shady part of the garden Open: Sat 6 Feb (11-4).

Brandy Mount House, Alresford, Hampshire

6 Breamore Close

Delightful ½-acre plant lover's garden designed with coloured foliage and unusual plants, giving a pleasing tapestry effect of texture and colour. Many different hostas displayed in pots. The peaceful garden is laid out in distinctive planting themes with many seating areas to sit and contemplate. Over 60 clematis scramble up fences, through roses and over a pergola which displays a magnificent wisteria (flowers 3ft-4ft long) in late spring Open: Suns, Mons 2, 3, 30, 31 May (1-5.30). Visitors also welcome by appointment in May & June only, for groups of 10+

6 Breamore Close, Eastleigh, Hampshire

Bridge Cottage (part of Monxton & Amport Gardens group)

2-acre garden that has evolved over the last 6yrs. Trout stream and lake, the banks planted informally with drifts of colour. Large vegetable garden and fruit cage. Small mixed orchard. Arboretum with specimen trees. A haven wildlife Open: Same opening times as group garden.

Bridge Cottage (part of Monxton & Amport Gardens group), Hampshire

Brooklyn Cottage

Small, continually changing cottage garden in the Roman garrison town of Silchester. Several seating areas in which to take afternoon tea whilst contemplating collections of hostas, acers, ferns and a selection of interesting mature shrubs. Clematis and rose-clad gazebo and pergola with a mature wisteria scrambling up the C19 cottage walls Open: Sun 23 May (2-5).

Brooklyn Cottage, Silchester, Reading, Hampshire

Buckland Stead,

Two gardens in one: 'His and Hers'. Tranquil ¼ acre designed and maintained by owners. His: formal rose garden with lavender edging filling the air with fragrance. Shady walk through 'neutral zone' to Hers: less formal with colour themes using herbaceous perennials and grasses. Winding paths, archways, pergola and water features Open: Weds 9, 16, 23 June; Weds 7, 14, 21 July (11-5). Visitors also welcome by appointment for small groups, max 20

Buckland Stead, nr Lymington, Hampshire

The Buildings

Another wet summer, yet our dry garden flourishes in the old cattle yard of this downland steading. The kind compliments continue to flow from our visitors, often beginning with a 'wow' as they first come through the gate from the wide open spaces of the Hampshire chalk downs Open: Sats, Suns 10, 11 July; 7, 8 Aug; 11, 12 Sept (2-5). Visitors also welcome by appointment.

The Buildings, Broughton, Stockbridge, Hampshire

2 Carisbrooke Road

1/3-acre cottage-style garden developed by owners over 20yrs. Shrubs, herbaceous perennials, gravel and alpine gardens give yr-round interest. Raised organic kitchen garden. Interesting colourful baskets and containers with plants propagated by owners. Wildlife area and garden, birds enthusiastically encouraged. Fishpond and miniature wildlife pond Open: Sat 26, Sun 27 June (10-4). Visitors also welcome by appointment in June & July, any number

2 Carisbrooke Road, Gosport, Hampshire

THE GARDENS OF KENT "The Garden of England"
Garden & Opening Times	Picture	Address	Tel
Bayham Old Abbey This 13th Century abbey survived until it was dissolved by Henry VIII during the Reformation. It was, however, partly rebuilt in the 18th century to provide a romantic view for the nearby house. Despite this, the remains of the church, cloister, chapter house and dormitory date still date from the thirteenth Century, as does all the detail found on the abbey remains. The abbey was built out of local sandstone. Visitors to Bayham Abbey can also view the nearby 18th century Dower house. The abbey is set in a picturesque wooded valley, near Tunbridge Wells and Lamberhurst. Repton produced one of his best Red Books for this place. He described the project as an 'Application of Gardening and Architecture united, in the formation of a new place'. One can see it as a precursor of the Jekyll-Lutyens approach. The scheme was not implemented, except for a lake more or less as he proposed it. The Abbey ruins are managed by English Heritage and can be visited.Opening times - April to September. Daily. Open 11am to 5pm.		Lamberhurst, Kent, TN3 8DE 4 miles east of Tunbridge Wells and 2 miles west of Lamberhurst. BAYHAM OLD ABBEY CLICK	Tel :01892 890381
Beacon Wood Country Park This 70-acre country park takes its name from the beacons that were built here during the Napoleonic Wars to warn Londoners if their enemies were attempting an invasion. Given the wide variety of plant life found here, such as oak, ash, chestnut, bluebells, dogs mercury and wood anemone, and the numerous ponds that are home to both amphibians and insects, many walkers are surprised to learn of the park’s industrial history. In the late 19th Century the EC Powder Company manufactured smokeless gun powder here.		Southfleet Road, Bean, Kent DA2 8BS BEACON WOOD COUNTRY PARK CLICK	Tel : 01622 817623
Bedgebury National Pinetum The National Pinetum at Bedgebury has one of the largest collections of conifers on one site in the world, with many rare and endangered species The character of the Pinetum has more seasonal variation than one would expect in a conifer collection: green in winter, except when touched by frost and snow, brightened by rhododendrons and bulbs in spring, heavy with shade in summer, illuminated by the autumn colour of deciduous trees and berries in autumn. The National Pinetum at Bedgebury was established as the National Conifer Collection in 1925. It is now recognised as the most complete collection of conifers on one site anywhere in the world and is a Historic Arboretum Grade II. The collection has over 10,000 trees specimens growing across 320 acres; including rare, endangered and historically important specimens. The Pinetum is home to some 91 vulnerable or critically endangered species and five NCCPG National Collections (Yew, Juniper, Thuja, Lawson Cypress and Leyland Cypress) and contains some of the oldest and largest examples of conifers in Britain. As well as playing an important scientific role in international conservation, the National Pinetum is a beautiful and tranquil place to walk, picnic and enjoy nature away from the stresses of everyday life. It was voted Warburtons Best Picnic Site in the South 2007.Opening times - All year. Daily. Open 8am to dusk (8pm in summer).		Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, England, TN17 2SL Bedgebury National Pinetum is 7 miles east of Tunbridge Wells, just off the A21 along the B2079. BEDGEBURY NATIONAL PINETUM CLICK	Tel : 01580 211781
Beech Court Gardens, Nr Ashford The ten acre informal garden at Beech Court is noted for its tranquility and natural beauty. Many of our regular customers describe it as “a little bit of old England!”, planted and landscaped in the 1950s by the previous owners out of a medieval farm with the famous gardens of Inverewe in mind. The peak of colour is in the month of May with rhododendrons, azaleas and viburnums in full bloom. The garden is also planted with rare and interesting trees including Kalopanax, Eucryphia (the tallest in Kent), Redwoods and a fine collection of acers. The present owner has introduced climbing roses, such as the famous Bobby James, Kitsgate and Paul’s Himalayan Musk. Island beds, spacious lawns and an interesting collection of many different varieties of hydrangeas make this a garden for all seasons ending with a spectacular finale of autumn colour. Opening times Sat. March 20 - Sun. Oct 31. Saturday - Thursday - 10.30 - 5.30 but CLOSED on Fridays except for group bookings. Disabled Access, refreshments, plant sales, picnic area, pet animals, rural life collection, picture gallery, childrens trail.		Beech Court Gardens, Challock, Ashford, Kent, TNT25 4DJ 5m N of Ashford, Faversham 6m, Canterbury 9m. W of Xrds A251/A252, off the Lees click here for a map BEECH COURT GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01233 740735
Belmont Park Belmont is an eighteenth century house (designed by Samuel Wyatt) with a Victorian garden. The old garden has a yew walk, borders, a pool, a rockery and a folly. The former vegetable garden Belmont has been re-designed by Arabella Lennox Boyd. Fruit and vegetables are still grown but the space is also an aesthetic design and it is interesting to see the two objectives combined. There is also a mandala garden outside the walled garden. Opening times - House open April to end September, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays. Open 2pm to 5pm. Gardens open all year daily 10am to 6pm (or dusk).		Belmont Park, Throwley, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0HH Belmont Park is 4.5 miles south west of Faversham, off A251. BELMONT PARK CLICK	Tel : 01795 890202
Broadview Gardens A college garden with a good plant collection and a series of demonstration and experimental gardens. The gardens are coming under the influence of the University of Greenwich BA Hons Garden Design course, which has a studio on this campus. Broadview Gardens is a unique garden originally designed and maintained as a teaching resource for students at Hadlow College, now open to the public. The 8 acres of garden are formed around a 100 metre long double mixed border backed with clipped Yew hedges and columnar Oak trees. From the border run two grass avenues lined with clipped hedges. Hanging from this structure are a variety of large and small contemporary and traditional gardens designed and built by students of Hadlow College. Each year, from September to May, students build new gardens on themes from domestic gardens, show gardens to public landscape styles using an extensive variety of plants and materials in common and innovative ways. A selection of the gardens currently able to be seen are The Grasses Garden, The Medicinal Garden, The Oriental Garden, The subtropical style Garden (May to October), The Italian Garden and the Dry Garden. There is also a natural style space with lake, meadow and wooded areas, and an ornamental planted lake with moist border. Broadview Gardens are used as a teaching resource for our BA (Hons Garden Design, our HND in Amenity Horticulture and other programmes (including the University of Greenwich MA and BA in Landscape Architecture). Opening times - All year. Daily. Open 10am to 5pm (4pm on Sunday).		Hadlow, nr Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 0AL 4 miles east of Tonbridge, west of Hadlow village. BROADVIEW GARDENS CLICK
Canterbury Cathedral Cloister Garden Canterbury Cathedral was founded in 602 rebuilt after the Norman Conquest (1066) by the first Norman archbishop Lanfranc (1070-1077). He also built the cloister when is shown on the oldest European garden drawing (1165) of an actual cloister. The cloisters were rebuilt in the 15th century. See blog post on the social use of cloister gardens and information on monastic cloister garths.Canterbury was founded as a cathedral (ie the seat of a bishop). It then became a monastic instutition, Christ Chuch Priory, which was disolved in 1539. The cloister, which was the heart of the monks' daily routine, survives.		Cathedral House, 11 The Precincts, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2EH Canterbury Cathedral Precincts. Enter Precincts by main Christchurch gate. No access for cars: please use park & ride and public car parks. Gardens will be signed within Precincts click here for a map CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL CLICK	Tel : 01227 762862
Camer Park Camer Park is comprised of 45 acres of designated Outstanding Natural Beauty. Following the death of its last resident, Kate Smith-Masters, the Camer estate was sold to Strood Rural District Council in 1967 for £9,750 and converted to a public park in 1971. Visitors can choose to either roam at leisure admiring the variety of original trees that make up the mature parkland or undertake one of the series of walks devised by Meopham Footpaths Group through the adjoining woodland.		Camer Park Road, Meopham, Kent DA13 0AL CAMER PARK CLICK	Tel : 01474 337553
Charts Edge, Westerham Charts Edge is located on the outskirts of Westerham, Kent (near to Chartwell) as seen on TV and in the Good Gardens Guide. There are 10 acres of spectacular gardens interspersed with many unusual and diverse features including magnificent displays of rhododendrons and azaleas, a Victorian folly and dell garden, water gardens and cascades. We also have a rill garden with rainbow border, a sculpture trail, rock gardens and mixed/herbaceous borders along with an exotic garden. The majority of the plants are labelled and there are many rare and unusual plants. Other features include a tearoom and plant sales. The gardens are ideally suited for all ages, and provide partial access for disabled visitors. Dogs and group tours are also welcome. From Friday 16th April to Friday 17th September - Friday's and Sunday's 2-5pm. Private visits by appointment, including tours by the Head Gardener. Tearoom and plant sales. Partial access for disabled visitors		Charts Edge, Hosey Hill, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1PL, ½m S of Westerham, 4m N of Edenbridge. On B2026 towards Chartwell click here for a map CHARTS EDGE CLICK	Tel 01959 565541/01732 504556
Chartwell House Gardens Once the home of Winston Churchill, Chartwell boasts spectacular views over the Kent countryside. The gardens include the various lakes and ponds which Churchill built, as well as Lady Churchill’s rose garden and a vegetable garden, which is being restored to its original state. The house contains a vast collection of Churchill’s paintings, photos and memorabilia. Sir Winston Churchill's garden has a fine site and a calm dignified air. The style is Arts and Crafts, with a grass terrace in front of the house, a walled garden to one side and an 'informal' area on the other. It was designed by Sir Winston and Lady Churchill, with the Malborough Pavilion designed by Philip Tilden. Sir Winston built the garden walls and a summerhouse himself. The property also has a restaurant and a National Trust gift shop. Details of special events, such as guided walks and lectures, can be obtained upon request.		Mapleton Road, Westerham, Kent TN16 1PS 4m N of Edenbridge. 2m S of Westerham. Fork L off B2026 after 1½m click here for a map CHARTWELL CLICK	Tel :01732 868193
Cobham Hall Garden One of the largest, finest and most important houses in Kent, Cobham Hall is an outstandingly beautiful, red brick mansion in Elizabethan, Jacobean, Carolean and 18th Century styles.It yields much of interest to the student of art, architecture and history. The Elizabethan wings were begun in 1584 whilst the central section contains the Gilt Hall, wonderfully decorated by John Webb, Inigo Jones_ most celebrated pupil, 1654. Further rooms were decorated by James Wyatt in the 18th century.Cobham Hall, now a girls_ school, has been visited by several of the English monarchs from Elizabeth I to Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor.A great Elizabethan house, with seventeenth and eighteenth century additions, set in a deer park which no longer has deer. Humphry Repton produced a Red Book for the garden (c1790) and it is being restored the Cobham Hall Heritage Trust. The bastion and balustrade Humphry Repton designed survive and have been restored, as has a section of Repton's wire fence. His grand plan for making gardens round what was a big house in a bare landscape is very much in evidence. The 'Elizabethan' gardens in front of the house were not part of Repton's scheme - they were designed by a Cobham Hall school teacher (Kathleen Faure) in the 1980s. The area east of the house has a small temple and a pumphouse designed by Repton. Repton hoped to 'astonish some of the improvers in modern serpentine gardening' by proposing a 'broad and stately mall along a straight line of terrace' Opening times - Various Sunday, Wednesday and Bank Holidays. 1. Open 2pm to 6pm.		Cobham, Kent DA12 3BL 5m W of Rochester. 8m E of M25 J2. Take A2 to exit signed Cobham, Shorne, Higham. Disregard Sat Nav directions to Lodge Lane; entrance to Cobham Hall on Brewers Rd 100m S of A2 click here for a map COBHAM HALL CLICK	Tel :01474 823371
Doddington Place Gardens The lovely landscaped gardens are set in the grounds of an imposing Victorian mansion and cover ten acres. There is a notable woodland garden – spectacular in May and June – which includes many different varieties of rhododendron and azalea; also a large Edwardian rock garden with pools; a formal sunk garden with borders and a recently completed flint and brick folly. Extensive lawns and avenues are framed by impressive clipped yew hedges and many fine trees.open 2010. Every Sunday from Easter Day until the end of September. Sundays 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm. Bank Holiday Mondays 2 – 5:00 pm. Group visits on other days by arrangement. Coaches by appt only. Refreshments, disabled access.		Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 0BB 6m SE of Sittingbourne. From A20 turn N opp Lenham or from A2 turn S at Teynham or Ospringe (Faversham), all 4m click here for a map DODDINGTON PLACE GARDENS CLICK	Tel : 01795 886385
Downs House Visit the family home of Charles Darwin and see the very chair in which he sat to write the scientific masterpiece that first scandalised and then revolutionised the Victorian world. Walk in the footsteps of a true genius and compare Darwin’s public persona with the family man. Through a variety of displays and interactive exhibitions especially designed to inspire a younger audience, you can involve yourself in Key Questions about mankind and its origins.Orchids, sundews, peas, hollyhocks and even weeds all played a central role in Charles Darwin’s evolutionary studies. Many of the experiments he conducted on them for over 40 years in his ‘living’ laboratory - his pretty garden at Down House near Orpington , Kent - have now been recreated by head gardener Toby Beasley and his team. They form the highlight of twice-weekly expertly guided tours of the restored Victorian grounds taking place throughout the summer. The tours graphically bring to life Darwin ’s prolific studies of nature in his gardens at Down House and in the surrounding countryside – the area selected as this year’s UK nomination to UNESCO for World Heritage Site statusOpening times - March to mid December. Opens 11am. Guided garden tours June to September every Wednesday and Sunday at 3pm. Tea Room, Good disabled access.		Luxted Road, Downe, Kent BR6 7JT Down House garden is off the A21, signposted from Biggin Hill. DOWNS HOUSE CLICK	Tel : 01689 859119
East Northdown Farm & Gardens This lovely garden is at the home of William and Louise Friend. East Northdown has a traditional Kent farmhouse garden on chalk near the sea. It has a wide range of plants tolerant of local conditions, especially draught tolerant, grey leaved or evergreen small shrubs that benefit from the dry, windy but mild Mediterranean microclimate. The adjacent nursery has a vast range of small trees, shrubs and perennials in a variety of sizes on sale which are catalogued on their web-site. Please phone for details. Refreshments, dogs on lead.		East Northdown Farm and Gardens, Margate, Kent CT9 3ES 5m SW of Sevenoaks. 1½m S of A25 on Sundridge-Ide Hill Rd. 1½m N of Ide Hill off B2042 click here for a map EAST NORTHDOWN CLICK	Tel 01843 862060
Emmetts Garden Fans of Merchant Ivory will recognise these 18 acres of gardens and woodland from the 1985 film ‘Room With A View’. Frederick Lubbock, influenced by his friend, the Edwardian garden writer, William Robinson, was responsible for transforming the existing farmland into the six acres of informal gardens. In addition to having the highest tree top in Kent, the 100 feet high Wellingtonia, the gardens contain numerous rare shrubs and trees from across the world. Of particular note are the Italianate Rose Garden, the Camellia Garden and the Bluebell Den. Opening times - Mid March to May: Tuesday to Sunday., June: Wednesday to Sunday., July to October: Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday., Open 11am to 5pm.		Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6AY 5m SW of Sevenoaks. 1½m S of A25 on Sundridge-Ide Hill Rd. 1½m N of Ide Hill off B2042 click here for a map EMMETTS GARDENS CLICK	Tel : 01732 751509
Finchcocks Garden Finchcocks is an early Georgian manor house surrounded by 13 acres of gardens and parkland. The house is now a musical museum with a famous collection of period keyboards. There is a walled garden, pergolas and orchard. Opening times - Easter to September. Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays. Also open Wednesday and Thursdays in August.		Finchcocks, Kent, TN17 1HH On the A262. FINCHCOCKS GARDEN CLICK
Godinton House and Gardens "An ancient estate in a magnificant park with thrilling formal gardens now splendidly restored - one of Kent’s finest" - The Times. A Jacobean house incorporating a medieval hall, Tudor staircase and later additions. Its wonderful carving, furniture, porcelain and contrasting decoration, reflect a fascinating history. Set in 12 acres of wonderful gardens and surrounded by tranquil parkland, convenient for M20 (J9) and Ashford. Visitors are taken in small groups on a guided tour of the house and are free to explore the gardens at will.Opening times - Late March to late October. Garden opens Thursday to Monday 2pm to 5.30pm.		Godinton House, Godinton Lane, Ashford, Kent TN23 3BP 1½m W of Ashford. M20 J9 to Ashford. Take A20 towards Charing and Lenham, then follow brown tourist signs click here for a map GODITON HOUSE & GARDENS CLICK	Tel : 01233 620773
Goodnestone Park Gardens A Palladian house with garden features from various periods. There is parkland, a terrace, a walled garden and a woodland garden. Jane Austen was a frequent visitor here, to see her brother. Opening times - End March to end October. Daily except Mondays (but open Bank Holidays) and Tuesdays. Also open some Sundays for early Spring bulbs before end March - check Goodnestone Website. Open 11am to 5pm.		Goodnestone, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 1PL 6m SE of Canterbury. Village lies S of B2046 from A2 to Wingham. Brown tourist signs off B2046 click here for a map GOODNESTONE PARK GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01304 840107
Great Comp Garden Great Comp is a garden of 7 acres, comprising many beautiful and rare shrubs, perennials and other hardy and half hardy plants. It is a plantsman's haven, with the year starting off with Helleborus, followed by Magnolias, Rhododendrons and Azaleas; then through the remainder of the year with rare and exotic shrubs and perennial plants - such as the huge collection of Salvias. There are substantial areas of both formal and informal plantings - teasingly linked with meandering grass paths and home built ruins - homing in on an Italian Garden! The garden has been built over the last 40 years by Eric Cameron. The garden is open every day from 1st April - 31st October. 11am until 5pm. Coach parties are welcome - by appointment. Visits can be arranged outside normal opening times.		Comp Lane, Platt, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 8QS 7m E of Sevenoaks. A20 at Wrotham Heath, take Seven Mile Lane, B2016; at 1st Xrds turn R; garden on L ½m click here for a map GREAT COMP GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01732 885094
Great Dixter House and Gardens Great Dixter is the family home of the late Christopher Lloyd, who had devoted his lifetime to creating one of the most experimental, exciting and constantly changing gardens of our time. Incorporating many medieval buildings, the gardens surround the house, each complementing the other. There is a wide variety of interest at from yew topiary, carpets of meadow flowers, dazzling colourful mixed borders (including the famous Long Border), natural ponds, a formal pool, and the wonderful Exotic Garden. Christopher Lloyd and head gardener Fergus Garrett were constantly experimenting at this great garden which no garden enthusiast should miss. House and Gardens open 1st April to 31st October - Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays. Gardens 11.00 to 5.00pm (last admission) House 2.00 to 5.00pm Shop, disabled access although difficult in places, plant sales, refreshments.		Great Dixter, Northiam, TN31 6PH, GREAT DIXTER HOUSE & GARDEN CLICK	Tel 01797 252878.
Groombridge Bridge Place This magical house and gardens were the setting for a new adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and it is easy to see why. The formal gardens were laid out to be part of the house outside, while the enchanted forest offers exciting playgrounds and stunning views. The bird of prey centre offers flying displays three times a day, while the dark walk and the swing walk offer excitement! If you are lucky you may catch a glimpse of the zeedonk and the shy deer which live in the forest. The garden restaurant offers good food while the country store offers souvenirs of your day.Opening times - End March to early November. Daily. Open 10am to 5:30pm or dusk if earlier.		Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 9QG Groombridge Place garden is 4 miles south west of Tunbridge Wells, by A264 and B2110. GROOMBRIDGE PLACE CLICK	Tel : 01892 861444
Hall Place A fine Grade 1 Listed country house built in 1540 for Sir John Champneis, a Lord Mayor of London, and extended in the 17th century. The house is set in beautiful formal gardens on the banks of the River Cray. Now owned by Bexley Council, some of its rooms are open to the public. A magnificent Great Hall contains an 18th century chamber organ built by George England. Hall Place houses Bexley Museum and galleries that offer a changing programme of exhibitions throughout the year. The house is also the venue for concerts, lectures and private functions. Open daily in summer and Monday - Saturday in winter.		Bourne Road, Bexley, Kent, DA5 1PQ 4m W of Tonbridge. From A21 Sevenoaks to Tonbridge, B245 to Hildenborough, then R onto B2027 through Leigh & on R click here for a map	Tel : 01322 526574
Hever Castle Garden Childhood home of Ann Boleyn, dating back to 1270. Step back into the splendour of the Tudor Court as it is recreated with costumed figures, displays and portraits. The garden was made, after 1903, for William Waldorf Astor, with 1,000 men employed. Its style is Italian/Arts and Crafts and still contains the large collection of Italian sculpture which Astor assembled when American Ambassador in Rome. The gardens were designed by an architect (F L Pearson) and a nurseryman (J Cheale). A 38 acre lake was also made, dug by 800 workers over 2 years. The garden has topiary chessmen clipped from golden yew, a Pompeiian Wall, a great pergola, a loggia, a rose garden and a fountain inspired by the Villa d'Este. Adventure playground including NEW Henry VIII's Tower Maze, gift shop, garden shop, restaurants. Opening times - Easter to October. Daily. Gardens open 10:45am to 6pm. Also open Thursday to Sunday in November.		Hever, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7NG 3m SE of Edenbridge. Between Sevenoaks & East Grinstead off B2026. Signed from J5 & J6 of M25, A21, A264 click here for a map HEVER CASTLE & GROUNDS CLICK	Tel : 01732 865224
Hole Park Garden Hole Park Gardens are situated on the edge of the picturesque Weald village of Rolvenden. A family owned estate Hole Park has been owned by the Barham family for the past four generations.The gardens reflect the care and long-term planning that is unique to family owned estates. It also manages to combine formalised gardens with true woodland elements.Visitors can now enjoy the New Exotic Border and autumn colour in the gardens.		Rolvenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 4JB 4m SW of Tenterden. Midway between Rolvenden & Benenden on B2086 click here for a map HOLE PARK GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01580 241 344 / 241 386
Iden Croft Herbs Iden Croft Herbs is situated no more than 10 minutes drive from Sissinghurst Castle and should be visited if you are in the area. The garden and nursery has all the atmosphere of the 1950s and there are surprises at every corner. You will be surrounded by herbs and the gravel paths lead you to a gate in the wall where you step through to a lovely walled garden which dates from Tudor times. In here there are more herbs, herbaceous plants climbers, and aromatic plants. There is a National collection of mints and many plants can be purchased in the extensive nursery. open - March to September - Monday through to Saturday 9 am - 5 pm. Sundays & Bank Holidays 11 am - 5pm. Refreshments, shop, Plant Nursery.		Frittenden Road, Staplehurst, Kent. TN12 0DH IDEN CROFT HERBS CLICK
Ightham Mote This Grade I listed building is a fine example of a 14th Century moated manor house and visitors can still view some of the original rooms that date back to when it was built in 1330, including the Great Hall, Crypt, Old Chapel and two Solars.A rectangular lawn, on the site of a medieval stew pond, gives a Enclosed Style appearance to the garden. The National Trust is restoring some of the nineteenth century planting. For almost 700 years the gardens have provided the backdrop and setting for all the dramas of life played out at Ightham Mote.The needs of food production, fashion, new pastimes, collector’s zeal and the changing financial fortunes of the owners have all left their mark. Like the house, the garden is a survivor, retaining many of its oldest features. Just as in the house we are left with a patchwork of different periods the significance of which are only now coming to light.We are approaching the end of an extensive period of research into the designed landscape which will inform the way that the gardens are used and presented. This will allow us to better reflect the history of this wonderful garden. Ightham Mote’s 14-acre garden nestles in a sunken valley & surrounds the beautiful medieval moated manor house. The North Lake and Woodland Garden with ornamental pond & cascade was created in the early 19th century with interesting trees to walk and sit amongst with pleasurable views to the house showing off its romantic setting. The Orchard, Enclosed Garden, Memorial Garden and Vegetable & Cutting Garden all contribute to the garden’s sense of tranquility for which it is famed. The garden has “sat quietly” as a backdrop during the 15 year conservation project on the house. Now emerging out of the shadows for its moment of real glory, it is an exciting time to visit as a Conservation Plan is underway for the garden to become an attraction in its own right. These changes will be interpreted for our visitors as they occur.Opening times - Core Season 2009: 14 March - 1 November. 11.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. (Last entry 4.30 p.m.) Closed Tues/Weds.		Mote Road, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0NT 6m E of Sevenoaks. Off A25, 2½m S of Ightham. Buses from rail stns Sevenoaks or Borough Green to Ivy Hatch, ½m walk to Ightham Mote click here for a map IGHTHAM MOTE CLICK	Tel : 01732 810378
Kearsney Court Garden A garden designed by Thomas Mawson. There is a canal garden bounded by pergolas and a serpentine lake. Opening times - All year, Daily, Open dawn to dusk		Alkham Road, Dover, Kent, CT16 3PG 2 miles north east of Dover. KEARSLEY COURT GARDEN CLICK
Knole Park Created in the 15th Century for the Archbishops of Canterbury to have somewhere away from court for hunting and other recreational activities, these 1000 acres of beautiful parkland is the only remaining medieval deer park in the county. Visitors to the park, which is owned by the current Lord Sackville, are frequently amazed by how close one can get to the herds of wild deer that the park is home to. Knole Park also provides access to Sevenoaks Environmental Park which features a mixture of wetlands, wild flower meadows and woodland.Opening times - Garden open late March to late October on Wednesdays, 11am to 4pm. Park open daily for pedestrians.		Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0RP ½m SE of Sevenoaks. Stn: Sevenoaks click here for a map KNOLE PARK CLICK	Tel : 01732 462100
Leeds Castle and Culpeper Gardens Shrouded in mist, mystery and legend, Leeds Castle rises from its own lake amidst one of England’s most picturesque counties; the survivor of 1,000 years emerges into the 21st Century pre-eminent among the great buildings of the British Isles. It has experienced battles, witnessed intrigue, entertained and solaced leaders of men, inspired countless artists and now provides a place of fascination and enjoyment to half a million visitors each year of all ages. It is very beautiful but nothing remains of the medieval or Tudor gardens which the castle surely had. The tower, described as a 'Gloriette', was designed as a place from which to view the park. There is also a garden, named after the herbalist Nicholas Culpeper, which was started by Russell Page in 1980 and is now mature. In 1987 a maze with a grotto was added. The designers were Randall Coate and Adrian Fisher. The Woodland Garden has meandering streams. The Lady Baillie Garden overlooks the lake and has a red brick Arts and Crafts style.A 3,000-acre estate originally surrounded the castle. The parkland is now much smaller, but still contains farms, woodland, a golf course and several gardens. In Spring, the Wood Garden alongside the River Len is a particularly lovely way to approach the castle. Its carpet of Daffodils, Narcissi and Anemones presents a vibrant burst of colour. Later in the year, the visitor is treated to the splendor of Azaleas and Rhododendrons. Opening times - All year. Daily. Closed , 3rd July, 6th and 7th November and 25th December. Open 10am, last admission 3pm (Oct-Mar), 4.30pm (Apr-Sep). ME17 1PL		Near Maidstone, Kent, Leeds Castle garden is 6 miles east of Maidstone and 0.25 miles south of A20 LEEDS CASTLE CLICK	Tel : 01622 765400
Lullingstone Castle World Garden Near to Roman Villa, this historic family mansion and church was frequented by Henry VIII and Queen Anne. Tom Hart Dyke converted the castle's 2 acre walled gardens into a World Garden of Plants to raise funds for the upkeep of his ancestral home. The design of the World Garden is a (roughly drawn) map of the world consisting of continent-shaped beds. Plant species from around the world are planted in the map according to their country of origin. Notable specimens include a Wollemi Pine and Silver Princess Eucalyptus Caesia. The planting design, by Adam Bailey, is good. But the world map cannot be seen from eye level and, had the ground been level, the design idea would have worked very much better if the land between the continents had been water and all the pedestrian routes were on bridges or dry land.The old residential castle and chapel are exceptionally fine and a good selection of plants is on sale. Opening times - Early April to late September. Friday and Saturday open 12pm to 5pm. Sunday and Bank Holidays except Good Friday open 2pm to 6pm.		Lullingstone Park, Eynsford, Dartford, Kent, DA4 0JA 1m from Eynsford. M25 J3, signs to Brands Hatch then Eynsford. In Eynsford turn R at church over ford bridge. Follow lane under viaduct, with Lullingstone Roman Villa on R, to private rd sign, follow signs for World Garden via Gatehouse click here for a map LULLINGTON CASTLE CLICK	Tel : 01322 862114
Marle Place Gardens Tucked away up a Wealden lane lies an enchanting garden where planting and art blend to create a magical surprise around every corner. Marle Place is a peaceful, privately owned Wealden garden with ten acres of formal planting and many more acres of woodland and orchard. The delightful gardens are a combination of hedged rooms and tree lined avenues, lakes and unusual sculptures and teaming with wildlife. In the Spring there are the flowering herbaceous and annual plants and unusual shrubs to give scent and colour throughout the year.Marle Place is an extensive and peaceful Wealden garden cared for and enlarged by the artist and tree loving owners of 40 years. Victorian and Edwardian features, a gazebo, a rockery and an Italianate scented garden blend with modern planting and planning, including a mosaic terrace. Within the yew hedged kitchen garden a restored Victorian glasshouse holds an exotic display of orchids. Glorious fresh Spring colour is followed by the scent and abundance of midsummer shrub roses, annuals and perennials. Autumn’s spectacular leaf colour, displayed in the huge variety of trees old and new, and the sparkle of the herbaceous borders close the season. The gardens are encircled by ancient woodland a stream and ponds.		Marle Place Road, Brenchley, Kent TN12 7HS 8m SE of Tonbridge. From A21 Kippings Cross roundabout take B2160 to Matfield, R to Brenchley, then follow brown tourist signs. From A21 Forstal Farm roundabout take B2162 Horsmonden rd and follow signs click here for a map MARLE PLACE GARDENS CLICK	Tel : 01892 722304
Mount Ephraim Gardens Mount Ephraim Gardens are at the heart of an 800 acre estate comprising the house and gardens, a progressive fruit farm, woodland and grazing. The glory of the garden lies in its superb site. The house, rebuilt in 1870, but the home of the Dawes family for over 300 years, commands a truly magnificent view over woodland parks, orchards and the Swale and Thames Estuary.		Staple Street, Hernhill, Faversham, Kent, ME13 9TX 3m E of Faversham. From end of M2, then A299 take slip rd 1st L to Hernhill, signed to gardens click here for a map MOUNT EPHRAIM GARDENS CLICH	Tel : 01227 751496
Old Archbishop’s Palace Experts believe the original features of this Grade I listed structure date from the 11th Century. It was intended to house the clergy from the local parish church, but in 1349 the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Simon Islip, demolished the majority of the building in order to use the materials for his new palace at Maidstone. The more recent private owners have used local materials to restore it to its former glory and the original features include a fully operational well and a 13th Century oak door.		Wrotham, Kent TN15 7AH
Owl House Gardens Owl House Gardens are made up of sixteen acres, which are divided up into four main sections. The pavilion garden and great lawn is the first area visitors will see, in this section is the rose temple, a favourite of Lady Dufferin herself. The woodland and temple garden boasts spectacular displays of bluebells in the spring and attracts all kinds of wildlife. The water garden plays host to various ponds and fountains while the attractive walled garden takes you back to the café and gift shop.		Mount Pleasant, Lamberhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 8LY	Tel : 01892 891290
Penshurst Place & Gardens Penshurst Place is a magnificent mediaeval house surrounded by equally magnificent gardens and ancient parkland. The house has been in the same family since 1552 and is maintained as a family home today. The gardens are richly varied, one area being divided by miles of yew hedge into a number of self-contained garden rooms, each with their own individual character and style. Another area is given over the Union Flag Garden where lavender and red and white roses are planted to form the Union flag of Great Britain.		Penshurst, Kent TN11 8DG 6m NW of Tunbridge Wells. SW of Tonbridge on B2176, signed from A26 N of Tunbridge Wells click here for a map PENSHURST PLACE & GARDENS CLICK	Tel : 01892 870307
Pines Garden The Pines Garden is a 6-acre arboretum-like garden with, as the name suggests, a range of conifers. The Kitchen Garden has over 40 different species of fruit with exotics as well as natives. There is a roundhouse shelter built from recycled wood from felled leylandii trees. The garden also features a cascade and adjoining lake, a rockery, grass labyrinth, flowering shrubs and a statue of Winston Churchill. The Pines Garden has been run organically since 2002. This involves working in harmony with the natural systems, composting, recycling waste materials and using natural predators to control pests. This 6-acre Garden has many fine features including a lake, a specially created grass labyrinth and a roundhouse shelter for picnics. You can also visit our new organic kitchen garden with over 40 different species of fruit and vegetables from the exotic to the familiar. There are paths for buggy and wheelchair access and lots of seating for visitors to come and unwind at any time of the year. The St Margaret's Bay Trust is an education and environmental charity which owns and manages The Pines Calyx™, a conference, training and events venue located within the 6 acre Pines Garden. Additional facilities include St Margaret's Museum and adjoining tearoom. Opening times - All year. Daily except 25th December. Open 10am to 5pm.		Beach Road, St Margaret's Bay, Dover, Kent, CT15 6DZ 4½m NE of Dover. Approach village of St Margaret's-at-Cliffe off A258 Dover/Deal rd. Continue through village centre & down Bay Hill. Signed just before beach click here for a map PINES GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01304 851737
Port Lympne Gardens A great Edwardian house, designed by Sir Herbert Baker in the Cape Dutch style, overlook Romney Marsh and the English Channel. The garden was designed by the owner, Sir Philip Sassoon with help from Philip Tilden. The garden then fell into decay and its central fountain was destroyed. After 1973, the garden was rescued by a new owner, John Aspinall, with advice from Russell Page. There is a monumental stairway, a lily pool, a Magnolia walk, a Chess garden, a series of terraces, herbaceous borders and bedding. Port Lympne Gardens are set in 15 acres of beautiful landscaped terrain and include a vineyard, figary, chessboard and stripe garden. Enjoy breathtaking panoramic views from the Trojan stairway across Romney Marsh and the English Channel. Attention to detail within each of section of the gardens is exhibited by complimentary grouping of colour. The gardens are of interest throughout the year with Spring bedding and Summer bedding. Port Lympne Mansion was built for Philip Sassoon between 1914-1920. A lavish and expensive project, professional leading craftsmen were employed - including architect Sir Herbert Baker famous for the design of New Delhi in India and Philip Tilden a well known designer. The late John Aspinall bought Port Lympne in 1973 to house his collection of rare and endangered species. The mansion house is located in 600 acres of its wild animal park in Kent and consists of delightful mural painted romms by famous English artists such as Rex Whistler, Spencer Roberts and Martin Jordan. Opening times - Port Lympne Wild Animal Park is open All year. Daily except 25th December. Summer:10am-6pm (last admission 4.30pm) Winter: 10am-5pm (last admission 3.30pm) Garden & Mansion Tours available from 10am to 4pm. Tours can be tailored to your specific requirements and are available all year-round. Please call 01303 264 647 for more information on prices		Lympne, nr Hythe, Kent, CT21 4PD Port Lympne Gardens are 18 miles south of Canterbury and 3 miles west of Hythe (leave M20 at junction 11). PORT LYMPNE GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01303 264647
Red House Commissioned by William Morris in 1859 and designed by Philip Webb, Red House is of enormous international significance in the history of domestic architecture and garden design. The garden was designed to "clothe" the house with a series of sub-divided areas, which still exist. House and garden now provide an oasis in an suburban environment. 2010 open 3 March - 28 November - Wed - Sun 11 - 5. 3 - 19 December - Fri - Sun 11 - 5. Open BH Mondays. Free admission for National Trust members		Red House Red House Lane, Bexleyheath DA6 8JF RED HOUSE CLICK
Restoration House Restoration House, in the Kent city of Rochester, 30 miles south-east of London, takes its name from the stay by King Charles II on the eve of the monarch's restoration to the throne. Described as England’s finest pre-Civil War town house, it opened to the public in 2000 and belongs to Robert Tucker, who admits his work there is "a labour of love". Restoration House: Was previously owned by TV comedian Rod Hull, who fell to his death from the roof. Upstairs is the chamber in which, in Dickens’ story, Miss Havisham’s wedding feast lay untouched. Has beautiful rooms filled with 17th/18th century furniture and portraits by Reynolds, Gainsborough and others. A walled garden includes a formal pond, yew hedges and herbaceous borders.		17-19 Crow Lane, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1RF	01634 848520
Riverhill House Gardens An early eighteenth century house with a garden made by its nineteenth century owner, John Rogers, who was a keen horticulturalist. Planting began in 1842. The garden has terraces, big trees, rhododendrons and azaleas. Opening times - Late March to late June. Sundays and Bank Holiday Saturdays and Mondays. Open 11am-5pm.		Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0RR 2m S of Sevenoaks on A225. click here for a map RIVERHILL HOUSE GARDENS CLICK
Sandling Park Sandling is marvellous in May as it is essentially a spring garden, comprising 25 acres set in a medieval wood, drained by natural streams. For over 100 years the Hardy family has planted rare trees, rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias, camellias and other woodland plants - and most flower in May. Sandling was devastated by the 1987 hurricane and closed to the public. Over 400 trees came down, smashing everything beneath them and removing the vital top cover. The restoration began, and the gardening fraternity came to the rescue with generous gifts of rare plants from public and private collections, which are now coming to maturity. The garden is classified as Grade II Heritage. Open every Sunday and Wednesday in May 10-5. Admission £4, children free. Teas. Free parking. No dogs. Unsuitable for wheelchairs		Hythe, Kent, CT21 4HN, 1½m NW of Hythe. Entrance off A20 only. From M20 J11 turn E onto A20. Entrance ¼m click here for a map	Tel:01303 260541
Scotney Castle Garden A fourteenth century moated castle with a garden that is a prime example of picturesque aesthetic ideas applied to garden design. From 1952 to 1970 it belonged to Christopher Hussey, author of an excellent book on The Picturesque, which traces the ideas to Price and Knight. The author's grandfather, Edward Hussey, was an amateur artist and had the new house built with a terrace, designed by William Sawrey Gilpin, and a transition to the picturesque castle garden. The latter is planted with exotic plants, in the picturesque manner. Lanning Roper designed a circular herb garden near the bridge. Opening times - March to October. Wednesday to Sunday. Open 11am to 5pm. Also weekend opening in November and December.		Lamberhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 8JN 6m SE of Tunbridge Wells. On A21 London-Hastings, brown tourist signs. Bus: (Mon to Sat) Tunbridge Wells-Wadhurst, alight Lamberhurst Green click here for a map SCOTNEY CASTLE GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01892 893820
Sissinghurst Garden A sixteenth century tower, and other buildings, with the most famous twentieth century garden in England. Sissinghurst garden is a prime example of the Arts and Crafts style. The garden was made on the site of a medieval manor and some structures survive. Harold Nicolson, a diplomat and author, laid down the main lines of the Sissinghurst design in the 1930s. Vita Sackville-West, a poet, a garden writer and Harold's wife, took responsibility for the planting at Sissinghurst garden. She worked as an 'artist-gardener'. Her planting design was brilliant. The historical importance of Sissinghurst Castle Garden comes from its role in transmitting Gertrude Jekyll's design philosophy to a host of visitors. The most famous and influential feature of Sissinghurst is the White Garden. It exemplified and popularised Jekyll's idea of using colour themes in planting design. Opening times - Mid March to early November. Friday to Tuesday.		Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent, England, TN17 2AB 10m E of Tunbridge Wells. E of Sissinghurst village, ½m from Sissinghurst NT garden on A262 click here for a map SISSINGHURST GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01580 710700.
Squerryes Court Garden A seventeenth century house (c1681) with park, lake and garden. The old 'formal garden', of 1689, was removed in the eighteenth century but was shown on a print in 1719. A 300 year old avenue survives and the old garden is being restored. The garden suffered serious damage during the 1987 storm and many mature trees were lost. It has parterres, a dovecot, a gazebo. The borders, rose garden, heather beds and woodland gardens have a later origin. During the last twenty years the family have been restoring the formal gardens using the early eighteenth century plan as a guideline. Borders, parterres, hedges and avenues have been planted. Spring bulbs, rhododendrons, roses and herbaceous borders make it a garden for all seasons. The woodland walks, lake and fine views add to the peaceful setting. Originally laid out in the formal style in 1700 using some of the medieval plans the garden was landscaped in the middle of the eighteenth century. Opening times - April to September. Wednesday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays. Open 11:30am to 5pm.		Westerham, Kent, England, TN16 1SJ ½m W of Westerham. Signed from A25 click here for a map SQUERRYES COURT GARDEN CLICK
St Augustine's Abbey Now an archaeological site but the cloister garth survives. The oldest surviving plan for a British garden is for the nearby Christ Church Monastery cloister, now rebuilt as Canterbury Cathedral Cloister. Opening times - All year. April to June open Wednesday to Sunday. Daily in July and August. Sundays only September to March., Open 10am to 5pm (6pm July and August).		Longport, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1TF 0.5 miles east of Canterbury Cathedral. ST.AUGUSTINE'S ABBEY CLICK
Stoneacre Garden A half-timbered house with a twentieth century 'cottage garden'. Part of the house dates from the fifteenth century and part was added by Aymer Vallance in the 1920s when he purchased the Stoneacre. He published a book on The Art of William Morris in 1897 and gave Stoneacre to the National Trust in 1928. Rosemary Alexander, who runs the English Gardening School, held the tenancy from the National Trust for 12 years. There are colour themed borders, a white/green garden, and interesting plants in the courtyard, a summerhouse, orchard and a wild garden. It has something of the character of Great Dixter. Opening times - April to early October. Saturday and Bank Holiday Mondays. Open 11am to 5.30pm (last entry 5pm).		Otham, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8RS Stoneacre garden is 4 miles south east of Maidstone. Leave M20 at junction 7. At north end of Otham village. STONEACRE GARDEN CLICK
The Salutation – The Secret Gardens of Sandwich The garden was designed by Lutyens in 1911 and Jekyll is believed to have designed the planting. Features including the White Garden and Bowling Lawn have been recreated, while new features such as the Tropical Border have been added.Located in the Tropical Border you will find a Wollemi Pine, an incredibly old and rare tree which dates back to 90 million years ago. Opening times - Open 7 days a week, all year, except Christmas and New Year. OPENING HOURS 2010 5th January – 10th April, 10am to 4pm 11th April - 30th September, 10am to 5pm 1st October – 17th December, 10am to 4pm		Knightrider Street, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9EW THE SALUTATION CLICK	Tel: 01304 619919
Tonbridge Riverside Gardens These 14 acres of beautifully landscaped gardens were originally part of Tonbridge Castle’s grounds and it is still possible today to see much evidence of the Motte and Bailey’s existence.
Toys Hill Toys Hill forms part of the 450 acres of woodland that lies between the towns of Westerham, Edenbridge and Sevenoaks and is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Grade I site of national importance for nature conservation.
Trosley Country Park The 160 acres that make up this beautiful country park were once part of the Trosley Towers Estate but are now a Special Site of Scientific Interest.
Walmer Castle and Gardens Walmer Castle was built in 1540 as part of Henry VIII's chain of coastal defences. Over the centuries it has transformed from a fortress to a beautiful stately home with exceptional gardens. It is the official residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, currently the Queen Mother. Taped tours are available in several languagesHas an Arts & Crafts garden..Opening times - April to September, Daily, Closed 24th to 26th December but open Wednesday to Sunday (10am to 4pm) in November, December and March, Open 10am to 6pm		Kingsdown Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 7LJ Walmer Castle Garden is 2 miles south of Deal. WALMER CASTLE CLICK	Tel : 01304 364288
Yalding Organic Gardens Yalding Organic Gardens provide a history of gardening in Britain. Starting from a woodland walk, the visitor proceeds through a 13th Century apothecary’s garden to a medieval knot garden.		Benover Road, Yalding, Near Maidstone, Kent ME18 6EX YALDING ORGANIC GARDEN CLICK	Tel/Fax +44 (01622) 814650

THE GARDENS OF OXFORDSHIRE
Garden & Opening Times	Picture	Address	Tel
Blenheim Palace Garden Blenheim Gardens, originally laid out by Henry Wise, include the formal Water Terraces and Italian Garden by Achille Duchêne, Rose Garden, Arboretum, and Cascade. The Secret Garden, opened in 2004, offers a stunning garden paradise for all seasons. Blenheim Lake, created by 'Capability' Brown and spanned by Vanburgh's Grand Bridge, is the focal point of over 2,000 acres of landscaped parkland. The Pleasure Gardens complex includes the Herb and Lavender Garden and Butterfly House. Other activities incl the Marlborough Maze, putting greens, adventure play area, giant chess and draughts. Mid-March to 31st October. Daily. Open 10.30am to 5.30pm. Park open all year, daily except 25th December, from 9am to dusk.		Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1PX 8m N of Oxford. Bus: S3 Oxford-Chipping Norton, alight Woodstock click here for a map BLENHEIM PALACE CLICK	Tel: 08700 60 20 80
Brook Cottage Garden 4-acre hillside garden formed since 1964. Wide variety of trees, shrubs and perennials in areas of differing character. Water gardens, gravel garden, colour coordinated borders. Over 200 shrub and climbing roses. Many clematis; magnificent trees, interesting throughout season Easter Monday to end October. Monday to Friday. Open 9am to 6pm		Well Lane, Alkerton, nr Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 6NL 6m NW of Banbury. ½m off A422. Follow signs in village click here for a map BROOKE COTTAGE GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01295 670303
Broughton Castle Garden A Medieval/Tudor moated manor house and garden. The planting design is predominantly twentieth century. There are herbaceous and shrub borders. The walled garden has box-edged rose beds and mixed borders. The Walled Garden on the South side of the Castle known as the Ladies'Garden was established in the 1880,s on the site of the sixteeth century kitchens. The fleur de lys beds are planted with Rose 'Heritage' and Rose 'Gruss an Aachen'. The hedge against the castle is of Rose 'Felicia'. The other beds contain many old roses and herbaceous plants, together with shrubs such as hiladelphus and deutzia. On the west side of the Ladies' Garden wall is a mixed border , with pink the predominant colour. The roses in this border include 'Fantin-Latour','Fritz Nobis', 'Frau Dagmar Hastrup', Marguerite Hilling', and climbing roses 'Albertine' and 'Purity'. The border near the Gatehouse has a blue, yellow and grey themeand includes roses 'Maigold', 'Golden Wings','Windrush' and 'Schneezwerg',together with berberis, potentillas, hypericum and campanulas. The existing planting is based on advice given by Lanning Roper in 1970, the work being carried out by th then gardener Bert Dancer.In the 1980's the planting was developed by Randal Anderson, like Lanning Roper also of American origin. The garden is now maintained and devloped by one gardener, Chris Hopkins.1 May to 15 September. Wednesday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays. Also Thursdays in July and August and Easter Sunday and Monday. Open 2pm to 5pm.		Broughton, nr Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 5EB 2½m SW of Banbury. On Shipston-on-Stour rd (B4035) click here for a map BROUGHTON CASTLE GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01295 262624
Broughton Grange Chelsea Gold Medal winner Tom Stuart-Smith designed the walled garden in 2001, which is enclosed by clipped trees. There are three terraces and a rill leading to a central stone tank. Broughton Grange also has a knot garden, wildflower meadow and arboretum. An impressive 25 acres of gardens and light woodland in an attractive Oxfordshire setting. The centrepiece is a large terraced walled garden created by Tom Stuart-Smith in 2001. Vision has been used to blend the gardens into the countryside. Good early displays of bulbs followed by outstanding herbaceous planting in summer. Formal and informal areas combine to make this a special site incl newly laid arboretum with many ongoing projects Open under NGS and for groups by appointment.		Wykeham Lane, Broughton, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, OX15 5DS ¼m out of village. From Banbury take the B4035 to village of Broughton. At the Seye & Sele Arms PH turn L up Wykham Lane (one way). Follow rd out of village along lane for ¼m. Entrance on R click here for a map
Buscot Park To enjoy Buscot Park to the full, you should take time to explore the extensive gardens that surround this late 18th century house. To the west mellow red brick walls shelter a garden for all seasons ( 4 Seasons Garden ), spring bulbs, flowering trees, climbing roses and drifts of multi coloured day lilies as well as fruit and interplanted vegetables. To the east, woodland walks lead to one of England's finest water gardens, an unusual marriage of Italian formality in an English landscape. Canals with bridges and pools lead you down to a large lake.There is a new water feature called the Faux Fall by artist and sculptor David Harber, commissioned in 2007 by the present Lord Faringdon. It consists of a series of highly polished steel vertical panels in graduated form and height over which water is pumped and which when viewed from across the the opposite descending stairway to the Four Seasons Walled garden appears like a cascade.April to September. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday including Good Friday and BH Mondays and the following weekends 2pm-6pm (Tearoom 2pm-5.30pm): 11/12, 25/26 April; 2/3, 9/10, 23/24, May; 13/14, 27/28 June; 11/12, 25/26 July; 8/9, 22/23, 29/30 August; 12/13, 26/27 Sept. Grounds only also open Monday and Tuesday.		Buscot Park Faringdon, SN7 8BU BUSCOT PARK CLICK	Tel 01367 240786
Chastleton House Garden A fine Jacobean house (1612) in Cotswold stone, overlooking a valley. The garden has features from several periods: (1) an astronomical garden, which is analysed by Roy Strong in his book on The Renaissance Garden in England (2) a lake with an island, a Chinese bridge and a pagoda, (3) a herbaceous border planted according to Gertrude Jekyll's 'JMW Turner' colour scheme (4) a croquet lawn: the rules of croquet were codified at Chastleton.		Chastleton, Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire, GL56 0SU click here for a map CHASTELTON HOUSE GARDEN CLICK	Tel: 01494 755560
Ditchley Park Not open to the public. Many world leaders have quietly met here, as it is close to Brize Norton. Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe designed one of the last Italian gardens in England at Ditchley Park. The knot/parterre has gone but the rest of the garden survives in good condition. Jellicoe reinstated the terrace, which Gibbs designed and made a pool with fountains. Statues were brought from Wrest Park.		Ditchley Park Enstone, Chipping Norton Oxon OX7 4ER DITCHLEY PARK CLICK	Tel: +44 (0)1608 677346 Fax: +44 (0)1608 677399
Great Tew A picturesque village of thatched cottages. There are few signs to suggest the location of Loudon's Ferme Ornee and the property is not open to the public. But the tree belts which enclose the valley appear to have been Loudon's work and the ornamental farm could - and should - be restored. Great Tew is one of the few privately owned villages in England. A few houses have been sold but its ancient character has been retained.		nr Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire GREAT TEW CLICK
Greys Court Garden The gardens cover 6 acres and surround a Tudor house with many alterations, as well as a Donkey Wheel and Tower. They incl lawns, a maze and small arboretum. The highlight though is the patchwork of smaller gardens such as White, Rose, Cherry, Wisteria and Kitchen, set amidst ruined walls Meet the gardeners and volunteers who look after the gardens. A band will play during the evening .April to September. Tuesday to Saturday (except June Wednesday to Sunday). Closed Good Friday. Open 12pm to 5pm. House open Wednesday to Friday only 2pm to 5pm.		Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4PG 2m W of Henley-on-Thames. Signed from Nettlebed taking B481. Direct route from Henley-on-Thames town centre (unsigned for NT): follow signs to Badgemore Golf Club towards Rotherfield Greys, about 3m out of Henley click here for a map GREYS COURT GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01491 628529
Harcourt Arboretum Oxford University's arboretum occupies part of a famous park, Nuneham Courtney, designed by Lancelot Brown (not open to the public). Highlights are the bluebell wood in spring, wildflower meadow in summer and the Japanese acers in autumn. The Harcourt Arboretum, with its acid soil, open spaces and informal serpentine walks provides an interesting contrast to the University of Oxford Botanic Garden .All year. April to October: daily 10am 5pm. December to March: Monday to Friday 10am to 4:30pm.		Nuneham Courtenay, nr Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX44 9PX HARCOURT ARBORETUM CLICK	Tel 01865 343501 Fax 01865 341828
Kelmscott Manor Kelmscott Manor was the home of William Morris famous for his textile designs. Before venturing out into the small garden take time to read the Garden leaflet which gives it history. This will make your visit more enjoyable. William Morris loved this garden which has been recreated using many of the plants which he loved and from which many of his designs came. The mulberry garden is dominated by the original tree which was there in 1921. This leads to a small orchard with varieties of Victorian apples. The lashed fencing has been copied from original photos. The garden is worth visiting if combined with a visit to the Manor.		Kelmscott, Lechlade, Oxon, GL7 3HJ KELMSCOTT MANOR CLICK	Tel 01367 252486
Oxford University Botanic Garden The University of Oxford Botanic Garden probably has the most compact yet diverse collection of plants in the World there is even more biological diversity here than there is in tropical rain forests and other biodiversity hotspots.The Garden consists of three sections. The Glasshouses contain plants that need protection from the extremes of the British weather. The area outside the Walled Garden contains a Water Garden and Rock Garden as well as the innovative Black Border and Autumn Borders.		Rose Lane, Oxford, OX1 4AZ OXFORD UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01 865 286 690
Rousham House and Garden Rousham is the purest example of an Augustan landscape garden, designed by William Kent on a framework made by Charles Bridgeman in the 1720s. One's first Roman encounter is with statues recalling the Imperial games: a lion mauls a horse and a gladiator dies with restrained agony. A path leads into the woods and the Venus Vale, with statues of Pan, a faun, and Venus, from whom Caesar claimed descent. A sweetly serpentine rill flows in a stone channel from the Cold Bath into the Venus Vale. In another glade, a Temple overlooks the River Cherwell. The terrace overlooming the river is named the Praeneste after the ancient temple complex in the modern town of Palestrina outside Rome. Rousham Gardens are open every day of the year from 10 am. Last admission is at 4.30 pm and the gardens close at 6 pm (or at dusk, if earlier). Rousham House is only open by prior arrangement		Steeple Aston, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX25 4QU ROUSHAM HOUSE & GARDEN CLICK	Tel 01869 347110
Shotover House Garden A house and garden made in 1718 for a friend of two famous empiricists, John Locke and Robert Boyle. The design is French-influenced, with a straignt canal. But it has the earliest example of a Gothic revival folly and an octagonal temple designed by William Kent in the 1730s.		Shotover, Oxfordshire,
Stonor Park Garden A mainly-Tudor house with an enclosed garden at the rear, between the house and a hillside. The Stonor Park garden has lawns, a terrace, pools, urns and topiary. April to mid September. Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays. Also open Wednesdays in July and August. Open 1pm to 5.30pm.		Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 6HF STONER PARK GARDENS CLICK	Tel: 01491 638 587
Sulgrave Manor Garden A sixteenth century house (1539) with an Arts and Crafts garden designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield in 1927. There is topiary, a herb parterre and a rose garden with a sundial. The house belonged to ancestors of America's revolutionary commander and first president, George Washington. It is immaculately maintained. Our gardens were designed in 1920 by Sir Reginald Blomfield, landscaper and architect. The Tudor Manor house sits in 3 acres of gardens, formally planted with yew hedges and herbaceous borders. We have an orchard of 42 fruit trees that has a carpet of daffodils in the spring. A formal rose garden with box hedges sits on the east side of the house. We are also the home of the National Herb Society with quite extensive herb beds. There is a Tudor vegetable garden with a forge and a colonial vegetable garden (1657) which was new for 2009. Sulgrave Manor is a Tudor Manor house built in 1539 by Lawerence Washington, ancestor to George Washington. There are additions to the building in the 18th century. Easter to October: open weekends noon to 4pm. May to October: also open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 2 to 4pm.		Manor Road, Sulgrave, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 2SD SULGRAVE MANOR GARDEN CLICK	Tel: 01295 760 205
Tew Lodge The remains of Loudon's ferme ornee in Great Tew can just about be seen - but only by those who print a copy of the plan (right) from Loudon's book and take it with them. Loudon made a fortune by improving the farm and used the money to pay for the tour of Europe which enabled him to write the first illustrated history of garden design. It was published in his Encyclopedia of Gardening . Not open to public		Great Tew, Oxfordshire,
University Parks, Oxford University Parks is located on the banks of the River Cherwel. The land was purchased by the university of Oxford from Merton College between 1853 and 1864. Professor Cyril Darlington, created the Genetic Garden to demonstrate evolutionary processes. Other features include a footbridge over the river, a lily pond, the university cricket ground and a clump of trees planted to commemorate the coronation of Elizabeth II. Several trees survives from the nineteenth century plantings, notably the Japanese Pagoda Tree planted in 1888. All year. Daily except Christmas Eve. Open 8am to half an hour before dusk.		Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3RH UNIVERSITY PARKS CLICK	Tel : 01865 282040
Waterperry Gardens The gardens date back to 1932 when Miss Beatrix Havergal opened her School of Horticulture for Ladies. The 8 acre ornamental gardens include a rose and formal knot garden, water-lily canal, riverside walk, and one of the finest purely herbaceous borders in the country. Herbaceous nursery stock beds provide a living catalogue of plants, and there's also an alpine garden, and the National Collection of Kabschia Saxifrages. A commercial plant centre, stocked with plants grown in on-site nurseries, occupies large areas of the beautiful walled garden, and the site also boasts a 5 acres of commercial orchards, producing the famous Waterperry apple juice each year. Gardening courses are held throughout the year. The ornamental gardens at Waterperry date back to the early 1930s when Beatrix Havergal set up her School of Horticulture for Ladies. When the school closed in 1972 it paved the way for much development in the gardens which are now famous - not least for the purely herbaceous border which is a joy to behold from May to late September. All year. Daily. Open 10am to 5.30pm (5pm November to February). Closed over the Christmas period		Waterperry, nr Wheatley, Oxfordshire, OX33 1JZ 9m E of Oxford. M40 J8 from London (turn off Oxford-Wheatley, first L to Wheatley, follow brown rose symbol). J8a from Birmingham (turn R Oxford-Wheatley over A40, first R Wheatley, follow brown rose symbol. We are 2½ m N of Wheatley click here for a map WATERPERRY GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01844 339254
Wroxton Abbey Garden A Jacobean house with a 1727 garden which was partly converted to the serpentine style between 1731 and 1751. There is a serpentine lake, a cascade, a rill and a number of follies by Sanderson Miller: a Gothic Dovecot, the Drayton Arth and the Temple-on-the-Mount. W A Nesfield advised on a formal flower garden on the south side of the house. A knot garden has been added in the twentieth century and was illustrated by Blomfield as an example of a 'modern garden'.All year. Daily. Open dawn to dusk.		Wroxton, nr Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 6PX WROXTON ABBEY GARDENS CLICK
SOME OXFORD COLLEGE GARDENS- RARELY OPEN- USUALLY ONE DAY A YEAR
Corpus Christi College Several small gardens and quadrangles overlooking Christ Church meadow, incl new terraces . Sun 27 June (2-5).		Corpus Christi College Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 4JF Entrance from Merton St click here for a map CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE CLICK	tel: 01865 276700
Magdalen College 60 acres incl deer park, college lawns, numerous trees 150-200yrs old, notable herbaceous and shrub plantings; Magdalen meadow, where purple and white snake's-head fritillaries can be found, is surrounded by Addison’s Walk, a tree-lined circuit by the R Cherwell developed since the late C18. Ancient herd of 60 deer. Sculpture commissioned to celebrate 550th anniversary. It is by Turner prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger and is called Y. Made of steel, 10m high, in the form of a tree, it is situated in Bat Willow Meadow. Sun 11 Apr (1-6).		Magdalen College Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 4AU Entrance in High St click here for a map MAGDALEN COLLEGE CLICK	Tel: 01865 276000
Merton College Oxford Fellows' Garden Ancient mulberry, said to have associations with James I. Specimen trees, long mixed border, recently-established herbaceous bed. View of Christ Church meadow. Sun 25 July (2-5).		Merton College Oxford Fellows' Garden Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 4JD Merton Street runs parallel to High Street click here for a map MERTON COLLEGE CLICK	tel: 01865 276310
Somerville College Approx 2 acres, robust college garden planted for yr-round interest. Formal bedding, colour-themed and vibrant old-fashioned mixed herbaceous borders. Sun 4 July (2-6).		Somerville College Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6HD ½m E of Carfax Tower. Enter from the Woodstock Rd, S of the Radcliffe Infirmary click here for a map SOMERVILLE COLLEGE CLICK	tel: 01865 270600
Trinity College Historic main College Gardens with specimen trees incl aged forked catalpa, spring bulbs, fine long herbaceous border and handsome garden quad originally designed by Wren. President's Garden surrounded by high old stone walls, mixed borders of herbaceous, shrubs and statuary. Fellows’ Garden: small walled terrace, herbaceous borders; water feature formed by Jacobean stone heraldic beasts. Award-winning lavender garden and walk-through rose arbour. Suns 21 Mar; 25 July (2-5).		Trinity College Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3BH Central Oxford. Entrance in Broad St click here for a map TRINITY COLLEGE CLICK	tel: 01865 279900
Wadham College 5 acres, best known for trees, spring bulbs and mixed borders. In Fellows’ main garden, fine ginkgo and Magnolia acuminata; bamboo plantation; in Back Quadrangle very large Tilia tomentosa 'Petiolaris’; in Mallam Court white scented garden est 1994; in Warden’s garden an ancient tulip tree; in Fellows’ private garden, Civil War embankment with period fruit tree cultivars, recently established shrubbery with unusual trees and ground cover amongst older plantings. Sunday Lunch and Afternoon Teas subject to availability.Suns 21 Mar (2-5); 11 July (2-6).		Wadham College Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3PN Central Oxford. Parks Road click here for a map WADHAM COLLEGE CLICK	tel: 01865 277579
Wolfson College A splendid modern garden of 9 acres by R Cherwell developed in recent yrs with comprehensive plant collection tolerant of alkaline soils, grown in interesting and varied habitats around a framework of fine mature trees		Wolfson College Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6UD ¾m N of Oxford city centre. Turn R off Banbury Rd to end of Linton Rd click here for a map WOLFSON COLLEGE CLICK	Tel : 01865 274100

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Garden	Picture	Address & Opening Times and Click Through Website Link	Tel/ Fax
AMMERDOWN HOUSE The garden was designed by Lutyens for a house designed by James Wyatt in 1790. A scissors plan was used to integrate the axes of the house and the orangery with the garden. It hinges on an enclosed garden with sculptural topiary in yew. Other enclosures contain a rose garden and an open air theatre.		Radstock, Bath, Somerset, BA3 5SH AMMERDOWN HOUSE CLICK	Tel: 01761 433709 Fax: 01761 433094
ASHTON COURT ESTATE A sixteenth century house and deer park with a nineteenth century garden. There is a terraced lawn, a sunken garden, a pond, and a rose garden. Repton wrote, in 1803, that while a 'wealthy mechanic' might associate the view of Bristol with 'ideas of labour', the 'country gentleman, who never visits the city but to partake in its amusements' would appreciate the view.		Long Ashton, Bristol, Somerset, BS41 9JN ASHTON COURT CLICK	Tel: 0117 963 3438
BARRINGTON COURT GARDENS (NATIONAL TRUST) Barrington Court Garden was laid out in the 1920's by the Lyles to a structured design influenced by Gertrude Jekyl - especially evident in the graceful Lily Garden. The garden is divided into several sections with a stunning white garden and white flowering and silver leaved plants in outer and inner borders, Pergolas support wisteria, clematis and honeysuckles. There is a central pool garden with surrounding beds of annuals. Large kitchen garden. You will see fabulous displays of sweetpeas which add great colour to the gardens at Barrington Court. Well worth a visit. The house is also open to the public.		Barrington, Nr Ilminster, Somerset Map BARRINGTON COURT CLICK	Tel :01460 241938 Fax : 01460 242614
BISHOP'S PALACE Medieval palace surrounded by a moat fed by springs in the garden. Gatehouse, chapel, ruined great hall. Mute swans ring a bell for food. A fortified and moated medieval palace, now the Bishop's residence, with a ruined banqueting hall which has been made into a garden. There is an arboretum in the grounds.		Bishop's Palace, Wells BISHOPS PALACE WELLS CLICK	Tel: 01749 678691
BLAISE HAMLET GARDENS A picturesque hamlet designed in 1809. The rustic cottages were designed by John Nash and Repton's sons helped with the layout.		Blaise Castle House, Henbury, Bristol, Somerset, BS10 BLAISE HAMLET GARDENS CLICK
CAMERS, OLD SODBURY Camers - The 4 acre garden surrounds an Elizabethan farmhouse (not open) on the Cotswolds escarpment with fine views over the Severn of the Welsh mountains. It is divided into a range of areas both formal and informal which are planted with a very wide range of species to give interest throughout the year Includes parterre, topiary, Japanese garden, bog shade and prairie areas, white and hot gardens, waterfalls and woodland walks.		Old Sodbury, BS37 6RG0 CAMERS CLICK	Tel 0145432243
CANNINGTON COLLEGE The Walled Gardens lie within the grounds of a mediaeval Priory, and many of its fine buildings, including the walls of the gardens, remain. Over the last few years, the Walled Gardens have undergone a dramatic period of redevelopment. The areas now open to the public represent phase one of the development. Other areas where work is yet to be undertaken, will see the construction of planting of a Formal Rose Garden. Plants of Note : Australasian Garden; Herbaceous Border; Blue Garden; Sub Tropical Walk; Wisteria Collection; Arid and Tropical areas; Botanical Glasshouse; Mediterranean-climate zone; Victorian style fernery		Cannington, Bridgwater, TA5 2LS CANNINGTON COLLEGE GARDENS CLICK	Tel: 01278 655000
CAVEMAN RESTAURANT The Caveman Restaurant, at the entrance to the Cheddar Caves, is flourishing but Jellicoe's 'fish pond' glass roof is said to have leaked and was replaced with a solid roof. The seting and design of the restaurant suggest a gateway to the underworld.		Cheddar Gorge, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27
CHARD NATURE RESERVOIR The reservoir provides an exciting opportunity to observe wildlife. Over 150 species of birds. A two mile marked walk is in this nature reserve.		Oaklands Road, Chard
CHALICE WELL TRUST Set in a beautiful three-acre garden, this is among the oldest continuously used holy wells in the British Isles.		Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury Daily, 10am-6pm, (earlier closing times in winter ) CHALICE WELL TRUST CLICK	Tel: 01458 831154
CITY OF BATH BOTANICAL GARDENS One of the most delightful features of the Royal Victoria Park, the Botanical Gardens were formed in 1887 and within their 3.8 hectares (9 and a half acres) is one of the finest collections of plants on limestone, certainly in the West Country. Less than a mile from Bath City Centre in the north west corner of the Park, the gardens boast many choice trees, shrubs, a fine herbaceous border, a rock garden and pool, a scented walk, a collection of old shrub roses, and a replica of a Roman Temple (the City’s exhibit at the British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley in 1924). These are just a few of the many attractive and interesting features of the garden. To mark the centenary in 1987 the gardens were extended to include the Great Dell, a disused quarry and formally part of the park itself, which already contained a very fine collection of conifers. It has been developed into a woodland garden, and contains ever more plants and features to add to this fascinating and beautiful park.The Temple of Minerva in the Gardens was carefully adapted and extended in 2009 to create an indoor Interpretation Centre for visitors and schools / groups. The Interpretation Centre has a 15 minute video explaining the Heritage Lottery Fund restoration of Royal Victoria Park along with other information and occasional exhibitions. The Centre is open during week days only but is available for bookings by schools and groups at other times.		Royal Victoria Park, Marlborough Lane, Bath, Somerset, , BA1 2NQ CITY OF BATH BOTANICAL GARDENS CLICK	Tel : (01225) 394041
CLAVERTON MANOR GARDEN At the American museum there is a garden which is based on the Mount Vernon Garden at George Washington's home.The garden consists of borders divided by a number of paths the main one of which leads to the Old School House. Plenty of colour including shrubs and herbaceous plantings. In front of the main house is a small herb garden with a small shop selling herbs. The arboretum features North American trees and shrubs and beyond this are tree trails, including the Lewis and Clark trail showing some of the trees which were discovered on their voyage of discovery 200 years ago. Well worth visiting if combined with a visit to the fascinating museum. Tea Room, Shop, Partial disabled access.		The American Museum, Claverton Manor, Bath, BA2 7BD, CLAVERTON MANOR GARDEN CLICK	Tel 01225 460503
CLEEVE ABBEY Set in tranquil countryside. The abbey remains boast some of the most complex buildings in England. Magnificent timber roofing.		Washford, Watchet Daily, 10am-6pm (5pm Oct) CLEEVE ABBEY CLICK	Tel: 01984 640377
CLEVEDON COURT GARDEN A fourteenth century house with a terraced garden, started by Sir Abraham Elton c1775. It has woods, herbaceous borders and a bowling green. Blomfield saw it as a good example of 'combined terrace and bank work'.		Tickenham Road, Cl Clevedon, Bristol, Somerset, BS21 6QU CLEVEDON COURT GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01275 872257
COMBE SYDENHAM COUNTRY PARK Five hundred acres of wooded hillside and valleys. Elizabethan house with Drake connections. Gardens and restored corn mill. A Tudor house, on the site of a monastery, with a deer park and a re-created parterre planted with old roses. There is also a herb garden and a peacock house.		Monksilver, Taunton, TA4 4JG Daily, April-Aug, 9am-5pm COMBE SYDENHAM COUNTRY PARK CLICK	Tel: 0800 7838572
COTHAY MANOR AND GARDENS The Cothay Manor Garden by the River Tone covers around 12 acres and was designed in the 1920s by R Cooper. It is now a plantsman's paradise surrounding perhaps the most perfect example of a small classic medieval manor. Many garden rooms, each a garden in itself, are set off the 200 yard yew walk. In addition there is a bog garden with azaleas and drifts of primuli, fine trees, cottage garden, courtyards and a river walk.		Cothay Manor, Greenham, nr. Wellington May-Sept. Wed, Thur, Sun - 2pm-6pm. COTHAY MANOR CLICK	Tel: 01823 674133
CROWE HALL GARDEN More remarkable than the house, which is built on one of the seven hills surrounding Bath, are its 10 acres of gardens that date from the 18th century. ''The garden presents a picture of great natural grandeur,’’ noted the Journal of Horticulture and Home Farmer as early as 1906. ''The construction of descending terraces and huge retaining walls give it an Italian appearance within an English setting.’’ There are also miles of shady walks, grottos that lead from one of 12 terraced levels to another and water features. And there are unexpected small gardens: one is the Hercules Garden, designed in 1995, where the Grecian demigod appears once in his lion skin and once in a mosaic pool; while another is the Teazle Garden, so named in memory of a dog. Gardens: 7 & 21 May, 11 June & 16 July 14.00-18.00, at other times by arrangement. Hall: by arrangement only		Widcombe Hill, Bath, Somerset, BA2 6AR NO CROWE HALL GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01225-310322
DILLINGTON HOUSE Dillington House hosts a number of taster days and residential courses including silk painting, photography, creative writing, family history, music appreciation, and many more.		Ilminster TA19 9DT Dillington House	Tel: 01460 52427
DOWNSIDE ABBEY Downside Abbey Church is one of the finest examples of Neo-Gothic architecture in England, which some describe as a jewel among the churches of Somerset.		Stratton-on-the-Fosse, nr. Bath DOWNSIDE ABBEY CLICK	Tel: 01761 235161
DUNSTER CASTLE GARDENS Dunster Castle and gardens is in beautiful setting close to the sea and Exmoor.. This fortified storybook Dunster Castle was the home of the Luttrell family for 600 years. Famous for its lemon tree, Arbutus, Camellias, mimosa and Sequoia. Fine border of rare shrubs surrounds a lawn near the keep. Along the river thrives a variety of sub-tropical plants. Snowdrops and daffodils in parkland setting of 28 acres. Also make sure to visit Dunster Castle and village.		Dunster Castle, Nr Minehead, Somerset TA24 6SL DUNSTER CASTLE CLICK	Tel : 01643 821314
DUNSTER TYTHE BARN It is not certain when the Tithe Barn was built but, in M J A Beacham's book "West Country Tithe Barns", we are told that the tithes of the De Mohun estates passed to the priory between 1090 and 1100.The Tithe Barn is referred to as being in existence in 1498 in Maxwell Lyte's " History of Dunster ", although on a 14th century map of Dunster, the priory buildings, the Dovecote and a large building on the site of the present Tithe Barn are shown.The tithe, or payment in kind, of 10% of the annual produce in crops, livestock, orchards and gardens was an ancient custom in the Christian west following the Mosaic Law and is referred to in Deuteronomy:- "Set aside a tithe - a tenth of all that your fields produce each year being the tithe of all your crops and store it in your town". Tithes first came to England with St Augustine (d. 604) and by the end of the 10th century, tithe payments had become compulsory everywhere, and so, during the next four or five centuries, tithe barns were constructed to store the produce. The Tithe Barn is owned by the Crown Estate Commissioners.		Tythe Barn Priory Green Dunster Somerset TA24 6RY Email at info@dunstertithebarn.co.uk TYTHE BARN CLICK	Tel: 01643 821246
DUNSTER WATER MILL Stroll down the main street (watch out for the traffic!) past the church and the castle, and follow the signs to the watermill. This is a working mill (entrance fee) and next to it is a pretty little tearooms with garden by the mill stream.The West Country's finest working water mill, built in 1680, the mill is set in magnificent surroundings alongside the River Avill overlooking Exmoor National Park, only minutes from Dunster Castle and High Street.		Mill Lane, Dunster,TA24 6SL Apr-Oct. Mon-Thurs and Sat-Sun 10.30am-5pm. DUNSTER WATERMILL CLICK	Tel: 01643 821759
EAST LAMBROOK COUNTRY GARDEN Margery Fish created this garden at East Lambrook which has become one of the best known in England. Whilst fairly small it has a feeling of covering more ground than it does. The design is informal with hardly a straight line. Her garden has been restored by new owners and is full of rare plants. Very strong on herbaceous it also contains the best collection of hardy geraniums in the country. There is an excellent nursery selling many unusual plants at very reasonable prices..		Nr South Pemberton, Somerset EAST LAMBROOK CLICK	Tel :01460 240328 Fax : 01460 242344
FORDE ABBEY & GARDENS "One of the Top Ten Gardens in England" Maginficent 12th Century house, 30 acres of gardens, plant centre, gift shop, tea room, pottery exhibition, forge. Gardens open daily throughout the year 10.00-4.30. House open 1.00pm to 4.30pm on Tues to Fri,Sun & Bank hols. 26th March to end October.The Roper Family welcome you to their unique house and 30 acres of world famous gardens at Forde Abbey tucked away in the Somerset countryside. Founded by Cistercian monks over 800 years ago it became one of the richest and learned monasteries in the country. The Garden was developed in the 1800s and you can explore the many different aspects from spring bulbs, herbaceous borders along the canal, an amazing bog garden, arboretum, lakes and working kitchen garden.		Nr Chard Signposted from A30 between Chard & Crewkerne and from the A358 between Chard & Axminster FORDE ABBEY CLICK	Tel :01460 221290
GANTS MILL AND GARDEN Tour the historic watermill and then take tea in the designer water garden. Riverside walk and garden sculptures.An ancient mill surrounded by a garden with colour-themed planting. Sculptures are exhibited around the garden.		Bruton Mid May-Sep, Thurs, Sun and Bank Hols 2pm-5pm. GANTS MILL & GARDEN CLICK	Tel: 01963 812393
GAULDEN MANOR GARDENS Gardens contain a wide selection of roses, herbs, agapanthus and butterfly-attracting plants.		Tolland, Lydeard St. Lawrence, nr Taunton June-Aug, Thurs and Sun 2-5pm. GAULDEN MANOR GARDENS CLICK	Tel: 01984 667213
THE GEORGIAN GARDEN A re-created Georgian town garden, designed after archaeological work by the Bath Archaeological Trust. The original garden was made in the 1760s. In 1985 it was decided to make better use of the garden and the positions of the flower beds, paths and the trellis were located by excavation by the Bath Archaeological Trust. The garden features the beautiful variegated leaves and double flowers that were particularly popular in the Georgian period and follows the original layout – typically simple and formal. And although the plants that grew in the garden were not recorded, species known to have been used in town gardens of the period have been planted. Staff from the Council’s Parks Department try to keep the garden as authentically 18th century as possible. They do not use pesticides and they use an authentic Georgian roller to go over the gravel.The garden is open from 9am until dusk. Entry is free to everyone and the garden can be accessed via Gravel Walk in Royal Victoria Park.		Gravel Walk, Bath, Somerset, THE GEORGIAN GARDEN CLICK
GREENCOMBE GARDEN Greencombe is a post-war garden, having been started in 1946 by Horace Stroud. It is a strip of 3.5 acres on the edge of ancient woodland. The light comes from the north, with a sweep of sky down to the Bristol Channel. To the south rise wooded slopes, that tumble between high Exmoor and the sea. The name comes from the combe (or valley) behind, which is the only one in this arc of hills with a sward of grass but no water. Since September 1966 it has been in the care and custody of Joan Loraine whose dedication to the garden has produced what you see today. Although most of these wonderful plants have been deliberately planted in their present positions, the garden gives you the impression that it occurred naturally and that the paths wander around the plants that already existed, so natural is the layout. For at least the last 37 years Greencombe has been an organic garden using between 25 and 30 tons of home produced compost and leaf-mould each year. The gardens contain four national plant collections: Erythronium (small mountain lilies); Polystichum (the thumbs-up fern); Vaccinium (Wortleberries world-wide) and Gaultheria (berries for bears).		Porlock, Somerset, , TA24 8NU GREENCOMBE GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01643 862363
HADSPEN GARDENS Five acres of mixed colour themed borders, ponds and meadows within the framework of a Victorian walled garden in the grounds of a country estate.A twentieth century Arts and Crafts garden in and around an old walled garden on a hillside. The planting is good. It is by Penelope Hobhouse, author of Colour In Your Garden, followed by Nori and Sandra Pope, who have also written a book on planting design with colour. The most intensively cared-for part of the garden is within the old walled vegetable garden of Hadspen House. Since it is on a hillside, it looks less like a vegetable garden than other examples of this genre."		Hadspen House, Castle Cary Mar-Sept and Bank Hol Mon 10am-5pm. HADSPEN HOUSE & GARDENS CLICK	Tel: 01749 813707
HAMHILL COUNTRY PARK		Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset
HANHAM COURT GARDENS The garden of garden designers Isabel and Julian Bannnerman. Half way between Bath and Bristol, this unexpectedly rural mediaeval monastic enclave at the end of a tiny lane near the River Avon, has provided us with a remarkable opportunity to create, over fifteen years, a deeply romantic, scented garden. The 'Dell' is home to a stumpery such as the one we created at Highgrove for The Prince of Wales, with ferns, tree ferns, massed snowdrops, hellebores, dog tooth violets, violets and primroses, magnolias, wild rambling roses rampaging through trees, pools and stream. The formal garden is a fortified bastion with fountains, luscious borders of old roses and tree peonies, scented perennials and bulbs, lilies and daturas in pots, punctuated by buildings and doorways which lead out into the miniature parkland, orchard, wildflower meadows, and simple cutting and vegetable gardens. Each month offers different delights; starting in April when under the magnificent Walnut tree, whose branches spread across a diameter of 94ft, ‘snakes head’ fritillaries stand in fragile thousands, to be followed by pheasant-eye narcissus and foaming cow parsley, and the house is draped in wisteria and yellow banksian roses.		Hanham Court, Ferry Lane, Hanham Abbots, Bristol, Somerset, BS15 3NT Email info@hanhamcourt.co.uk HANHAM COURT GARDENS CLICK
HATCH COURT Hatch Court is an elegant Palladian mansion set in an exceptionally fine park. The house has a good collection of pictures and furniture, a china room and a military museum. A herd of fallow deer graze in the park and there are magnificent trees and wonderful views.The beautiful gardens at Hatch Court have been extensively restored the present owners. The highlight is a huge working walled kitchen garden. Before 1984 this productive garden was a complete wilderness but since then it has been brilliantly restored by Robin and Janie Odgers.		From Taunton go south-east on A358 for 5 miles. Turn left for Hatch Beauchamp and left at village crossroads for garden.
HERSCHEL MUSEUM OF ASTRONOMY GARDEN This Georgian town house was the home of William Herschel (1738-1822), the astronomer who discovered Uranus in 1781. This is a re-creation of the garden as it might have been in his time		19 New King Street, Bath, Somerset, BA1 2BL HERSCHEL MUSEUM OF ASTRONOMY GARDEN CLICK	Tel: +44 (0)1225 446 865 Fax: +44 (0) 1225 446 865
HESTERCOMBE GARDENS 50 acres of beautiful formal gardens and parkland boasting 3 centuries of garden history set the stage for Hestercombe Gardens. The formal Edwardian Gardens, featuring terraces, pool and an Orangery were designed by Sir Edward Lutyens and planted by Gertrude Jekyll. These gardens were reunited in 1997 with Hestercombe's secret landscape garden for the first time in 125 years. The idyllic 40 acre Georgian pleasure grounds have been lovingly and meticulously restored and provide delightful woodland walks, lakeside views, classical temples and the Great Cascade.		Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton, Somerset TA2 8LG four miles from Taunton HESTERCOMBE GARDENS CLICK	Tel: 01823 413923 Fax : 01823 413747
HIGHER ORCHARD Bed & Breakfast. Home produce breakfast, fantastic gardens and incredible views. Graham and Janet Lamacraft welcome you to their charming Victorian house in the unique medieval village of Dunster. Higher Orchard was built in 1864 on ground which was once orchard land belonging to the Benedictine Priory (founded around 1090) and is one of the very few Dunster properties with open views and off road parking. www.higherorchard-dunster.co.uk		30 St Georges Street Dunster TA24 6RS	01643 821 915
LADY FARM Lady Farm garden has really been making a name for itself over recent years. It is a favourite with garden photographers and has all year interest. The 'prairie' and 'steppe' style plantings are a real highlight not to be missed but there is much more. A shady hosta walk, with birch and hydrangeas, leads to a lake which has been created from a stream. This is surrounded by natural planting which blend into a wildflower meadow. A stream tumbles into a deep ravine before resuming to its natural course. Whilst there is much to see the garden is designed to be low maintenance.		Chelwood, Somerset BS39 4NN LADY FARM CLICK	Tel+44 (0)1761 490770
LOWER SEVERALLS An enchanting and original garden set in front of an 18th century hamstone farmhouse. Lower Severalls has an informal air with profuse herbaceous borders around the house and innovative features including a living dogwood basket, a wadi and scented garden. Nursery specialises in herbs, herbaceous perenials and conservatory plants.		Lower Severalls, Crewkerne TA18 7NX LOWER SEVERALLS CLICK	Tel 01460 73234
KILVER COURT GARDENS The original nineteenth century gardens were created for the workers of Kilver Court. The gardens were restored in the 1960s and opened to the public for the first time in 2008. There is a parterre, millpond and boating lake. Kilver Court Gardens was first created by Ernest Jardine, MP of East Somerset, in 1880 and established what was known as ‘Jardine’s Park’, using the mill ponds as a boating lake and the surrounding gardens for the workers recreation. Fruit and vegetables were also grown to provide mid-day meals for the workers- a vegetable garden has newly been reinstated!		Kilver Street, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5NF KILVER COURT CLICK	Tel: 01749 340417
LYTES CARY MANOR (NATIONAL TRUST) Acquired by the National Trust in 1949, this manor house and grounds is located in the depths of rural Somerset. The Tudor great hall and 14th Century chapel are two of the most popular attractions here. The house was once the home of medieval herbalist Henry Lyte and this former owner planted many of the plants still growing in the grounds. There are plenty of estate walks to enjoy the rich architectural and cultural history.A medieval/Tudor manor house once owned by a sixteenth century herbalist. The entrance forecourt has a central path flanked by yew topiary. A gate leads to a long mixed border designed by Graham Stuart Thomas. There are yew alleys and other compartments. Christopher Hussey described the garden as 'a necklace of garden rooms strung on green corridors'. Sir Henry Lyte, author of the Niewe Herball (1578), lived here.		Charlton Mackrell, Somerton, Somerset TA11 7HU Map LYTES CARY CLICK	Tel :01935 843600
MILTON LODGE GARDEN Mature listed grade II garden with views of Wells Cathedral and Vale of Avalon. Mixed borders of roses, fine trees. Separate seven-acre arboretum. An eighteenth century house with an eighteenth century arboretum and a twentieth century Arts and Crafts garden. The terraced garden was made in 1906, by Parsons and Partridge, and re-planted in the 1960s. Milton Lodge Gardens have good planting and fine views over Wells and its cathedral. The swimming pool was built in 1967 and contributes to the garden design. The soil is highly alkaline.		Old Bristol Road, Wells Easter-end Oct. Tues, Weds, Sun, 2pm-5pm MILTON LODGE GARDEN CLICK	Tel: 01749 672168
MONTECUTE HOUSE his outstanding Elizabethan house was built for Sir Edward Phelips, who was Speaker of the House of Commons. It retains many Elizabethan features, including decorative panelling and plasterwork, heraldic glass and a magnificent long gallery. It is now owned by the National Trust and used as an outpost by the National Portrait Gallery. The gardens were laid out at the same time as the house and feature two charming Elizabethan pavilions, a Victorian orangery and a restaurant in the stables.		Montacute, Nr Yeovil, Somerset TA15 6X Map MONTACUTE HOUSE CLICK	Tel :01935 823289
MUCHELNEY ABBEY This beautiful and ancient piece of architecture stands in the heart of the Somerset countryside and provides a fascinating visitor attraction. The ruins of the Tudor abbey are clearly defined and there is a series of interesting exhibitions that have been put in place by English Heritage who maintain the property. Here you can learn more about the past of the building and those who used it.		nr Langport Apr-Oct. Mon-Tues 10am-6pm (to end of Sept); Wed-Sun 10am-5pm (to end of Oct). Map MUCHELNEY ABBEY CLICK	Tel: 01458 250664
NUNNEY CASTLE Small but very complete 14th century castle consisting of a compact tower with large round towers at the angles, surrounded by a deep moat, in distinctly French styling.		Nunney, Frome Daily during sunlight hours NUNNEY CASTLE CLICK	Tel: 01373 467271
PARADE GARDENS BATH Parade Gardens is one of the best examples of a Victorian Public Garden, in a very beautiful and very well-run city. The Gardens are beside the River Avon, overlooking Pulteney Bridge and Pulteney Weir. There is a bandstand and the floral bedding displays are some of the best in Britain.		Bath, Somerset
PRIOR PARK LANDSCAPE GARDEN One of only four Palladian bridges of this design in the world can be crossed at Prior Park, which was created in the 18th century by local entrepreneur Ralph Allen, with advice from 'Capability' Brown and the poet Alexander Pope. The garden is set in a sweeping valley where visitors can enjoy magnificent views of Bath. Restoration of the 'Wilderness' has reinstated the Serpentine Lake, Cascade and Cabinet.		Ralph Allen Drive, Bath, Somerset, BA2 5AH PRIOR PARK LANDSCAPE GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01225 833422
THE RED LODGE GARDEN A re-creation of a seventeenth century town garden. The trellis work at the Red Lodge Garden was based on a seventeenth-century design.		Park Row, Bristol, Somerset, BS1 5LJ THE RED LODGE GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 0117 9211360
SOMERSET LEVELS At the heart of Somerset, lies a beautiful area called the "Levels and Moors", which has international status as one of the most important wetlands of its type in the world		Levels and Moors Office, Moorlynch Vineyard, Moorlynch, Bridgwater, TA7 9DD SOMERSET LEVELS CLICK	Tel: 01458 210790
STOKE-SUB-HAMDON PRIORY 14/15th century farm buildings, formerly a priests' residence. Great Hall open every day during the summer.		North Street, Stoke-sub-Hamdon TA14 6QP STOKE SUB HAMDEN PRIORY CLICK	Tel: 01935 823289
TINTINHULL HOUSE GARDEN A seventeenth century house with a Arts and Crafts garden. The Eagle Court is thought to have been made in the eighteenth century but the other garden compartments were made in the first two decades of the twentieth century. It has a distinct 'Golden Afternoon' flavour. Captain and Mrs Reiss bought the house in 1933 and added the Pool Garden as a memorial to a nephew who was shot down over a Malta convoy during the Second World War. Penelope Hobhouse, author of Colour in Your Garden (1984) worked here from 1980 to 1993 and the garden is described by her in Penelope Hobhouse on Gardening (1994). The standard of the planting design is not now as good as in the photographs in her book.		Farm Street, Tintinhull , Somerset, BA22 8PZ TINTINHULL HOUSE GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01935 823289
TOWN TREE NATURE GARDENS Twenty-two acres of landscaped gardens and ponds, including wild and cultivated plants, visiting waterfowl, seven-acre lake.		Town Tree Lane, Martock 10am until one and a half hours before sunset. TOWN TREE NATURE GARDEN CLICK	Tel: 01935 823203
TYNTESFIELD GARDEN A Victorian Gothic-Revival house and garden . There is a working kitchen garden. Tyntesfield is a recent National Trust acquisition (2002) and restoration and conservation work is still ongoing.		Wraxall, Somerset, BS48 1NT TYNTESFIELD GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 0844 800 4966
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL BOTANIC GARDEN In 2006, the University of Bristol Botanic Garden was moved from the previous site at Bracken Hill to The Holmes. The garden will focus on four themed plant collections: Plant Evolution, Plants of Mediterranean Climate Regions, Useful Plants, Local Flora and Rare Native Plants.		The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Stoke Bishop, Bristol, Somerset, BS9 UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL BOTANIC GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 0117 331 4906.
WAYFORD MANOR The garden at Wayford Manor was designed by Harold Peto in 1902 and surrounds a manor house. There are terraces, pools and topiary, partly on the site of an Elizabethan garden. It is a good example of the Arts and Crafts style with a transition from a terrace in front of the house to an 'informal' wild garden. The manor is well maintained and well planted. A rock garden was added in the 1930s and there are several pools with lush planting in the lower part of the garden.		Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8QG
WIMBLEBALL LAKE Wimbleball lies just within Exmoor National Park. Its 374 acres of water and 500 acres of surrounding woodland and meadow offer recreation for all.		Brompton Regis, nr Dulverton All year round. WIMBLEBALL LAKE CLICK	Tel: 01938 371372
YEOVIL COUNTRY PARK This diverse 88 acre Country Park is located on the south and eastern edges of Yeovil. The park includes the areas known as Ninesprings, Penn Hill Park, Summerhouse Hill and Riverside Walk. There are rivers, a lake, open grassland, woodland and a children's play area.		Yeovil Country Park, Park at Goldenstones Leisure Centre, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1QZ YEOVIL COUNTRY PARK CLICK	tel: 01935 462932

THE GARDENS OF SURREY
Garden & Opening Times	Pictures	Address	Tel
Albury Park Mansion A Victorian house, designed by AW Pugin, with a Victorian garden: lawns, gravel paths, rose garden and woodland garden. Pugin designed much of the decoration in the Houses of Parliament and helped to revive the Gothic style. To garden historians, Albury is famous for a garden, which survives but is not open to the public, designed by John Evelyn in the 1660s.Opening times - May to September, Wednesday and Thursday, Open 2pm to 5pm		Albury, Guildford, Surrey, England, GU5 9BB 5m SE of Guildford. From A25 take A248 towards Albury for ¼m, then up New Rd, entrance to Albury Park immed on L map ALBURY PARK MANSION CLICK
Ashburton Park Asburton Park is a large park and grassland area on the edge of Croydon in the southern most reaches of south London. The area has for generations been one of the most popular places for locals and visitors to visit to enjoy organised sports and to escape the busy surrounding streets. The park is surrounded by mature trees and is well maintained by the local authority who guard their public land jealously.		Portland Road, Croydon, London SE27 Map ASHBURTON PARK CLICK
Auriol Park Auriol Park is a great public facility located in a residential area of Ewell in the district of Epsom in Surrey. The park has historically and continues to be a place of meeting for the people of the area as well as being a place used for walking, running, sports and general recreation. During the summer months the park is extremely well used.		Salisbury Road, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey KT7 Map
Beddington Park Originally part of the deer park at Carew Manor at its peak in Tudor times the park was vast and took up a large area around Mitcham and Merton. During the nineteenth century the importance of the local landowners waned and the park fell into public hands and was gifted to the people of the borough as a place to relax away from the dirty streets. The area has been the site of many important archaeological discoveries. The park is full of cultured gardens, lakes and canals and also has facilities for people to play sports but is primarily a place of peace and tranquillity for locals and tourists to sit back and watch the world go by.		Croydon Road, Carshalton, Surrey SM6 7LF Map	Phone: +44 (0)20 8770 5000
Busbridge Lakes Ornamental Waterfowl and Gardens Busbridge Lakes is a grade 2 Heritage garden renowned for its follies, grottos and magnificent specimen trees. The parkland of 16 hectares with 3 lakes, nature trails and wooded hillside with much flora and fauna is the back ground for one of the largest collections of wild waterfowl in the country. There are over a 130 species of swans, geese and ducks, many endangered, as well as rare pheasants, cranes and other exotic birds. To share in the wonders of Busbridge Lakes why not visit us on one of our open days or for schools, clubs or private parties call us to arrange a special booking.Birds are for sale through out the year by appointment.		Hambledon Road Godalming Surrey GU8 4AY map BUSBRIDGE LAKES CLICK	Tel: +44 (0) 1483 421955 Fax: +44 (0) 1483 421955
Byfleet Park Byfleet Park and Recreation Ground is a large publicly owned and managed facility close to the centre of the Surrey town. It has for many generations provided a place of rest and relaxation for the people of the borough and the many smaller communities that surround it. In the summer months the facility is popular with picnickers and walkers and throughout the year seasonal sports are played on the large pitches that cover the area		Rectory Lane, Byfleet, Surrey KT14 7LW
Chaldon Way Gardens Ornamental Gardens with a shelter Located in Coulsdon, the Garden is at the junction of Marlpit Lane and Chaldon WayChaldon Way Gardens is a small ornamental garden adjacent to Coulsdon Memorial Ground.The area was given to the Urban District Council by the developer, Fairdean Heights Ltd, who built the surrounding houses during the 1930s. It was also agreed that the Company will allow the Council, at its own cost, to collect and use free of charge for the purposes of the original layout of the land as a public open garden, such earth, turf, sub-soil, flowers and shrubs as can be removed from the Company's Fairdean Heights Estate.This generous offer resulted in an excellent ornamental garden being constructed with lawns, shrub beds and annual bedding displays and a small shelter at one end of the garden.		Coulsdon, the Garden is at the junction of Marlpit Lane and Chaldon Way. CHALDON WAY GARDENS CLICK	Tel : 020 8726 6900
Cherkley Court & Gardens Cherkley Court & Gardens - This historic house, set in 400 acres of park and woodlands with breathtaking views over the Mole Valley, is the former home of the press baron and cabinet minister, the 1st Lord Beaverbrook. 16 acres of terraced formal gardens have been redesigned by Simon Johnson who specialises in country house work. A recent project included working on an English Heritage garden at Walmer Castle in Kent for the late Queen Mother. As well as grand terraces & borders, garden pavilions, a stone grotto and a stunning Italianate garden there are wild flower meadows, Mediterranean planting, a walnut grove and working glasshouses.		Reigate Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 8QX CHERKLEY COURT CLICK	Tel: 01372 380980
Chilworth Manor House and Gardens A fascinating history is just one of the attractions of this fabulous manor which, although located in Surrey, just 35 miles from London, feels like it is situated in the most tranquil spot in the world .Once belonging to Sarah., Duchess of Marlborough Extensive grounds of lawns and mature trees around C17/C18 manor on C11 monastic site. Substantial C18 terraced walled garden laid out by Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, with herbaceous borders, topiary and fruit trees. Original stewponds integrated with new Japanese-themed garden and woodland garden and walk. Paddock home to alpacas. Ongoing restoration project aims to create a contemporary and practical garden sensitive to its historic context		Chilworth Guildford Surrey GU4 8NL 3½m SE of Guildford. From centre of Chilworth village turn into Blacksmith Lane. 1st drive on R on Halfpenny Lane map CHILWORTH MANOR CLICK	Tel: +44 (0) 1483 561414
Churchfields Park is the most centrally located Public Park or garden in Weybridge. The facility is just a few yards away from the town centre and the magnificent parish church. The area has for generations been one of the principle places of rest and relaxation for the people of the borough, looking for some peace and solitude away from the busy streets of the Surrey town.		Churchfields, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 Map
The Church Gardens are situated close to the centre of the oldest part of Croydon and form one of the primary places of rest and relaxation for the people of the south London suburb. Surrounded by a protective layer of mature trees and dotted with beautiful flower beds the gardens truly are an oasis of calm in the busy area.		Church Street, Croydon, London CR0 1RN Map
Clandon Park Garden Clandon Park is a grand Palladian mansion, built in about 1730 by the Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni, and notable for its magnificent two-storied Marble Hall. The house is filled with the superb collection of 18th century furniture, porcelain, textiles and carpets acquired in the 1920s by the connoisseur Mrs. David Gubbay, and also contains the Ivo Forde Meissen collection of Italian comedy figures and a series of Mortlake tapestries. Clandon Park was designed by Lancelot Brown, in 1781, on the site of an earlier garden. A garden was added in the late nineteenth century, with a parterre, grotto, sunken Dutch garden and a Maori meeting house. One of only four outside New Zealand, it was brought back in 1892 by the 4th Earl of Onslow, who was Governor there. The park has fine entrance gates and a lake but is not open to the public.		West Clandon, Guildford, Surrey GU4 7RQ 3 miles east of Guildford. Clandon Park is in West Clandon and Hatchlands is east of East Clandon. Map CLANDON PARK CLICK	Tel: +44 (0)1483 222482 - Fax: +44 (0)1483 223479
Claremont Landscape Garden One of the first and finest gardens of the English Landscape style. Claremont’s creation and development involved some of the great names in garden history, including Sir John Vanbrugh, Charles Bridgeman, William Kent and ‘Capability’ Brown. The first gardens were begun c.1715 and later the delights of Claremont were famed throughout Europe. Since 1975 the Trust has been restoring this layout. The many features include a lake, island with pavilion, grotto, turf amphitheatre, viewpoints and vistas.Opening times - All year. Daily except Monday. April to October: also open Mondays. Open 10am to 6pm (5pm or dusk Nov to March). Also some late opening until 9pm on Saturdays in June.		Portsmouth Road Esher Surrey KT10 9JG South of Esher, on the east of the A307. map claremont@ntrust.org.uk CLAREMONT CLICK	Tel: +44 (0) 1372 467806 Fax: +44 (0) 1372 464394
Coverwood Lakes & Gardens Coverwood Lakes has been owned by the Metson family since 1952. There is a bog garden and arboretum surrounding 4 lakes. Beautifully landscaped garden set in 14 acres with specimen Rhododendrons up to 30 ft tall. Azaleas and Camellias, together with a wide variety of trees and flowering shrubs surrounding four lakes. Natural springs in the bog garden form streams to feed the lake. Along the edges of the streams, the dampness provides ideal conditions for Lysichitum, both white and yellow, and Gunnera Manicata to thrive. Bordering the paths are a great variety of Hosta, Trillium, and Lilies of the Valley. The gardens were originally laid out in 1909 by Mr Stephen's of Stephen's Ink. Specimen rhododendron and azaleas, blue cedar, douglas fir, wellingtonia, sorrel tree, swamp cypress. Opening times - Under the National Garden Scheme in Spring and Autumn. OPEN DAYS 2009 Monday APRIL 13th Sundays APRIL 19th, 26th & MAY 3rd, 10th, 24th (2-6 pm) Sunday OCTOBER 18th (11-4.30 pm)		Peaslake Road, Ewhurst, Surrey, GU6 7NT 7m SW of Dorking. From A25 follow signs for Peaslake; garden ½m beyond Peaslake on Ewhurst rd map COVERWOOD GARDENS CLICK
Crosswater Farm Garden A woodland garden run in conjunction with a nursery, specialising in rhododendrons and azaleas. This is an idyllic garden of about 6 acres incorporating several ponds and a stream. Rhodododendrons are the main feature, but there are complementary plantings of Sorbus, Magnolias and Japanese Maples under a canopy of tall pine trees. The gardens were developed by Ted and Romy Millais who bought the derelict farm in 1946. Every year the new rhododendron plantings moved further and further away from the farmhouse as they collected more rare plants from the Himalayas or bred new hybrids. Opening times - All year. Monday to Friday. Also open Saturdays from late February to early June and mid September to late October. Sundays from late April until early June. Open 10am to 5pm. Closed for Christmas and New Year.		Crosswater Farm, Crosswater Lane, Churt, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2JN 6m S of Farnham, 6m NW of Haslemere. From A287 turn E into Jumps Rd ½m N of Churt village centre. After ¼m turn acute L into Crosswater Lane & follow signs for Millais Nurseries map CROSSWATER FARM GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01252 792698
Croydon Road Recreation Ground Although known as a recreation ground, Croydon Road Recreation Ground is far more what one would consider to be a classic London park. It is a large area of green belt that runs along Croydon Road towards the centre of the south London suburb. The area is littered with mature tress and flower beds as well as having several large sports pitches that host a variety of organised and impromptu sports matches throughout the year.		Croydon Road, Croydon, London CR0 Map CROYDON ROAD RECREATION GROUND CLICK
Fairfield Park is located close to the Fairfield Concert Halls and is a large public garden at the heart of Croydon. It is a popular spot for both locals and visitors alike to sit and relax away from the hustle and bustle of the busy streets of Croydon. The area has several interesting flower beds and wooden shelters built around it.		Croydon Flyover, Croydon, London CR0 Map FAIRFIELD PARK CLICK
Farthing Downs Tree Belt Located in Coulsdon, the belt runs parallel to Chaldon Way from Marlpit Lane to Drive Road.The tree belt is an ancient hedgerow with over twenty species of trees and shrubs along its length including, Ash, Hazel, Oak, Yew, Wayfaring Tree, Beech, Field Maple, Holly and Hawthorn.The tree belt formed a boundary between the lower fields and Farthing Downs (which belongs to the City of London). The Downs have a long and interesting history, they were farmed by the Celts because the tree cover was lighter compared with the heavily wooded lower valley. They divided the area into small oblong fields which were ploughed and cultivated, the banks, called lynchets, can be seen today, and are a result of the cultivation process.		Farthing Downs Map
Frensham Common Frensham Common covers an area of 1000 acres and consists of heathland and woodland. In the past, commons were used by local people for fuel and to graze their livestock which served to maintain the variety of wildlife that can still be found today. Visitors can wander freely across the common along marked-out trails and enjoy spotting the wildlife. There are many species of bird, sand lizards and smooth snakes to look out for. Close to the car park there is a picnic area where refreshments can be bought.		Bacon Lane, Churt, Farnham, Surrey GU10 Map	Phone: +44 (0)1483 523333
Gatton Park, Reigate, Surrey Gatton Park in Reigate is a spectacular, historic park landscaped by Lancelot “Capability” Brown and situated at the foot of the North Downs in Surrey. Extensive restoration work, led by experts and executed by volunteers has been taking place since 1997. There is still more to be done. The restoration of the Japanese Garden was featured in the Channel 4 series “Lost Gardens” in 1999. The principal features include: Three interlinked lakes and a serpentine, Japanese garden, Rock and water garden, Dry-arch bridge, leading to walled gardens, Bird hide, Island heronry (largest in S.E.England), Wildlife habitats.2010 - Feb to Oct See website for open day details.		Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0TW, Near junction 8 on the M25. GATTON PARK CLICK	Tel : 01737 649068
Goddards Garden A house by Edwin Lutyens (1898) with a garden by Gertrude Jekyll. The planting in the courtyard garden at Goddards has been restored using Jekyll's planting plans. Opening times - Early April to end October. Wednesdays, by appointment. Open 2pm to 6pm.		Abinger Common, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6TH Goddards garden is 4.5 miles south west of Dorking, by the village green in Abinger. GODDARDS GARDEN CLICK
Great Fosters Framed on three sides by a Saxon moat, the formal gardens of Great Fosters are both extensive and exceptional. The gardens at Great Fosters were originally designed by W H Romaine Walker and Gilbert Jenkins and are among the finest Arts and Crafts gardens in Europe. Designed to reflect the intricate beauty of a Persian rug, the knot garden is embellished with fragrant beds of flowers and herbs bordered by manicured hedges and topiary. At the heart of it all is the Drake sundial and is believed to date back to 1585. Rising beyond the gardens, the majestic tiered steps of an amphitheatre have been carved into the hillside. More to see with a vast lake, a grand lawn leading to an avenue of lime trees, and an enchanting Wisteria-draped Japanese bridge leading to a sunken rose garden and tranquil lily pond. Great Fosters - Gardens open daily all year. Refreshments in hotel. Disabled access.		Stroude Road, Egham, Surrey TW20 9UR GREAT FOSTERS CLICK	Tel: 01784 433822
The Grove The Grove is an historic park that crosses both Sutton and Carshalton in the order between south London and northern Surrey. The large park was once a part of a stately home, but now has been divided up into several smaller recreation grounds. Some of the grove is used for organised sport whereas other parts have been made into children's playgrounds. The majority of the area is used for free recreation and relaxation by passing people		Carshalton, Surrey SM5 3AL Map
Guildford Castle Guildford Castle is just a few minutes walk from the High Street and it is surrounded by some beautiful gardens. It was founded in Saxon times, re-built after the Norman Conquest in 1066, and captured by the Dauphin in 1216 along with Reigate and Farnham castles. Today only the Norman keep and Castle Arch remain, standing high on the castle mound above the town. It is surrounded by beautifully kept castle gardens - a tranquil place to relax and unwind.		Castle Street, Guildford, Surrey GU2 5BB Map	Phone: +44 (0)1483 444702
Haling Grove is a large area of public green land on the edge of Croydon in south London. The area has been reserved by the local authority as a place of rest and relaxation for local people and visitors wishing to escape the hustle and the bustle of the busy city streets. The park is used for sports throughout the year but is primarily a fairly relaxed environment where people sit, walk and watch the world go by.		Brighton Road, Croydon, London CR0 Map HALING GROVE CLICK
Ham House Ham House is an outstanding Stuart house, built in 1610 and then enlarged in the 1670s when it was at the heart of Restoration court life and intrigue. Ham is famous for its lavish interiors and spectacular collections of fine furniture, textiles and paintings, as well as for the 17th century formal gardens, currently being restored.		Ham, Richmond, London TW10 7RS Map E-mail Ham House HAM HOUSE CLICK	Phone: +44 (0)20 8940 1950 - Fax: +44 (0)20 8332 6903
Hampton Court Palace Garden The renaissance garden, which Henry VIII made here in the 1530s, was converted to the baroque style between 1660 and 1702. Naturally competitive, Henry VIII wanted Hampton Court to outshine Francis I's palace garden at Fontainbleau. Henry VIII's garden had square plats of grass with lions, dragons and other painted heraldic beasts on posts. There was also a mount overlooking the River Thames and a Water Gallery leading to a landing stage for the royal barge. After Charles II became king, in 1660, he employed John Rose to make a canal, inspired by Versailles and 1.6 km long. It runs at 90° to the the axis of the Henry VIII's heraldic garden. When William of Orange left Holland to become King of England, in 1688, he and Mary were delighted with Hampton Court. The air was fresher than Greenwich and kinder to William's asthma. Desiring a second Het Loo, William employed George London and Daniel Marot. They kept the canal, planted a network of avenues and made two great parterres, which later monarchs neglected. One of the parterres, the Fountain Garden, provided a semi-circle for the 'goose's foot' of radiating avenues. It survives in plan but not as a parterre. William's other parterre, the Privy Garden on the site of Henry VIII's heraldic garden and mount, was restored between 1992 and 1995 with the greatest attention to historical accuracy. 'Privy' means private. Hampton Court is a very special kind of royal garden. Restoration of the barogue Lower Orangery Garden was completed in July 2007.Opening times - All year. Daily except Christmas.		East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 9AU Hampton Court garden is near the north side of Kingston Bridge over the River Thames, at the junction of the A308 and A309. map HAMPTON COURT PALACE GARDENS CLICK	Hannah Peschar Garden is 1 mile south west of Ockley.
Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden This Garden used to be part of a large estate, laid out between 1915 and 1920. Later it was split up and sold in several lots, leaving this 15th Century, grade 2 listed cottage with ten acres of garden and the original water and rock gardens. The garden fell rapidly into decline after the estate was sold. Over the past 30 years the garden has been redesigned and replanted by landscape designer Anthony Paul, who has introduced many large leaved plants in bold groups, tall grasses and new pond. In the now revamped landscape you will find many structural plants, which support, frame and enhance a selection of contemporary sculpture curated by Hannah Peschar. Over 100 pieces of sculpture by artists from all over Europe are on display each season. The majority of the sculpture on show is for sale therefore the collection is ever changing. Opening times - May to October., Friday and Saturday: open 11am to 6pm, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays: 2pm to 5pm, November to April - open by appointment only.		Black and White Cottage Standon Lane Ockley, Dorking, Surrey RH5 5QR Hannah Peschar Garden is 1 mile south west of Ockley. map Email Hannah Peschar Garden HANNAH PESCHAR CLICK	Tel: +44 (0) 1306 627269 Fax: +44 (0) 1303 627662
Harvey's Store Roofgarden (now House of Fraser) The garden has been renamed and restored, on the roof of what is now the House of Fraser Store in Guildford High Street. It was designed by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe to symbolize the flight of the first sputnik and overlooks Guildford and the North Downs. The garden was completely rebuilt on a smaller scale in 2000. The garden features many grasses, Iris varieties, willow, Ligularia, Persicaria, and Eupatorium, and water plants (Scirpus, Juncus, etc). The plants tend to build toward late summer for their best show. Stunning views over Guildford & the North Downs. This roof-top water garden was originally designed and installed by the late Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe in 1958 for what was then Harvey's of Guildford. The garden, seating and viewing platforms were spectacular. The public could walk through the pond garden on stepping stones, and a waterfall cascaded down the south side of the building. Eventually though, the garden grew overgrown and was closed. In 2000, the store was taken over by House of Fraser and an ambitious building project was undertaken, resulting in the atrium in the front of the store. At this time the garden was re-made in the spirit of the original. In 2008, many the plants put in in 2000 had outgrown their space and had to be removed. The upper pond has also been converted into a gravel filter bed for the water circulating through the garden. Corkscrew Hazel; Corkscrew Willow, Phyllostachys, Camellia, Pennisetum, Miscanthus, Deschampsia, Calamagrostis, Carex spp., Lythrum, Ligularia, Helenium, Juncus, Persicaria,Opening times - All year. Normal store opening times.		105-111 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3DU, In the centre of Guildford, accessible from High St and North St. HARVEY'S CLICK
Hatchlands Park Built in the 1750s for Admiral Boscawen, hero of the Battle of Louisburg, and set in a beautiful Repton park offering a variety of park and woodland walks, Hatchlands contains splendid interiors by Robert Adam, decorated in appropriately nautical style. It houses the Cobbe Collection, the world’s largest group of keyboard instruments associated with famous composers such as Purcell, J. C. Bach, Chopin, Mahler and Elgar, as well as with Marie Antoinette. There is also a small garden by Gertrude Jekyll, flowering from late May to early July. Hatchlands belonged to the architectural historian, Goodhart-Rendel and was designed in the Arts and Crafts style. Set on the edge of woods, it has a terrace, fountain, stone ornaments, a small temple. The area designed by Gertrude Jekyll has been re-planted using her plans of 1914. Another area has been restored to a design by Humphry Repton. Opening times - April to October. Daily. Open 11am to 6pm.		East Clandon, Guildford, Surrey GU4 7RT Hatchlands Park garden 3 miles east or Guildford, on A247 at West Clandon. Map E-mail Hatchlands Park HATCHLANDS PARK CLICK	Phone: +44 (0)1483 222482 - Fax: +44 (0)1483 223176
The Homewood 20th-century Modernist house and garden.The house and landscape garden, designed by architect Patrick Gwynne, reflect the style and ethos of the Modern Movement. The Modernist house, The Homewood, designed by Patrick Gwynne in 1938 with the principal living rooms on the first floor. The house is of brickwork and painted concrete.		Portsmouth Road Esher Surrey KT109JL Email Homewood Map HOMEWOOD CLICK	Tel :01372 476424
Kennedy Memorial A memorial garden, for President John F Kennedy. The acre of land on which it is set, a gift to America, overlooks the valley in which Magna Carta was signed. Jellicoe designed a flight of steps, rising through the woods to reach a glade in which the memorial stone is set. It draws upon The Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan's allegory of life as a journey. This was a key project in the development of Jellicoe's view on the role of the subconscious in landscape design. Opening times - All year, Daily, Open dawn to dusk		Runnymede, Egham, Surrey, The Kennedy Memorial is 5 miles south east of Windsor. Map KENNEDY MEMORIAL CLICK
Kew Gardens (Royal Botanic Gardens) Three hundred acres alongside the River Thames containing a glorious array of trees and flowers. You can wander through rose gardens or stroll through woodland. Did you know there were so many species of oak or bamboo? Get steamed up in the Palm house where bananas and coconuts grow, or marvel at the size of the pads in the Waterlily house. There’s also an intriguing collection of buildings including the smallest Royal Palace, the Pagoda and the elegantly modern Alpine house.		Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB Map E-mail Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew KEW GARDENS CLICK	Phone: +44 (0)20 8332 5655
Leith Hill Rhododendron Wood General John Folliot bought Leith Hill in 1726 and is thought to be responsible for forming the estate as it is today. Leith Hill Tower was built in 1766 by Richard Hull as part of Leith Hill Place. It is the highest point in Surrey and he wanted a feature that would rise above 1,000 feet and from which he could view the sea. The potter Josiah Wedgwood, son of the founder of the Wedgwood china company, moved to Leith Hill with his family in 1847. The woodland garden was planted with rhododendrons in the late nineteenth century by his wife Caroline. The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, their great grandson, also lived at Leith Hill Place. Opening times - All year, Daily, Open dawn to dusk		Tanhurst Lane, Leith Hill, Surrey, RH5 6LY Leith Hill Rhododendron garden is 5 miles south of Dorking, near Coldharbour. LEITH HILL RHODODENDRON WOOD CLICK
Loseley Park The 2.5 acre Walled Garden, at Loseley based on a design by Gertrude Jekyll, is one of the hidden secrets of the South East. Compared favourably by experts to gardens of national renown, its series of “rooms” include the award-winning rose garden (planted with over 1,000 bushes, many old-fashioned varieties), the colourful flower garden with its maze of pathways, the white garden with fountains, and the extensive herb garden (divided into household, medicinal, decorative and culinary sections). The most recently developed area is the organic vegetable garden, specializing in old-fashioned and unusual varieties and their colourful companion plants. Other features include a magnificent vine walk, ancient wisteria, mulberry trees and a moat. Gardens open May - September daily except Mondays 11 - 5, plus Bank Holidays May & August. Loseley Park House open - May - August, Tues, Weds, Thurs & Sundays 1 - 5 plus Bank Holidays May & August. Restaurant, tearoom, plant sales, disabled access.		Guildford, Surrey, GU3 1HS Loseley Park is 3 miles south east of Guildford, off B3000 Map E-mail Loseley House LOSELEY PARK CLICK	Phone: +44 (0)1483 304440 - Fax: +44 (0)1483 302036
Mounthill Gardens Mounthill Gardens are one of several pieces of public land that have been reserved by the local authority as a park or garden. This area has a fascinating history and has always traditionally been a subsidiary section of the larger Epsom Common which covers miles of the surrounding land. The area is well loved by the local people who use it for rest and relaxation.		Mounthill, Epsom, Surrey KT18 Map
Oakhurst Cottage (National Trust) A small 16th Century timber-framed cottage containing furniture and artefacts reflecting several centuries of continued occupation. There is a delightful cottage garden. Visits by appointment only (40 minute guided tour). Maximum of 6 people at any one time.		Hambledon Surrey GU8 4HF map OAKHURST COTTAGE CLICK	Tel: +44 (0)1428 684 090
Ockham and Wisley Commons Ockham and Wisley Commons have been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest and are part of a European Special Protection Area. The heathland on Ockham common is rare and is known for its beautiful purple heather in the summer. Wisley Common is wetter than Ockham and is home to many species of wetland plants and birds. Both commons have a large population of dragonflies and damselflies. A rare bird known as a hobby (a small falcon) can also be found here. There are two main trails that lead you through the woods to the commons.		Cobham, Surrey KT11 OCKHAM & WISLEY COMMONS CLICK .
Painshill Park, Nr Cobham Painshill Park is one of the most important 18th century parks in Europe. Created by the Hon. Charles Hamilton between 1738 and 1773 as a series of subtle and surprising vistas - The Hamilton Landscapes - which include Gothic Temple, Chinese Bridge, Crystal Grotto, Turkish Tent, Hermitage, 14acre lake, giant waterwheel, 18th century plantings, working vineyard and more. Europa Nostra Medal winner for "exemplary restoration from a state of extreme neglect of a most important 18th century landscape park and its extraordinary garden buildings". In 2006/7 American Roots, a major horticultural exhibition explores the 18th century exchange of plants between Europe and America - the story of how American seeds changed European gardens forever. pen all year - March – October 10.30am- 6.00pm or dusk if earlier (last entry 4.30pm). November – February 10.30am – 4.00pm dusk if earlier (last entry 3.00pm) Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Guided Tours available (pre booking essential). Cafe and Gift Shop Disabled Access and Toilets		Portsmouth Road Cobham Surrey KT11 1JE Painshill Garden is 1mile west of Cobham on A245. Leave M25 at junction 10. map E-mail Painshill Park PAINSHILL PARK CLICK	Tel: 0871 716 2243
Polesden Lacey (National Trust) Elegant Regency villa, remodelled after 1906 by the Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville. Her collection of fine paintings, furniture, porcelain and silver are displayed, plus photographs from Mrs Greville's albums. Extensive grounds include walled rose garden, lawns and spectacular landscape walks.an Arts and Crafts garden by J Cheal & Sons. The long grass terrace walk dates from 1671 and was extended by the playwright Sheridan, who lived her from 1797-1816. The Edwardian garden has a series of walled and hedged enclosures with roses and herbaceous planting. Shop and Plant Sales area. Licensed Restaurant. Open air theatre and concerts 16 June to 1 July. Car parking, toilet facilities and wheelchair access for visitors with disabilities. Braille guide available.Opening times - Garden: all year, daily. Open 10am to 5pm (November to February closes 4pm or dusk if earlier). Different opening times for house.		Great Bookham Dorking Surrey RH5 6BD Polesden Lacey garden is 5 miles north west of Dorking and 2 miles south of Great Bookham. map POLESDEN LACY CLICK	Tel: +44 (0)1372 452 048 Fax: +44 (0)1372 452 023
Ramster Gardens Ramster is a beautiful mature woodland garden, with lakes, ponds and a woodland walk. An outstanding collection of fine rhododendrons and azaleas are in bloom in early spring with stunning varieties of camellias, magnolias and carpets of bluebells. Also features many rare trees and shrubs, wild flower areas, a bog garden and enclosed tennis court garden. 2007 brings the 8th running of the Ramster Embroidery Exhibition, over 250 stunning embroideries for sale in the Jacobean Hall and Great Drawing Room of the main house; open 20th April - 1st May 10am -5pm. Located 1.5 miles south of Chiddingfold on the A283.Open: The garden is open from 5th April - 24th June 2007 daily 10am - 5pm. The Teahouse is also open daily 10am - 5pm while the garden is open, serving delicious hand made cakes and light lunches. Embroidery Exhibition open 20th April - 1st May 10am -5pm.		Ramster Chiddingfold Godalming Surrey GU8 4SN map RAMSTER GARDENS CLICK	Tel: +44 (0) 1428 654167 Fax: +44 (0) 1428 658345

Reighgate Castle Grounds Reigate Castle Grounds are made up of paths, woodland and gardens near the town centre, where Reigate's Norman castle once stood. William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, founded the castle in 1088, but it was in ruins by 1441. Today, a grassy plateau is bordered with herbaceous flowerbeds, planted with roses and perennials. In its centre, a stone pyramid covers an underground passage, and nearby there's a mock medieval gateway of 1777.		Reigate, Surrey RH2 Map
Reigate Priory, Museum and Park Reigate Priory was founded in the 13th Century. Today its grounds make up a magnificent 65 acre park, with gardens, grassland, woodland, a lake and recreational facilities minutes from the town centre. Events are regularly held here, including concerts and firework displays. In 2007, the park is in the midst of a £6.6m restoration and development project, which includes the construction of a new pavilion and sports facilities The Priory Museum holds a fascinating collection of social and local history exhibits, with regular exhibitions aimed at both children and adults. The Museum's home - a Grade I listed Tudor Mansion - is equally impressive. Highlights include the magnificent Holbein Hall Fire Place, which, it is thought, was designed by Hans Holbein for Henry VIII, an 18th-century carved staircase, said to be one of the best in England, and a series of Baroque wall paintings.		Reigate, Surrey RH2 7RL Map PRIORY MUSEUM CLICK
Richmond Park An ancient royal hunting park and one of London's most splendid open spaces. Man has done little more than make roads through the parkland. Deer roam free under the old oak trees and may often be seen grazing in the distance. A very popular outing for Londoners on account of its size (over 800 ha.) and accessibility by car; a fine example of simple landscape management providing efficient semi-natural parkland and recreation. At the NE corner of the Royal Park, the skyline is broken by Roehampton housing - well grouped tall point blocks in a classical landscape of mature trees. This famous public housing development was planned at a time of much lower car ownership. Off Roehampton Lane. Opening times - All year. Open 7am (7:30am in winter) to dusk.		Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, TW10 5HS Access from Richmond Gate, Kingston Gate, Robin Hood Gate or Roehampton Gate. RICHMOND PARK CLICK
Roseberry Park Roseberry Park is situated close to the centre of Epsom and is one of the great out door attractions of the Surrey town. With a great deal to do their including a children’s playground and a large pond, the park has been a firm favourite with local people for generations. It is ideal for walking and jogging as well as simply sitting back amongst the trees and plans and watching the world go by.		Christ Church Road, Epsom, Surrey KT17 Map
RHS Garden Wisley The garden was established by George Wilson, a chemist and horticulturalist, and given to the RHS in 1903. It continues to be developed. Edward White designed the rock garden in 1911. Woodland, heather and bog gardens were added. Lanning Roper designed a walled canal garden in the 1960s. There are many demonstration gardens and, of course, an excellent plant collection. Situated near Pyrford just off the A3, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Garden Wisley was crowned Large Visitor Attraction of the Year 2009. Wisley is the historical home of the RHS and is undoubtedly one of the great gardens of the world – at over 200 acres in size and with over a million visitors to the garden each year, Wisley is a wonderful day-out. With sights to see including the stunning Glasshouse (housing over 5,000 different varieties of tropical plant), Battleston Hill, the Fruit Orchard and dramatic Rock Garden, Wisley is the perfect place to relax or enjoy a stroll with the family. The garden aims to develop growing skills in the beginner, amateur and professional gardener, and a wide variety of inspirational events for people of all ages take place throughout the year, including family activities during school holidays, Latin Dance Nights, the Wisley Flower Show and A Taste of Autumn The Royal Horticultural Society was given Wisley in 1903, although at that time only a small part of the 60-acre estate was actually cultivated as a garden, the remainder being wooded farmland. Today the garden covers over 200 acres and offers a fascinating blend of the beautiful with practical and innovative design and cultivation techniques. For many, it is the beauty and tranquility of the garden that captures the imagination, with its richly planted borders, luscious rose gardens and the exotica of the glasshouses. Wisley is also a leading experimental garden however where many cultivation techniques are tried and tested. Opening times - All year. Daily except Christmas. See RHS Garden Wisley website for opening times.		Near Ripley, Surrey, GU23 6QB 7 miles north of Guildford, on the north west side of the A3, 0.5 miles south west of junction 10 on the M25. Taxi from Woking rail station. RHS GARDEN CLICK	Tel: 01483 224234
Sutton Place Garden A Tudor house with a great twentieth century garden, designed by Geoffrey Jellicoe for Stanley J Seeger. With his developing interest in Jung, Jellicoe saw the design as an allegory of human evolution, with creation, life and aspiration. He made a Paradise Garden, a Moss Garden, a Music Garden a Surrealist Garden and one of the finest features in any English garden: the Nicholson Wall. The Sutton Place garden has since changed hands and is being further developed. There is a new Ellipse Garden and an orchard (on the slope where Jellicoe intended a cascade).Opening times - Open only by appointment for pre-booked parties		Guildford, Surrey Sutton Place is 3 miles north of Guildford, off the A3.
Titsey Place and Gardens Set in more than 3000 acres, Titsey Place and Gardens s one of the largest surviving historic estates in the county and dates back to the mid-sixteenth century. The Estate was originally bought in 1534 by Sir George Gresham and descended in the early nineteenth century through the female line to the Leveson Gowers, a branch of the family of the Duke of Sutherland. The Leveson Gower family lived at Titsey until the death of Thomas Leveson Gower in 1992. In 1993 the trustees of the Titsey Foundation opened Titsey Place to the publicand today vistors are able to take a historic mansion house and enjoy its unique collection of Canalettos, fine porcelain and beautiful furniture. Visitors can also explore the stunning gardens which include a beautifully restored kitchen garde, a rose garden and a lake. There are four miles of woodland walks in the Titsey Planatation that are open all year round and are popular with dog walkers. Opening times - End May to end September. Wednesday, Sundays and Bank Holidays. Also open Easter Monday. Open 1pm to 5pm.		Titsey Place Oxted Surrey RH8 0SD Titsey Place is off the A25 road between Oxted and Westerham near Limpsfield. Turn left into Bluehouse Lane and then turn right into Water Lane. map TITSEY PLACE CLICK	Tel: +44 (0) 1273 407056 Fax: +44 (0) 1273 478995
Valley Gardens Valley Gardens - The walk to the Valley Gardens from the car park takes around 25 minutes but is well worth doing. The path takes you along a track past a pretty lake where families picnic and then on to the rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias and camelias. If you visit from mid April to mid June you are in for a real treat as the woods are ablaze with a riot of colours every where you look. There are also some magnificent trees and shrubs, in fact the gardens are worth a stroll at any time of the year. Valley Gardens - 2010 Opening times: Open every day of the year from sunrise to sunset. Admission: Free		Windsor Great Park - accessed via Wick Lane, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey TW20 0UU VALLEY GARDENS CLICK	Tel : 01753 847518
Vann A Tudor house, with additions, and an Arts and Crafts garden. "The old garden" has brick paths, a yew walk and pond. The water garden was planted by Gertrude Jekyll. Opening times - By appointment, Also open under National Gardens Scheme.		Vann, Hambledon, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4EF Vann garden is 6 miles south of Godalming, east of A283 at Chiddingfold. Turn into Vann Lane at Hambledon cross roads. VANN CLICK
Winkworth Arboretum Winkworth Arboretum is home to over 1000 species of shrubs and trees some of which are rare. The woodland is set on a hill with spectacular views across the Surrey countryside. There are a variety of walks to enjoy including a circular walk that takes you to the wetland area and the upper lake. The bluebells are particularly beautiful in spring and the area is suitable for family picnics and dog walking. There are also guided tours available.		Hascombe Road, Godalming, Surrey GU8 4AD Map E-mail Winkworth Arboretum WINKWORTH ARBORETUM CLICK	Phone: +44 (0)1483 208477 - Fax: +44 (0)1483 208252

THE GARDENS OF SUSSEX

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Alexandra Park

Alexandra is a long, narrow park running through the centre of Hastings. The park includes a boating lake, bowls green and war memorial. The park was recently restored with Heritage Lottery funding (the park reopened in April 2004 by TV gardener Charlie Dimmock).

Lower Park Road,
Hastings,
East Sussex,
TN34 2LD

ALEXANDRA PARK CLICK

ALFRISTON CLERGY HOUSE

This delightful small garden of just 1 acre is set around the Alfriston Clergy House, a 14th century cottage which was the first ever property to be acquired by the National Trust.The front garden is jammed full of colourful cottage plants. To the side is a small orchard, and lawned area. The back garden and small lawned terrace, together with raised herbaceous border overloook the River Cuckmere. Sit a while and listen to the reed warblers. Several other 'garden rooms' including a vegetable garden with raised beds.Open 27 Feb - 19 Dec Mon, Weds, Thurs, Sats and Sun, 10.30 - 5 ( 11 - 4 winter ) plus Fridays 2 - 29 August - Open Good Friday. Free entry NT members. Shop. Partial disabled access. Ring for details.

The Tye,
Alfriston,
Polegate,
East Sussex,
BN26 5TL
4 miles North East of Seaford, just east of B1208 in Alfriston village adjoining the Tye.
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email:ksdxxx@smtp.ntrust.org.uk
ALFRISTON CLERGY HOUSE CLICK

01323 870001

ARLINGTON BLUEBELL WALK

23 acre deciduous wood managed to enhance carpets of white wood anemones followed by bluebells. Choice of seven different walks with many informative signs on the flora and fauna. On one of the three farms you can view cows being milked in a modern milking parlour. Countryside exhibition in entrance barn.

Bates Green Farm, Tye Hill Rd, Arlington, Polegate, East Sussex, BN26 6SH
Fax: 01323 482039

ARLINGTON BLUEBELL WALK CLICK

01323 485152

ARUNDEL CASTLE

Seat of the Dukes of Norfolk, this magnificent castle is still a family home and reflects the changes of nearly 1,000 years. Fine collections of paintings and works of art, including Mary Queen of Scots rosary.Arundel castle was built early in the eleventh century by Earl Roger de Montgomery, a follower of William the Conqueror. William d'Aubigny received the Honour of Arundel in 1138. Since then the castle has passed down through the Fitzalan family to the Howards, the Dukes of Norfolk. The castle is home to the current Duke . The castle has been besieged 3 times. By King Henry 1st in 1102, again in 1139 when the castle sheltered the Empress Matilda, who staked a claim to the throne of England. The final siege and sack was by Cromwell's Parliamentarian forces in 1643 - 1644. The castle has now been extensivley restored and shows little of the damage inflicted in earlier years. Arundel sits overlooking the river Arun, near the village of Arundel. The castle and grounds are open to the public for most of the summer months. There is a car park and a cafeteria and gift shop in the castle. 40 acres of grounds and gardens and Medieval Keep. Guide dogs only. Events throughout the season. 2 April – 27 October daily except Saturdays. Keep, grounds, gardens, shop, restaurant 11am – 5pm, Castle 12noon – 5pm. Last entry 4pm.

Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9AB
In the centre of Arundel, N of A27
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mailto: info@arundelcastle.org

ARUNDEL CASTLE CLICK

(0)1903
883136

BATEMANS , Home of Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling lived here at Batemans from 1902 to his death in 1936 and was responsible for most of the Garden which surrounds the Jacobean House. Good Spring borders and riverside walk to the Mill House is also edged with cherries wild flowers and spring bulbs. More formal borders with roses and Mulberry Garden. Worth visiting when combined with visit to the house. The Kipling Gardens in Rottingdean are also open to the public.open 2010 Gardens - 27 February - 22 December. House - 13 March - 31October November

Batemans ( National Trust )
Burwash, Etchingham,
East Sussex, TN19 7DS
0.5 miles south of Burwash, off the A265.
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BATEMANS CLICK

Tel 01435 882302

BATES GREEN FARM

A farmhouse with a skillfully planted garden, showing the owner's interest in both colour and foliage. There is a shade garden, vegetable garden, enclosed garden and woodland.Opening times - Open 3 days per year under the National Garden Scheme and by appointment.

Arlington,
nr Polegate,
East Sussex,
BN26 6SH
2.5 miles south west of the A22 at Hailsham and 2 miles south of Michelham Priory at Upper Dicker.
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BATES GREEN FARM CLICK

Tel : 01323 485152

BATTLE ABBEY

The abbey was built on the site of the Battle of Hastings, now managed as landscape park and the winner of a design award c1990. When Loudon came here in 1842 the Abbey was still derelict. He visited the ruins and found that 'Underneath a bowling green are a number of gloomy damp vaults, which we passed through, one after another, and were told that they were prisons. . . we hope the whole will be preserved as a historical monument'. There was a flower garden among the ruins 'very well planted and managed'. The abbey has been restored and today has a pleasant Victorian garden.Opening times - All year. Daily. Open 10am to 6pm (4pm October to March).

Battle,
East Sussex,
TN33 0AD
At the top of the High Street in Battle village.
BATTLE ABBEY CLICK

BEDLANDS FARM NATURE RESERVE

The site is owned by Mid Sussex District Council and the Friends of Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve help maintain it.The Nature Reserve consists of ancient meadows, woodland, hedgerows and ponds, covering 80 acres. During the past couple of years the Friends have been surveying the wildlife and keeping records of all the flora and fauna in preparation for publishing a book entitled ‘The Bedelands Story’. This will also include the history of the farm.

Bedelands Farm Nature Reserve is situated on the northern edge of Burgess Hill and access to it is from the playing fields next to Burgess Hill Town Football Club, off Maple Drive, and from Coopers Close. Other entry points are from a footpath near Valebridge Close and from beneath the viaduct in Valebridge Road.

01444

242279

BEDGEBURY NATIONAL PINETUM

Open 365 days a year, Bedgebury is the perfect place to walk, cycle, ride or play in a spectacular world of trees. Bedgebury's National Pinetum is a world-class collection of dramatic conifers and, from spring 2006, Bedgebury Forest will offer miles of family cycling, mountain-biking, riding, walking and adventure play for a parking fee per car ( see website ). The new Visitor Centre has a cycle franchise, a restaurant, showers and an education/community room. As a location for healthy outdoor activity in a beautiful natural setting and with accessibility for all ages and abilities, Bedgebury is in a class of its own.Open 365 days, 10 - 5pm, refreshments, plant sales . Visit our website for further information about events or The Bedgebury Pinetum Development Project. Dogs on leads allowed.

Goudhurst, Cranbrook
TN17 2SL.

BEDGEBURY NATIONAL PINETUM CLICK

Tel 01580 211781

BODIAM CASTLE

Keeping our stories alive – in a fairy-tale castle. Bodiam Castle is a story-book castle, the best example of its type in the country, built in 1385.Bodiam castle was built between 1385 and 1388, toward the end of the castle building age, by Sir Edward Dalyngrygge. The walls were realtively thin and contained a number of large mullioned windows, making the castle impractical to defend against canonfire. It was besieged in 1484 by Richard III and 1643 by Parlementarians under the command of Sir William Waller. The castle surrendered quickly on both occasions. After the 1643 siege, Cromwell ordered the victorious Parlementarians to dismantle the castle. It remained in a ruined state until it was restored in the 19th century by the Marquis of Curzon. Learn about its past in the display rooms and at our year round family events. Outdoor plays and Art and Craft events. Wander in the tranquil setting of the grounds around the castle, with views of the Rother Valley and KES Railway.OPEN: 7 Jan – 10 Feb Sat & Sun 10am – 4pm; 11 Feb – 31 Oct daily 10.30am – 6pm; 4 Nov – 9 Feb 2007 Sat & Sun 10.30am – 4pm. Closed 24 Dec – 5 Jan 2007. Last admission 1 hr before closing.

Bodiam Castle, Bodiam, nr Robertsbridge TN32 5UA

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bodiamcastle@nationaltrust.org.uk

BODIAM CASTLE CLICK

(0)1580
830436

BOLEBROOK CASTLE

A Tudor castle used by Henry VIII as a hunting lodge and from where he courted Ann Boleyn. This castle has a fine Tudor staircase and the second largest fireplace in England.

Edenbridge Road
Hartfield
East Sussex
TN7 4JJ

BORDE HILL GARDEN, PARK AND WOODLAND

Borde Hill Gardens A wonderful, botanically-rich garden with rare trees and shrubs created from the 1890’s with plants collected by the Great Plant Hunters. Outstanding displays of rhododendrons and azaleas in the spring to summer roses and herbaceous plants in the summer. Marvel at the garden ‘rooms’ which include the Azalea Ring, sumptuous Rose Garden and elegant Italian Garden . Explore the woodland gardens and enjoy the magnificent views across the parkland and lakes. A great treat for all the family.2010 Borde Hill Gardens 22 March-12 Sept & 23 Oct -31 Nov. Daily 10am-6pm (or dusk).Disabled access, dogs on lead, refreshment. Picnic area, childrens play area.

Borde Hill Garden, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1XP
1.5 miles north of Haywards Heath on Balcombe Road, 3 miles from the A23.
info@bordehill.co.uk

BORDE HILL GARDENS CLICK

(0)1444
450326

CABBAGES & KINGS

Garden Designer and Chelsea Gold Medallist, Ryl Nowell, created this unique garden which gives the visitor valuable ideas. Learn about design, materials, planting.

Cabbages & Kings,
Wilderness Farm, Hadlow Down, Uckfield,
East Sussex, TN224HU

Hadlow Down on the A272 NE of Uckfield. Follow the brown signs in the village. Fax: 01825 83073
CABBAGES & KINGS CLICK

01825 830552

CHARLESTON FARMHOUSE GARDEN

A sussex farmhouse with a twentieth century garden. After being aquired by Virginia Woolf's sister in 1916, the house and garden became a meeting place for the Bloomsbury set. Inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, the garden shows originality in its mosaic paving, sculpture and planting. It is a refreshing change from the National Trust manner of garden care. Sir Peter Shepheard helped with the garden restoration. Opening times - Mid March to early November. Wednesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays. Open 2pm (11:30am Wednesday and Saturday, also Thursday and Friday in July and August) to 6pm.

nr Firle,
East Sussex,
BN8 6LL
6 miles east of Lewes, on A27 between Firle and Selmeston.
CHARLESTON FARMHOUSE GARDEN CLICK

THE WALLED GARDEN AT COWDRAY PARK

A stunning Tudor-style historic garden next to the Cowdray Ruins in Midhurst, recently restored by Jan Howard. A unique and romantic garden filled with roses, clematis, brightly-coloured and sweetly-scented flowers, with fountains and statues, in the heart of the South Downs. After seeing the garden, visit the Cafe and Shop which is stocked with a beautiful array of garden and interior accessories. Also available as a venue for hire for wedding receptions, parties, corporate events etc. 2010 - Garden re-opens Spring - visit website for details.
Tearoom.

1 River Ground Stables,
Cowdray Park, Midhurst,
West Sussex, GU29 9AL

COWDRAY PARK CLICK

Tel 01730 816881.

DENMANS GARDEN

Denmans is a lovely 3.5 acre garden shows the influence of John Brookes, practising landscape designer, previously a lecturer at The Kew School of Garden Design at the Royal Botanic Gardens and well known for the extension of the house into the garden. The garden includes a number of features including the Walled Garden, The Dry Stream Bed, The South Garden and the Top Lawn. There are many interesting plants including 2 Judas trees and a green Mimosa tree. The garden is evolving and there are some lovely colour combinations. Interesting sculptures and a large pool give the garden a really peaceful feel.

2010 Denmans Garden open daily all year. Garden 9am-5pm (from November to February inclusive open from 9am--dusk). Plant Centre 9am--5pm. Closed 25/26 Dec and 1 January. Garden Café and Gift Shop 11am--5pm

Denmans Garden,
Fontwell,
Arundel,
West Sussex
BN18 0SU
On A27 at Fontwell midway between Chichester and Arundel
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DENMANS GARDEN CLICK

(0)1243
542808

FIRLE PLACE

Firle Place is the home of the Gage family and has been for over 500 years. Originally Tudor, remodelled in the 18thC it is similar in appearance to a French château. Sitting in peaceful parkland it houses a wonderful collection of Old Master paintings, European furniture and beautiful Sèvres porcelain. Guided tours. Contact: Information: Tel. 01273 858335. Enquiries/Restaurant: Tel. 01273 858307.Opening Times: 2pm – 4.30pm Easter, May and August Bank Holiday Sun/Mons. Season: June – September Weds, Thurs, Sundays. Licensed restaurant opens 12noon.

Firle Place,
Firle,
Lewes,
Sussex
BN8 6LP
3m E of Lewes. On A27 turn R from Lewes & L from Eastbourne. Follow tourist signs
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mailto:gage@firleplace.co.uk
FIRLE PLACE CLICK

(0)1273
858307
FAX (0)1273 858188

FISHBOURNE ROMAN PALACE GARDEN

Half of the formal garden of a late 1st century palace replanted to original plan as recovered by excavation in the 1960s. There is an additional display of the range of plants which could have been grown during the life of Palace (AD 75 - 275) and a Museum of Roman Gardening.Opening times - All year. Daily from end of January to mid December. Saturdays and Sundays only from mid December to end January. Open 10am to 4pm/5pm/6pm.

Salthill Road,
Fishbourne,
Chichester,
West Sussex,
PO19 3QR
Fishbourne Roman garden is 1.5 miles west of Chichester, in Fishbourne village, off the A27/A259.
FISHBOURNE ROMAN PALACE GARDEN CLICK

GOODWOOD HOUSE

Recently refurbished home of the Lennox sisters, featured in BBC's Aristocrats, beautiful grounds and interiors.

Goodwood House,
Goodwood, Chichester,
West Sussex, PO180PX

Email: curator@goodwood.co.uk
: GOODWOOD HOUSE CLICK

01243 755000
Fax: 01243 755005

GRAVETYE MANOR

Not open to the public - unless eating or sleeping at the Gravetye Hotel, which is expensive but excellent. The house was built in 1598. The garden is in good condition and our reporter believes the planting looks better now than it did when William Robinson made his home here. The style is classic Arts and Crafts. Except for the lake and woods, it is not a 'wild garden'. Opening times - Open all year to hotel and restaurant guests., Perimeter footpath open to public on Tuesdays and Fridays., Restaurant is open to non-residents for lunch and dinner (please book).

Vowels Lane,
East Grinstead,
West Sussex,
RH19 4LJ
Gravetye Manor garden 3 miles south west of East Grinstead.
GRAVETYE MANOR CLICK

GROUNDS AND GARDENS OF HERSTMONCEUX CASTLE

Experience the peace and tranquillity of this 15thC moated castle set among carefully maintained Elizabethan gardens and parkland, your experience begins with your first sight of the castle as it breaks into view. Visit the gift shop, visitors’ centre, tea room, nature trail, and children’s woodland play area. Dogs must be on a lead. The castle is not open to the public, however guided tours are conducted at an extra charge and subject to availability. Please phone for confirmation of times before your visit.OPEN DAILY: 15 Apr – 29 Oct 10am – 6pm (last admission 5pm, in Oct closes at 5pm) Closed 25 and 30 July.

Grounds and Gardens of Herstmonceux Castle, Hailsham, East Sussex, England BN27 1RN
mailto: c_dennett@isc.queensu.ac.uk
2 miles south of Herstmonceux village, by minor roads.
HERSTMONCEUX CASTLE
GROUNDS CLICK

(0)1323
833816

GLYNDE PLACE

A magnificent Elizabethan manor house set in the downs heart of the South Downs. Glynde Place is the family home of Viscount and Viscountess Hampden, whose forebears built the house in 1569 with a mixture of flint and stone from Caen, Normandy. Portraits, furniture, silver, embroidery and books testify to 400 years of family life. The library commemorates the life of Mr Speaker Brand (1872 – 1884). May to August inclusive: Wednesdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays House:Open 2pm - 5pm (last entrance at 4.45pm) Garden:Open 12.00 noon - 5pm TearoomOpen 12.00 noon - 5pm: Homemade Sussex cream teas and lunches using local produce

Glynde Place, The Street, Glynde, nr Lewes, East Sussex BN8 6SX

mailto: glyndeplace@glyndeplace.com
GLYNDE PLACE CLICK

0)1273
858224

GREAT DIXTER HOUSE & GARDEN

A Tudor house with a famous twentieth century Arts and Crafts garden. Great Dixter was bought in 1910 by Nathaniel Lloyd, author of books on brickwork and topiary, and was restored by Edwin Lutyens. Nathaniel designed the framework of the garden and it was planted with great flair by his son, Christopher Lloyd, author of many good books on plants and planting. Christopher Lloyd was born at Great Dixter and left the estate to The Great Dixter Trust on his death in 2006. The garden reflects the interests of its creators. The gardens include topiary, wild meadow areas, natural ponds, a formal pool and the famous Long Border and Exotic Garden. Gift shop, toilet facilities (toilet for wheelchair users) dogs not allowed, (guide dogs only), plants/produce for sale, refreshments, famous gardener link, car parking on site, coach parking on site, picnic area.Opening times - 1st April to 25th October. Daily except Monday (but open Bank Holiday Mondays). Gardens open 11am to 5pm (last admission) House open 2pm to 5pm

Great Dixter, High Park, Northiam, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6PH
Fax: 01797 252879
email: office@greatdixter.co.uk
Great Dixter garden is signposted from the A28 in Northiam. Great Dixter is 8 miles from Robertsbridge Station.
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GREAT DIXTER HOUSE CLICK

01797 252878

HERSTMONCEUX CASTLE

Sir Roger Feinnes was granted 600 arces around the village of Herstmonceux in recognition of his service at the battle of Agincourt by King Henry V. Sir Roger used the land to build Herstmonceux castle in 1441. Herstmonceux castle is one of the earliest surviving brick built structures in England, after the art of brick making had been lost during the Saxon era. With its turrets, crenelation and moat, the castle looks defensively impressive, but it was built as a manor house and the castle never saw siege or battle. In the mid-18th century the interior was demolished to provide materials for nearby building projects. Restoration work began in the early 20th century and finally completed in 1936. Between 1946 and 1990, the castle housed the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Today it is situated in a beautifully landscaped park and well kept walled gardens.This 15th Century moated castle is set in 550 acres of glorious woodland and gardens. Visit the gift shop, tearoom, visitor centre and children's woodland play area and take a leisurely walk along the nature trail. Don't forget the beautiful gardens. Opening Times: 15th April to 29th October (closed 25th July), 10am - 6pm, last admission 5pm. Closed at 5pm during October, last admission 4pm. Castle is not open to the public, however Guided Tours are available (extra charge) subject to availability. Special events include a medieval festival in August.

Herstmonceux,
Hailsham,
East Sussex,
BN27 1RN
Email: c_dennett@isc.queensu.ac.uk
2 miles south of Herstmonceux village, by minor roads.
HERSTMONCEUX CASTLE CLICK

01323 833816
Fax: 01323 834499

HIGH BEECHES GARDENS

Twenty-five acres of magically beautiful, peaceful, woodland and water gardens. Spring flowers, autumn colours. Rippling streams, enchanting vistas, bluebells, azaleas, camellias,magnolias,wildflower meadows, rare plants, tree trails. Car and coach parking, picnic area, toilets. Access for all to Restaurant and Tea Garden serving lunches and teas all year. Coaches by appointment. Some steep gradients in gardens. No dogs please. (Reg Charity) OPEN:1pm – 5pm mid-March to end October.Closed Wednesdays

High Beeches Gardens,
Handcross,
West Sussex
RH17 6HQ
High Beeches Gardens is on the B2110 just outside Handcross and is just off the A/M23
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mailto:gardens@highbeeches.com
HIGH BEECHES CLICK

(0)1444 400589

HIGHDOWN CHALK GARDENS

Congatulations to Worthing Borough Council who maintain this lovely Chalk Garden, Highdown Gardens. The garden was the achievement of Sir Frederick and Lady Stern who worked for 50 years to prove that plants would grow on chalk. The garden was created from a chalk pit overlooking the Downs, where there was very poor soil. Many of the plants were collected from the Himalayan regions of which many can still be seen. There is a magnificent collection of Peonies which are at their best in May. open April - Sept, Monday - Sunday 10 - 6, Oct-Nov, Mon - Fri 10 - 4.30. Dec-Jan, Mon - Fri 10 - 4,Feb-Mar, Mon - Fri 10 - 4.30. Tearoom open all year www.highdowntearooms.co.uk

Highdown Chalk Gardens,
Littlehampton Road, ,
Worthing,
West Sussex,
Highdown Gardens are 3 miles north west of Worthing, on north side of A259, west of the Goring roundabout.
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HIGHDOWN GARDENS CLICK

01903 239999

HOLLY GATE CACTUS GARDEN & NURSERY

Situated in the beautiful Sussex countryside, you will find the world famous 'Holly Gate' Garden, containing 3,000 cactus and succulents. Visitors can wander at leisure within 10,000 square feet of glasshouses where plants from both arid and tropical parts of the world are displayed, some like tiny pebbles, others tall and majestic. See aloes, prickly pears and pin cushion cactus. There are also thousands of plants for sale, making it a fascinating place to visit whatever the weather. Open daily 9am - 5pm including weekends except 25/26/27 Dec

Billingshurst Road
Ashington
Sussex
RH20 3BB

HOLLYGATE CACTUS CLICK

(0)1903 892 930

LAMB HOUSE

Open: 4th April to 31st October: Weds & Sats 2pm - 6pm. A delightful brick-fronted house, dating from the early 18th century and typical of the attractive town of Rye. This was the home of writer Henry James from 1898 to 1916, and later of author E. F. Benson. Some of James's personal possessions can be seen, and there is a charming walled garden. This house is administered and largely maintained on the Trust's behalf by a tenant. No WC. Car park and WCs in town. www.nationaltrust.org.uk

West Street,
Rye,
East Sussex,
TN13 7ES
The house is located in West Street, facing West end of church
LAMB HOUSE CLICK

01372 453401

LEONARDSLEE LAKES AND GARDENS

The gardens are set in a romantic 240-acre valley with walks around seven beautiful lakes. Often described as the most beautiful gardens in Europe in May, when sumptuous rhododendrons and azaleas overhang paths fringed with bluebells to make an earthly paradise, full of fragrance. The Rock Garden is planted with Japanese azaleas of every hue. Here wildlife abounds – yes literally! Wallabies have lived semi-wild in parts of the valley for over 100 years. Watch the wildfowl, the large carp and the deer. Enjoy the gold medal winning Bonsai and the collection of Victorian Motor Cars (1883 – 1900) with some of the oldest cars in running order. ‘Behind the Doll’s House’ is a country estate of 100 years ago, all in miniature 1/12 scale. There is a café/restaurant, a gift shop and lots of plants for sale.1 Apr – 31 Oct 9.30am – 6pm (last admission 4.30pm).

Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens,
Lower Beeding,
Horsham
RH13 6PP
Leonardslee Gardens are 3 miles south west of Handcross.
Emailto: info@leonardsleegardens.com
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(0)1403 891212 Fax: (0)1403 891305

MERRIMENTS

The gardens at Merriments never fails to delight. Set in 4 acres and created in the 1990s it is situated on gently sloping Wealden farmland. Deep curved borders richly planted and colour themed. An abundance of rare plants will startle the visitor with pure originality. The garden adjoins a nursery with a collection of beautiful plants including dianthus, euphorbia, poppies, sage, and violas. Regular programme of events.

Merriments Gardens,
Hawkhurst Rd,
Hurst Green,
East Sussex
TN19 7RA
Signposted from the A21. Merriments Garden is on the A229 between Hawkhurst and Hurst Green.
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Tel 01 580 860666

MICHELHAM PRIORY AND GARDENS

Michelham Priory was founded in 1229 by Gilbert L'Aigle. Michelham was an Augustian order and lived within the local community. The priory lay on the Lewes to Pevensey road and many travellers would stop and seek shelter for the night. If you travel the Lewes to Pevensey road yourself also look out for the Wilmington Long Man, a figure cut in the chalk of the house downs and clearly visiible from the road. Travellers seeking shelter have included the Archbishop of Canterbury, King Edward I and Thomas a Beckett. Thomas a Beckett had the misfortune to fall in the moat when a bridge gave way. He survived unharmed, only to be later murdered by knights in the service of Henry II. The Priory was hit badly by the Black Death in 1349, losing about half its community. The priory when into a decline and was finally closed by Henry VIII and the disolution of the monastories in 1537. Amongst other things, Henry is reputed to have stolen the lead from the roof at that time. An addition was added in tudor times and the priory was converted into country house.Set on a tranquil island surrounded by England’s longest water-filled medieval moat. Explore the Tudor mansion that evolved from the former Augustinian Priory. Beautiful grounds include a physic garden, herbaceous borders and sculpture trail. Watermill, smithy, rope museum. Self-service restaurant and gift shop. Phone for special event details. OPEN: Mar – Oct, Tues – Sun from 10.30am, also BH Mons and every day in Aug.

Michelham Priory and Gardens,
Upper Dicker,
near Hailsham,
East Sussex
BN27 3QS
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Michelham Priory garden is 8 miles north west of Eastbourne, off A22/A27. 3 miles west of Hailsham.
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(0)1323 844224 Fax (0)1323 844030

MONKS HOUSE

A small weather-boarded house, the home of Leonard and Virginia Woolf until Leonard's death in 1969. The rooms reflect the life and times of the literary circle in which they moved. Car park 50m; village street too narrow for coaches; drivers must set passengers down at main road junction, then park elsewhere. The house and garden are administered and largely maintained on the Trust's behalf by a tenant. Open 4th April to 31st October: Weds & Sats 2:00 - 5:30pm

Rodmell,
Lewes,
East Sussex,
BN7 3HF
From A27 southwest of Lewes, follow signs for Kingston and then Rodmell village. Turn left at Abergavenny Arms pub, thence 0.5 miles.
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01372 453401

NYMANS GARDEN

One of the great gardens of the Sussex Weald, retaining much of its distinctive family style in the historic collection of plants, shrubs and trees. This is reflected also in the surrounding estate, with its woodland walks and wild garden, and in the many rare and exotic species collected from overseas. The creativity of the Messel Family is much in evidence in the style and decoration of the rooms open to the public. Full program of events throughout the year. Group bookings taken at all times throughout the year at a discounted rate. Disabled access, battery cars and wheelchairs available free of charge please contact to book .Opening times - Mid February to October: Open 11 am to 6pm Wednesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays. November to mid February: Open 11am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday only.

Stapleford Road, Handcross, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 6EB
Nymans garden is 4.5 miles south of Crawley, just off the M23, at south end of Handcross village.
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E-mail: nymans@nationaltrust.org.uk

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01444 400321
Fax: 01444 400253

PARADISE PARK, NEWHAVEN

Don't miss these gardens at Paradise Park. Thousands of flowering shrubs and trees make up a backdrop to waterfalls, fountains and lakes teeming with fish.
The design incorporates many themes including - seaside garden (see picture), Italian Garden, Caribbean Garden, Oriental Garden, Desert Garden.
A cool fernery features many stunning ferns. Also see many cacti from the USA and Mexico. Also plants from the Rain Forest and Australasia.Paradise Park Garden 2010 open all year except Christmas Day and Boxing Day, summer 9 00 - 18 00, winter last admission 16 30. Late openings April to October. Disabled access, refreshments, plant sales.

Paradise Park,
Avis Road,
Newhaven
East Sussex
BN9 0DH

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01273 512123

PARHAM HOUSE & GARDENS

Enjoy the sheer beauty of this much-loved Elizabethan house with its important collection of paintings, furniture and needlework in light, panelled rooms, complemented by large bowls of informally-arranged flowers grown in our sheltered walled garden. Light lunches and cream teas are served in our 16thC Big Kitchen. Annual Garden Weekend 8/9 July. OPEN: Easter Sunday – end of September Weds, Thurs, Suns and Bank Hol Mons, plus Tues and Fri in August. Gardens & Kitchen open at 12noon. House opens at 2pm. Last entry 5pm.

Parham House & Gardens,
Storrington,
near Pulborough,
West Sussex
RH20 4HS
Parham House Gardens are 4 miles south east of Pulborough on the A283, midway between Pulborough and Storrington.
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(0)1903 744888 (info line) or 742021

PASHLEY MANOR GARDENS

A winner of HHA/Christie’s Garden of the Year Award. An eleven-acre, privately-owned, quintessential English garden of individual character offering a sumptuous blend of romantic landscaping, imaginative plantings, fine old trees, fountains, springs and large ponds. Special events, sculpture and botanical art exhibitions. Gift and plant sales. Licensed Garden Room Café. Brown tourist signed.OPEN: 8 April – 30 September, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat and BH Mons 11am – 5pm.

Pashley Manor Gardens,
Ticehurst,
Sussex
TN5 7HE
Pashley Manor Gardens are 5 miles east of Wadhurst, on B2099, between Ticehurst and A21. Tourist brown signposted.
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(0)1580 200888

PETWORTH HOUSE & PARK

See life ‘above and below stairs’ at this magnificent 17thC stately mansion. Contains the National Trust’s largest collection of paintings and sculpture. Explore the Pleasure Ground and 700-acre Deer Park landscaped by ‘Capability’ Brown. Family event programme. Excellent Gift Shop and Licensed Restaurant. Disabled access. Groups welcome. Dogs in Park only.OPEN: 1 Apr – 29 Oct (closed Thursdays and Fridays but open Good Friday), 11am – 4.30pm. Gift Shop, Restaurant and Pleasure Grounds also open 18 – 29 Mar, Sat – Wed, 11am – 4pm, and 1 Nov – 16 Dec, Wed – Sat, 10am – 3.30pm. Park open daily 8am –

Petworth House & Park,
Petworth,
GU28 0AE
In Petworth village 7 miles east of Midhurst on A272.
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(0)1798 342207
/343929

PEVENSEY CASTLE

Pevensey castle was likely built around 286 by Carausius, a Roman admiral, as part of the Roman defences against Saxon raiders. However, in 491 Pevensey was besieged by Aella the Saxon, who took the castle and killed all who lived in there. The castle remained in Saxon hands until the Norman invasion In 1066, William of Normandy landed in England, near Pevensey and erected a temporary fort within the Roman walls to shelter his troops. He later met the Saxon king, Harold Godwine, in the Battle of Hastings at Senlac field, near present day Battle. After defeating Harold, William gave Penvensy to his half-brother, Robert of Mortain, who built a stronghold inside the old Roman fort. Later, around 1100, a large keep was built. The castle has been besieged fours times since the Norman invasion - all four sieges were unsucessful. In 1088, it was held by Robert de Mortain against William Rufus, in support of Bishop Odo's attempt to put Robert of Normandy on the throne. Pevensey was held for the Empress Matilda against King Stephen in 1147. Simon De Montfort was unsucessul in his attempt to take the castle, after his victory over King Henry III at the Battle of Lewes. In 1399. Lady Joan Pelham held the castle against King Richard II's forces. Discover 2,000 years of history at this impressive castle. Take the inclusive audio tour and find out about its Roman origins, its turbulent history in the Dark Ages, its famous visitor in 1066 and its role in World War II. Explore the battlements, towers and dungeons of the medieval castle ruins. Tea rooms; picnic area. Small shop with themed gifts OPEN ALL YEAR: 1 Apr – 30 Sep 10am – 6pm daily; 1 Oct – 31 Oct 10am – 4pm daily; 1 Nov – 31 Mar 10am – 4pm Sat & Sun. Closed 24/25/26 Dec and 1 Jan.

Pevensey Castle,
Castle Road,
Pevensey,
East Sussex
BN24 5LE
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0)1323 762604

PRESTON MANOR

Experience the charms of this delightful old Manor House, dating from 1250. Rebuilt in 1738 and added to in 1905, it powerfully evokes the atmosphere of an Edwardian gentry home both 'Upstairs' and 'Downstairs'. Explore more than twenty rooms over four floors from the superbly renovated servants' quarters in the basement to the children's day nursery on the upper floor. The house contains notable collections of furniture, portraits, silver and family memorabilia. Open April to September.

Preston Drove,
Brighton,
East Sussex,
BN1 6SD
Preston Manor is situated next to Preston Park in Preston Drove, 2 miles (5 minutes drive) north of central Brighton on the A23. Nearest train station is Preston Park.
E-mail: museums@brighton-hove.gov.uk
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01273 292770

ROYAL PAVILION BRIGHTON

The Royal Pavilion, designed by John Nash in 1815, is in the style of the Moghul palaces of India. The idea for using this style came from Humphry Repton's Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton (1808). It was a style which he also recommended at Sezincote. The gardens of the Pavilion, which are not extensive, have been returned to their 1826 appearance. Loudon complained, in 1842, about the grounds being shut in by a high wall, instead of by an iron railing. The fault was remedied. He also wanted the surrounding houses to be cleared away, to give the Queen a larger garden. Fortunately, this was not done. Opening times - All year, Daily, Open dawn to dusk

Brighton,
East Sussex,
BN1 1EE
By Old Steine, in the centre of Brighton, near the seafront.
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THE PRIEST HOUSE MUSEUM

The Priest House is a timber-framed Wealden hall-house built in the early fifteenth century on the edge of Ashdown Forest. Key features are the traditional cottage garden, kitchen and sixteenth/seventeenth-century furnishings. The Priest House nestles in the picturesque Sussex Wealdon village of West Hoathly, on the western fringe of Ashdown Forest. Originally an early 15th century timber-framed farmhouse, it was probably built for the priory of St Pancras in Lewes.Opening dates and times: Sats 29 May; 26 June (10.30-5.30).

North Lane,
West Hoathly,
East Grinstead,
West Sussex,
RH19 4PP
4m SW of East Grinstead. Turn E to West Hoathly 1m S of Turners Hill at the Selsfield Common junction on B2028. 2m S turn R into North Lane. Garden ¼m further on
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email:priest@sussexpast.co.uk
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01342 810479

SAINT HILL MANOR

A late Georgian house (1792) with a Victorian garden. Owners of the house have included the Maharajah of Jaipur, the wife of the American Ambassador Mrs Biddle and the renowned author and philosopher L. Ron Hubbard. Outdoor events are held in the gardens during the summer such as open air theatre, jazz afternoons, arts festivals, etc. The extensive grounds of 59½ acres include a rose garden, woodlands, a lake and a loggia. The Manor terrace overlooks miles of unspoiled rolling Sussex countryside. Opening times - All year. Daily except Christmas and New Year. Open 2pm to 5pm.

Saint Hill Road,
East Grinstead,
West Sussex,
RH19 4JY
Saint Hill Manor garden is 2 miles south west of East Grinstead, off A22.
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SHEFFIELD PARK GARDEN

“Internationally renowned landscape garden.” A 120-acre garden with four large lakes reflecting the exquisite planting of trees and shrubs, enjoyable all year round, including quiet walks along secluded paths and family entertainment with children’s activities. Special events. Opening Times:
7 Jan – 12 Feb Sat & Sun 10.30am – 4pm; 14 – 26 Feb Tues – Sun 10.30am – 4pm; 28 Feb – 30 Apr Tues – Sun 10.30am – 6pm; 1 May – 4 Jun open daily 10.30am – 6pm; 6 June – 1 Oct Tues – Sun 10.30am – 6pm; 2 – 31 Oct open daily 10.30am – 6pm; 1 Nov – 23 Dec Tues – Sun 10.30am – 4 pm; 27 – 31 Dec Wed – Sun 10.30am – 4pm. Last admission 1 hr before closing/dusk. Open BH Mons Apr – Aug.

Sheffield Park Garden,
Sheffield Park,
East Sussex
TN22 3QX
Sheffield Park Garden is 5 miles north west of Uckfield, on east of A275.
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E mail sheffieldpark@nationaltrust.org.uk

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(0)1825 790231

ST MARY'S HOUSE AND GARDENS

The garden at St. Mary's Bramber is set around a charming 15th century house which must be seen. The gardens though small are enchanting including amusing animal topiary, a Living Fossil Tree, the ivy-clad 'Monks' Walk', floral borders and water features. You will also be invited to take a tour of the 3.5 acre Victorian 'Secret' Garden which is under restoration, and open from May. Look out for the long fruit wall, the heated pits for the pineapples, the circular orchard, the newly planted rose garden, terracotta garden and small rural museum. Make sure you have enough time for tea in the Music Room, you will not regret it! The staff are really friendly and this is an excellent place to spend an afternoon. WE OPEN: May to end of September, Suns, Thurs, BH Mons, 2pm – 6pm (last entry 5pm). Group visits at other times.

St Mary's House and Gardens
Bramber
nr. Steyning
BN44 3WE
1m E of Steyning. 10m NW of Brighton in Bramber Village off A283
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(0)1903 816205

STANDEN

Whilst the gardens at Standen are not manicured they are never the less worth visiting when combined with a visit to this Arts and Crafts movements house. Formal and colourful borders border the House whilst paths take you to different areas of the 13 acre gardens which are mainly informal. The gardens are pretty in spring with rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas with spring bulbs. In the summer see the rose garden, and then take time to visit the house which is full of Morris carpets, wallpapers and furnishings.NT Standen 2010 open- from 27 Feb - full details at Standen website. Restaurant, partial disabled access.

Standen ( National Trust )
West Hoathly Road, East Grinstead,
West Sussex, RH19 4NE
Standen garden is 2 miles south of East Grinstead, signposted from B2110.
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Tel 01342 323029

STANSTEAD PARK

Stanstead House is a stately home situated within 1750 acres of parkland, which is rich in wildlife and famous for its peace and tranquility.Stansted House and the Chapel of St Paul are now open to visitors on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays until the end of September from 1pm - 4pm (last admission time). In June July and August we also are open on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from 1-4pm

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Stanstead Park,
Rowlands Castle, Chichester,
West Sussex, PO96DX
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email:enquiry@stanstedpark.co.uk
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02392 412265
Fax: 01705 413773

SUSSEX PRAIRIE GARDEN

The Prairie Garden is a six acre garden with naturalistic planting, created by Paul and Pauline McBride. The garden is on a farm and surrounded by oak trees. The Prairie garden is relatively mature looking despite being so new, one of the great advantages of perennial planting. The garden is surrounded by mature oaks, with views of the iron age sites of Chanctonbury Ring and Devil's Dyke. As well as being of great interest to garden lovers, the farm also boasts rare breed sheep, and pigs living in the oak woods. Morlands Farm, site of the Prairie Garden, is mentioned in the Domesday Book, then known as "Morlei Farm." For the last 50 years our family has farmed the land. The main business being beef cattle, sheep and hay crops.After 12 years working on a major garden design project in Luxembourg, during which Paul and Pauline were lucky enough to work with Piet Oudolf, the Sussex Prairie Garden was conceived.The garden features many unusual varieties of herbaceous perennials, Veronicastrums, Thalictrums, Persicarias, Sanguisorbas, Kniphofias and Hemerocallis. Huge drifts of ornamental grasses and Asters extend the season of interest hugely. We have dozens of varieties of Miscanthus, Panicums, Molinias, Sporobolis and PenisetumOpening times - June 12th & 13th 11am - 5pm July 3rd & 4th 11am - 5pm July 17th & 18th 11am - 5pm for NGS August 7th & 8th 11am - 5pm August 30th 11am - 5pm September 4th & 5th 11am - 5pm October 2nd & 3rd 11am - 5pm

Morlands Farm, Wheatsheaf Road, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9AT
2m E of Henfield on B2116 Wheatsheaf Rd (also known as Albourne Rd).
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Tel : 01273 495902

UPPARK

A Wren-style house (1690) by William Talman, with garden and park. The house at Uppark was burnt in 1989 and fully restored. A Kip engraving shows a formal garden for the 1690 house. Repton prepared a Red Book for Uppark.His design was restored as part of the restoration project. The garden has lawns, cedars, a gothic summer house and views across the solent.Opening times - April to late October. Sunday to Thursday. Open 11.30am to 5pm..

Uppark
, The National Trust,
South Harting,
PETERSFIELD,
Hampshire,
GU315QR5.
5 ml SE of Petersfield on B2146, near South Harting. 10 mls from Chichester
(B2141).
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Email: uppark@nationaltrust.org.uk
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01730 825415 Fax: 01730 825873

WAKEHURST PLACE AND MILLENNIUM SEED BANK

Kew’s country garden is open all year, with free entry for children under 17. Enjoy 180 acres of splendid gardens, woodlands and water features. Year-round botanical interest. Every season brings a new experience. Visit the heart of the £80m Millennium Seed Bank Project – interactive exhibition. Visitor centre houses Seed Café, plant and gift shops. The Stables, licensed counter-service restaurant. 16thC mansion with Learning and Science Zones. The Gallery exhibition. Garden tours. Bluebell festival and autumn colour weekends. Adjacent Loder Valley nature reserve. Group discounts.No dogs. OPEN ALL YEAR: (closed only 24/25 Dec).

Wakehurst Place,
Ardingly,
Nr Haywards Heath,
West Sussex
RH17 6TN
Wakehurst Place Garden is 1.5 miles north of Ardingly, on B2028.
Email: wakehurst@kew.org
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(0)1444 894066 (24hr)

WEST DEAN GARDENS

This garden at West Dean is set in a beautiful valley in the glorious Sussex countryside. The gardens surround the large house which is now used as a college. Look out for the 300 foot pergola designed by Harold Peto the famous designer. It is beautifully dressed with clematis, roses and wisteria with underplantings including day lilies, ferns, lamium and geraniums. At one end is a Gazebo and in the centre is a formal pond. There is a pretty sunken garden, lily pond and one of the finest walled kitchen gardens in the country. Plenty to see throughout the seasons and worth visiting several times a year. Outside the formal gardens there is extensive parkland with beautiful old trees. Open 2010
Nov to Feb - daily 10.30am - 4.00pm, March - October. 10.30 - 17.00. Visitor Centre, quality restaurant, garden shop for gifts and plants. Disabled access.

West Dean,
Chichester,
West Sussex
PO18 0QZ
West Dean Gardens are 6 miles north of Chichester, on A286.
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01243 818210

WILDERNESS WOOD

“Beautiful, relaxing, fabulous.” There’s something for all ages at this unique award-winning working woodland, eye-opening for adults and great fun for children. Beautiful all year, with woodland trails, spring bluebell walk, ‘easy access’ path. Children love the playground, exploring, building camps. Picnic places, BBQs, tea room/garden with local produce, gift shop and exhibition in timber barn. Garden furniture and wood products. Special events, holiday activities, teachers’ packs. Dogs allowed.

Wilderness Wood, Hadlow Down, Nr Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 4HJ OPEN DAILY ALL YEAR: 10am – 5.30pm/dusk. On A272 in Hadlow Down. www.wildernesswood.co.uk
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(0)1825 830509

THE GARDENS OF WILTSHIRE
Gardens	Picture	Address	Tel/Fax
Abbey House Gardens As seen on TV! "The WOW factor is here in abundance" said Alan Titchmarsh on BBC's Gardener's World A sixteenth century house with a 5 acre garden in the centre of Malmesbury. The garden has been developed by the Pollards, who bought Abbey House in 1994. There is a Knot Garden with a well, laburnum tunnel and extensive collections of roses and herbs. A garden of great diversity. Up to date but on an ancient hill. Bold, atmospheric, romantic, soothing yet inspiring and containing more plants than many botanic gardens. We've created it all from nothing in ten years but visitors say it looks like it's been here for ever. Good soil with a huge range of micro-climates.....what more could a gardener want? A feast for the eyes in any season and planted to maximise the interest for visitors whether on legs or with wings! Why not come and see for yourself? We can arrange guided tours for groups by appointment or even arrange a talk on the garden's development either here or at a group venue. The site once formed part of a Benedictine Monastery the remnants of which now function as Malmesbury's Parish Church next door. The Abbot's Garden was bought after the Dissolution by a wealthy clothier, William Stumpe and a late Tudor mansion built from former Abbey stones. A very varied history of decline and rebuild over the following centuries included a period as a Governor's residence during the English Civil War. Divided up at some stages and brought back together at others, the property was again empty and neglected when the present occupiers bought it in 1994 since when the glorious gardens have been planted up and opened to the public to world class acclaim. 150,000 tulips giving a peak display between mid- late April. March 21 to October 31. Daily. Open 11am to 5:30pm.		The Abbey House, Market Cross, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, , SN16 9AS 5m N of J17 M4. Beside C12 Abbey. Parking in town centre (short stay) or follow brown signs to long stay (via steps to gardens) click here for a map ABBEY HOUSE GARDENS CLICK	Tel : 01666 827650
Avebury Manor Garden Parts of Avebury Manor may date back to the 12th century. The Garden was completely redesigned in the early 20th century by the Jenner family. Medieval walls surround a series of garden rooms containing raised walks, flower gardens, rose garden and an orchard. Some of the hedges are very old. Highlights are topiary, roses and herbaceous borders. Try to visit when the charming Manor House is open. Well worth seeing when visiting the famous Avebury Stones. NT 2010 - House & Garden open - 2 April - 31 October, Fridays - Tuesdays - Gardens 11 - 5, House 12 - 5 ( closed Wednesdays & Thursdays ). Partial disabled access. Restaurant nearby.		Avebury, nr Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1RF AVEBURY MANOR GARDENS CLICK	Tel: 01672 539250
Bowood Gardens Bowood House is the magnificent home of the Marquis and Marchioness of Landsdowne. It stands in glorious 'Capability Brown' parkland with gently sloping lawns stretching away from the house to the lake beyond. Splendours within the park include the Cascade, Doric Temple and terraced rose garden. The rhododendron walks are situated on a separate 50 acre area which is open for 6 weeks in May and June. Robert Adam's mausoleum is well worth seeing. April to October. Daily. Open 11am to 6pm. Rhododendron walks open daily for 6 weeks in May and June, depending on flowering period.		Bowood, Calne, Wiltshire SN110LZ 5m N of J17 M4. Beside C12 Abbey. Parking in town centre (short stay) or follow brown signs to long stay (via steps to gardens) click here for a map BOWOOD GARDENS CLICK	Tel : 01249 812102
Broadleas Garden This delightful garden owned by Lady Anne Cowdray is best early on in the year as it is more like a Cornish Garden. The gardens are formal nearer the attractively decorated house with good summer colour. The main attraction however is the small valley which is reminiscent of Cornish Gardens with plantings of camellias, magnolias, azaleas and rhododendrons. During the Spring there are masses of bulbs planted between the shrubs giving plenty of colour. The Gardens at Broadleas are well worth visiting if you are in the area. 2010 - Broadleas Gardens open 4 April to 31 Oct - Sunday, Wednesdays and Thursdays 2 - 6. Partial disabled access. Best approached from Devizes Town Centre.		Broadleas, Devizes, Wilts, SN10 5JQ 1m S of Devizes. On A360 or follow tourist signs from Long Street click here for a map	Tel 01380 722035
Corsham Court An Elizabethan house (1582), altered and given a park in the eighteenth century. Lancelot Brown designed the park and, with Nash and Bellamy, altered the house. Brown retained the great avenue and designed a sunk fence, an oval lake and a Gothic bath house. Repton produced a Red Book for the estate but it has disappeared and the work was not executed. Corsham's rose garden and round pond are, however, Reptonian in character. Capability Brown was employed during the 1760s to enlarge Corsham House and lay out the gardens and parkland. He built the Gothic Bath House and enclosed the garden with a ha-ha. He planted the avenues and made plans for the 13-acre lake which was not dug out until nearly 40 years later by Humphry Repton who was subsequently employed by the Methuen family to consolidate Brown's work and carry out new planting schemes. Repton was not an architect and he worked closely with John Nash who re-fashioned the North Front of the house and carried out various embellishments to the existing facades. The formal gardens have a distinctly 19th century feel and Lady Jane Dorothea (wife of the First Lord Methuen) was a particularly keen gardener and came to Corsham 1810. The Victorian influence of later years introduced species and themes most closely associated with that era, although thankfully without detriment to the layouts and plantings of the previous century. A number of fine ornamental trees surround the Elizabethan mansion. Some of which were planted by Capability Brown. The Great Plane now has a circumference of over 240 yards. The lily pond garden is surrounded by Indian Bean trees and there is a young arboretum to the North. During the Spring a fine display of bulbs and daffodils grace the garden, while beautiful and unusual orchids abound during the early summer. The gardens are particularly noted for the collection of magnolias and the famous yew hedge which surrounds the gardens to the west. Late March to September. Daily except Monday and Friday (but open Bank Holiday Mondays). Open 2pm to 5.30pm. Also open winter weekends 2pm to 4.30pm (closed in December).		Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 0BZ 4m W of Chippenham. S of A4 click here for a map CORSHAM COURT CLICK	Tel : 01249 712214
The Courts, Trowbridge Originally created between 1900 and 1921 on a Hidcote model, it is now freshened and superbly planted and maintained. It is a manageable seven acres of topiary, hedges, pools and plants in satisfying harmony. Divided into sections which are not rigidly defined, but tend to flow from one to another, it offers good surprises as you turn the corners. The wonderfully lopsided, bulging yew topiary, eccentric box shapes, formal pool and spacious lawns set off the flowers perfectly. Wilder at the edges. Don’t miss. Written by Anne Wareham, garden writer and critic whose own garden Veddw House appears on the guide. open 13 February - 31 October daily except Wednesdays - 11 - 5. Free entry for National Trust members. Disabled access, Tea-room. Around 7 acres.		Holt, Trowbridge, Wilts, BA16 6RR 2m E of Bradford-on-Avon. S of B3107 to Melksham. In Holt follow NT signs, park at village hall & at overflow car park when signed click here for a map THE COURTS CLICK	Tel 01225 782340
Great Chalfield Manor Great Chalfield Manor House is very similar to Great Dixter in Sussex and the layout of the borders to the back of the House are also similar. The gardens were designed by Alfred Parsons. Here the gardens lead down to a moat which almost surrounds the property. The National Trust have made good progress in improving the gardens which are now worth seeing in their own right. There are some very colourful borders in many parts of the garden and you will also notice the unusual Yew Topiary in the form of a house - but without windows.Autumn borders extend the season. The lawns leading down to the moat have been left for wild flowers and overall the garden has a calming romantic atmosphere.Great Chalfield Manor - Open 2010- 1 April - 31 October - Gardens Tues, Wed & Thurs 11- 5, Sundays 2 - 5. House open by guided tour.		Nr Melksham, Wiltshire SN12 8NH 3m SW of Melksham. Take B3107 from Melksham then 1st R to Broughton Gifford. Follow sign for Atworth, turn L for 1m to Manor. Park on grass outside click here for a map GREAT CHALFIELD MANOR CLICK	Tel 01225 782239
Heale Garden and Plant Centre Heale House (not open to public) is set in 8 acres of beautiful gardens with ponds and streams adding to the atmosphere. There is a varied collection of plants, shrubs, musk and other roses growing in the formal setting of clipped hedges and mellow stonework. Particularly lovely, especially in Spring and Autumn, is the water garden planted with magnolia and acers, surrounding the Japanese Tea House and Nikko Bridge. Heale Garden Open 2010 - Open: from 1 February to 31 October 10am - 5pm Wednesday - Sunday and Bank Holidays tea shop, gifts. There is a new and revamped plant centre with a wide range of woodland plants and a great collection of trilliums.		Middle Woodford, Salisbury, SP4 6NT 4m N of Salisbury. On Woodford Valley Rd between A360 & A345 click here for a map HEALE GARDEN CLICK	Tel 01722 782504
Iford Manor, Nr Bath On the steep wooded slopes of the Avon valley above an 18th century manor house Harold Peto laid out a terraced garden with an Italian atmosphere. On the steep slopes there are terraces linked by steps, fountains, loggias, urns and figures. Many trees, shrubs and flowers with beautifully planted containers. Lovely views and why not picnic in the car park by the river. Open 2010 April & October on Sundays and Easter Monday between 2pm - 5pm. From May to September daily between 2pm - 5pm except on Mondays and Fridays.Children under 10 admitted weekday visits preferred. Partial disabled access.Groups at other times by arrangement.		Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 2BA 7m S of Bath. Off A36, brown tourist sign to Iford 1m. Or from Bradford-on-Avon or Trowbridge via Lower Westwood village (brown signs) click here for a map IFORD MANOR CLICK	Tel 01225 863146
Lacock Abbey Garden A thirteenth century abbey, adapted by Sanderson Miller in the eighteenth century. The cloisters are an example of a medieval garden space. The Victorian garden was made by the mother of Henry Fox Talbot. The pioneer photographer took a picture, in 1840, of his mother's rose garden. It has been used to restore her work. The son was also a botanist and assembled a collection of trees which has become a woodland garden. Late February to end October. Daily. Closed Good Friday. Open 11am to 5.30pm.		Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2LG 3m S of Chippenham. Off A350. Follow NT signs. Use public car park just outside Abbey click here for a map LACOCK ABBEY GARDEN CLICK	Tel : 01249 730459
Larmertree Gardens Discover the secret gardens of Wiltshire which were skilfully created by General PittRivers in 1880 then restored over the last 10 years. An open air theatre, Roman temple, Nepalese carved buildings and water features cover the land. The gardens are inhabited by ornamental pheasants and peacocks. Shown are regular concerts, fairs and musical entertainments during the high season. Stable block and courtyard with plant sales and gift shop. Croquet, play area and picnic areas.		Tollard Royal, Salisbury, SP5 5PT On the B3081 off A354 Salisbury to Blandford road LARMER TREE GARDENS CLICK	Tel: 01725 516228 Fax: 01725 516449
Longleat Garden A great Elizabethan house (1580) with garden and park. It once had an Elizabethan garden and a park designed by London and Wise in the 1680s. Lancelot Brown re-designed them after 1757. In 1760 a visitor remarked that 'there is not much alteration in the house, but the gardens are no more. They are succeeded by a fine lawn, a serpentine river, wooded hills, gravel paths meandering round a shrubbert, all modernised by the ingenious and much sought-after Mr Brown'. Repton praised Brown for turning a little stream at Longleat into "an apparent river". Repton then deepened the lake and designed a bridge over the dam in 1804. A formal garden was added in the nineteenth century and improved by Russell Page in the twentieth century.All year. Daily except 25th December. Open 11am to 5pm or dusk if earlier (10:30am to 5:30pm weekends and holidays).		Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 7NW LONGLEAT GARDEN CLICK	Tel: 01985 844400
Mompesson House Garden A Queen Anne town house with a small walled garden, close to Salisbury Cathedral. Mompesson gardens have a pergola, a lavender walk and a lawn fringed with rose beds and herbaceous beds. Late March to October. Saturday to Wednesday. Open 11am to 5pm.		The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2EL MOMPESSON HOUSE GARDEN CLICK	Tel: 01722 335659 Fax: 01722 321559
Pound Hill Garden A delightfully romantic 2 acre garden of secret corners, stepping stones and meandering pathways. Courtyard decorated with many containers, old fashioned rose garden, ornamental vegetable garden, striking herbaceous borders, woodland water garden and many other features.		Pound Hill House, Chippenham, SN14 7JG From M4 junction 18 take the A46 towards Bath. At the first roundabout take the A420 towards Chippenham. Open daily March to October including bank holiday Mondays, 2 - 5 pm POUND HILL CLICK	Tel: 01249 782822/01249 782781 Fax: 01249 782953
Salisbury Cathedral Cloister Garden Salisbury has one of the most magnificent cathedrals in England, a prime example of the Early English Gothic style (built 1220-58). The splendid arcaded cloister is the largest in England (58m x 190ft square) and was added in the late 13th century. It was almost certainly a plain square of grass in the middle ages but now has a great tree and is managed as a garden. The Cathedral Close is managed like a public park, with mown grass and ornamental trees. The land management looks more agricultural in John Constable's famous painting of Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds (c.1825. All year. Daily. Open 7:15am to 6:15pm (or 7:15pm in summer).		The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2EJ SALISBURY CATHEDRAL CLOISTER GARDEN CLICK	Tel: 01722 555121
Stourhead Gardens Stourhead is a quite stunning English landscape garden by Henry Hoare 11 in the mid 1800s. Take a walk around this great landscape park which takes your breath away. Children will love the grotto - just wait and see! Classical temples, Temple of Flora, Temple of Appollo, plus rock bridge, cascade all of which are situated around the lake. The view from the temple of Appollo has been described as one of the most picturesque scenes in the world. Hybrid rhododendrons, scented azaleas, pelargoniums. Lovely Autumn colours. This is a great landscape garden worth visiting any time of the year. It is one of our favourite gardens and should not be missed. Gardens at Stourhead open all year 9am - 7pm or dusk if earlier . Restaurant, shop and plant sales. Disabled access. Dogs are allowed during November - February only.		Stourton, Warminster BA12 6QD 3m NW of Mere on B3092. Follow NT signs click here for a map STOURHEAD GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01 747 841152
Stourton House Flower Garden Owner of Stourton House, Elizabeth Bullivant explains that hers is a ‘very unorthodox’ garden; she likes it to ‘enjoy itself’, choosing to ‘plant things where we think they’d like to grow.’ Plants are allowed to mature, so the visitor can see immense rhododendrons, magnolias and a profusion of hydrangeas in their full glory. There is a real sense of discovery here. You never quite know what you might find in the undergrowth; all sorts of curiosities are concealed in the nooks and crannies of this garden. Take one winding path through the woodland area and you might see rare camellias with two colours on the same bush or flowers half one colour and half another, delve deeper and watch out for smatterings of chequered snake’s head fritillaries or graceful erythroniums. The garden is renowned for its cultivated flowers. Many unusual and RHS prize winning daffodils adorn the garden with a dazzling display in spring – including some you won’t find anywhere else. Elizabeth even has something rather special in the garden, Viburnum plicatum ‘Elizabeth Bullivant’, officially named after herself! This dramatic shrub produces masses of berries in September and is just one of the surprises that the garden offers.Refreshments at Stourton House have a nice twist too, cream teas are ever popular, but the cakes are also are not to be missed – flower petals are used in a number of recipes. April to November. Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays. Open 11am to 6pm or dusk.		Zeals, nr Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 6QF	Tel: 01747 840417
Town Gardens, Swindon Step back in time to this Victorian garden set in an old quarry which used to produce Portland stone. No fancy or clever designs here just straight forward English formal gardening at its best. Some beautiful colours in Spring with borders of bright polyanthus, tulips and pansies amongst the flowering cherries. In summer a lovely rose garden and other areas full of colour. Formal pond and sitting area close to aviary.Families picnic and play in this lovely peaceful oasis. Take time if in Swindon to take a walk here. open:-daily, tea kiosk and seating in season, good disabled access.		Westlecot Road, Old Town, Swindon, Wilts. TOWN GARDENS CLICK	Tel 01793 490150
Twigs Garden, Swindon TWIGS Community Gardens site is one of the hidden treasures of Swindon . The gardens have been developing over the last eight years . The main garden site occupies almost two acres and includes six themed gardens and seven smaller individual gardens as well as an extensive wildflower / woodland Haven . The main gardens are ; Japanese , Path of Life , Wildlife friendly ,Cottage , Pottager and a Physic garden . We also have an iron age round house , three large poly tunnels , a glasshouse and plant sales area . In amongst the gardens are wonderful pieces of art work . A short walk around the lake , Plaums Pit , leads to our innovative organic allotment site . The gardens are a source of inspiration as well as providing a much needed oasis from the stresses of everyday life. The gardens are open every Wednesday and Friday from 10.00am – 3.30pm. Best visited April to October. All the gardens and the building are wheelchair accessible . There are toilets in the main building including a disabled toilet.		Manor Garden Centre, Cheney Manor, Swindon TWIGS GARDEN CLICK	Tel 01793 523294
Wilton House Garden A great estate. It has a Palladian house, with older remains, and an eigheenth century garden, with later additions. The 1632 Wilton House garden by Isaac de Caus was removed by the 'Architect Earl' of Pembroke to make, after 1737, a serpentine park with the first Palladian bridge. Sir William Chambers designed a casino and eye-catcher in the park. Richard Westmacott designed an 'Italian garden' at Wilton with terrace and parterrre in the 1820s. David Vicary designed a fountain set, in pleached limes, in 1971. In 1833, Loudon remarked that 'Standing on the Palladian bridge, and looking towards another bridge on the same river, the channel of the water appears much too straight, formal and unvaried. The other bridge appears to terminate the water, and gives the idea of a cul de sac'. Opening times - April to September. Daily. Open 10.30am to 5.30pm.		Wilton, Wiltshire, SP2 0BJ WILTON HOUSE GARDEN CLICK	Tel: 01722 746729 Fax: 01722 744447

By Charlie's Angels THE GARDENS OF BERKSHIRE
Garden	Picture	Address	Tel/Fax
Alexandra Gardens Alexandra Gardens is a good place to begin your visit to Windsor as it offers spectacular views of the castle on the hill. The gardens were laid out in the early 1900s and they still retain a Victorian charm which adds to the regal atmosphere of Windsor. Before walking along the promenade that takes you along the river and into Windsor, there is plenty to enjoy in the Gardens themselves. There are trampolines, a skate park, and a café offering light refreshments.		Barry Avenue, Windsor, Berkshire ALEXANDRA GARDENS CLICK
Ashdown House 17th-century house perched on the Berkshire Downs. Famous association with the sister of King Charles I, Elizabeth of Bohemia, known as 'The Winter Queen'. Important paintings contemporary with the house. Spectacular rooftop views over the gardens and Berkshire Downs. Includes an Iron Age hill fort where King Alfred is thought to have battled the Danes Limited opening times. A National Trust Property		Estate Office Lambourn Hungerford Berkshire RG16 7RE Apr-Oct, Wed and Sat, 1400-1700. Guided tour only 1415,1515,1415. ASHDOWN HOUSE CLICK	tel: 01488 72584
Basildon Park Basildon Park features in the new Pride and Predudice film. See our Behind the Scenes exhibition here this year. Costumes from the film on display April - end June. Basildon Park, situated between Streatley and Pangbourne in the Thames Valley in Berkshire, was due for demolition before Lord and Lady Iliffe saved it in 1952. Between 1910 and 1952 the house was largely unoccupied. It was requisitioned in both wars and the parkland used as a training ground for the D-Day landings.The house was restored and filled with fine pictures and furniture and in 1978 presented to the National Trust who continue with its restoration and conservation. The house is a particularly fine Palladian mansion built in Bath Stone by the architect John Carr of York, for Sir Francis Sykes. Surrounding the house are gardens and pleasure grounds leading to 400 acres of park and woodland		Lower Basildon Reading RG8 9NR Between Pangbourne and Streatley, 7ml NW of Reading, on W side of A329; leave M4 at exit 12 and follow brown NT signs to Pangbourne. BASILDON PARK CLICK	Tel: 01189 843 040 Fax: 01189 767 370
Black Park and Langley Park Country Parks A historic parkland of 130 acres which once housed extensive herds of deer. There are many formal features to interest the visitor, including the rhododendron and azalea-filled Temple Gardens, and the walled Arboretum which has many beautiful species of trees and shrubs. The pond has been restored to an attractive feature. Nearby a group of trees were planted in 1994 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the D-day landings. Langley Park is easily accessible by road, being located opposite Black Park off the A412 Slough-Uxbridge road.		Black Park Road Wexham Slough Berkshire SL3 6DR	tel: 01753 511060
Cliveden This spectacular estate overlooking the River Thames has a series of gardens, each with its own character, featuring roses, topiary, statuary, water gardens, a formal parterre, informal vistas, woodland and riverside walks. The present house, the third on the site, was built by Charles Barry for the Duke of Sutherland in 1851. Once the home of Nancy, Lady Astor, it is now let as an hotel. It was also the backdrop to the 1960s scandal of Jack Profumo -a minister in the Conservative government and the call-girl Christine Keeler.		Taplow, Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 0JA Estate and Garden: 16th March to 30th October Daily 11.00am - 6.00pm 31st October to 22md December Daily 11.00am - 4.00pm. House (part) and Octagonal Temple: 3rd April to 30th October Thursday and Saturday 3.00pm - 5.30pm. Woodlands: 1st April to 30th October Daily 11.00am - 5.30pm. 31st October to 22nd December Daily 11.00am - 4.00pm.3rd January to 31st March Daily 11.00am - 4.00pm CLIVEDEN CLICK	tel: 01628 605 069
Dorney Court Dorney Court has been the home of the Palmer family for more than 450 years, passing from father to son through thirteen generations. It is a Grade 1 listed building, further designated as being of outstanding architectural and historical interest. Dorney Court has always been the manor house of Dorney village which was first recorded in the Doomsday Book. Dorney Court has been open to the public since 1981. A great deal has been achieved in restoring and preserving the historic house and gardens for the future. This has been possible thanks to the interest and patronage of visitors from the four corners of the globe. The House and Estate show the evolution of the squirearchy in English country life, and of particular interest are the early family portraits, furniture and needlework. The house is surrounded by attractive gardens, making it an oasis of living history. Dorney Court has for many centuries been the focus of country life on the western fringes of Royal Windsor. The manor house lies close to the village and common, where cattle and sheep still graze. The surrounding farmlands are carefully tended as they have been for generations. Horticulture has been central to the people of Dorney. The first pineapple grown in England was believed to have been grown in the village at Pin Cottage. The pineapple became the symbol for the whole of the Restoration! Today a large carved stone pineapple stands in the Great Hall, while adjacent to the house, within the old kitchen garden, lies The Walled Garden Centre.		Court Lane Dorney Windsor Berkshire SL4 6QP May: Bank Holiday Mondays and the preceding Sundays 1:30pm with last admissions at 4.00pm August: Every afternoon except Saturdays 1.30pm with last admissions at 4.00pm. DORNEY COURT CLICK	tel: 01628 604 638
Englefield House & Garden he formal garden at Englefield House was laid out in the 17th century and the terraces and stone staircases were built in 1860. The woodland and water garden on the hill above the house was designed and planted in 1936. In 1976 the formal planting and gravel paths were removed from the terrace and a new planting scheme was put in place with the assistance of Lanning Roper. There is a small garden especially created for children where four little statues conceal hidden jets of water. The walled kitchen garden is planted with fruit trees, a large selection of vegetables, herbs, salads, roses, lavender and sweetpeas.		Englefield House Englefield Reading Berkshire RG7 5EN ENGLEFIELD HOUSE CLICK	tel: 01189 302 221
Forbury Gardens The Forbury Gardens, originally part of Reading Abbey, were laid out between 1856 and 1864. The gardens are dominated by the Maiwand Lion, an 1886 memorial to the dead of the 66th Berkshire Regiment who fell during the battles of Maiwand and Kandahar at the end of the second Afghan War (1878-80). Designed by George Blackall-Simonds, it is one of the world’s largest bronze statues at 31 feet long. Nearby is Reading Prison to where Oscar Wilde was sentenced in 1895, writing The Ballad of Reading Gaol in 1898 after his release.		Between the Forbury and the Forbury Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1
Frogmore House Frogmore House, set in the private Home Park, is renowned for its beautiful landscaped garden and 18th-century lake. Queen Victoria was inspired to write 'all is peace and quiet and you only hear the hum of the bees, the singing of the birds'. Indeed Queen Victoria loved Frogmore so much that she chose to build a mausoleum for herself and her husband, Prince Albert, in the grounds. The interior of Frogmore House reflects the interests and talents of several generations of the royal family. In the Victoria Closet visitors can see works of art executed by three generations of the royal family - Victoria, Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria, and a number of works by Queen Victoria's children, including Princess Victoria and Princess Louise. The garden is one of the enduring attractions of Frogmore. Queen Charlotte had a great interest in botany and was given full rein in the garden at Frogmore, which she laid out with rare and unusual plants. She formed an extensive botanical library and flowers became a major theme in the house.		Home Park Windsor Berkshire FROGMORE HOUSE CLICK	tel: 020 7766 7305
Herb Farm & Saxon Maze The Herb Farm has a great deal more to offer than its name implies. It began some 20 years ago when Richard Scott, with enterprise and foresight, reconstructed a picturesque 18th century timber-framed barn transported from a farm south of Reading. This forms the centrepiece of the Specialist Herb Nursery, where experienced staff grow a comprehensive range of herb plants. The nursery also offers an unusual range of cottage garden plants and a selection of old style roses supplied by the renowned growers David Austin Roses. Many of the plants can be seen in mature settings in the attractive display Gardens. In 1999 a new purpose-built timber-framed barn, skillfully linked with the old barn, was opened as the Barn Shop. It contains a fascinating and ever-changing display of products that demonstrate the versatility of herbs, many of which make attractive gifts; also an eclectic collection of hand-crafted items which add a touch of elegance to the home and a sense of style to the garden. With its unique range of products, Christmas is an especially popular time to visit. A summer attraction for children is the Saxon Maze, designed by Adrian Fisher and opened in 1991. With over a mile of curving grass pathways this beech hedge maze is a challenge to all. No visit is complete without enjoying the excellent service at the recently opened Orangery Coffee Shop. A wide choice of freshly prepared food and drinks is served inside or outside in relaxed and comfortable garden surroundings.		Peppard Road, Sonning Common, Reading RG4 9NJ The Herb Farm is open seven days a week from 10am to 5pm HERB FARM CLICK	Tel: 0118 972 4220
Highclere Castle and Gardens Highclere Castle, home of the 8th Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, is probably the finest Victorian House still in existence. Created by Sir Charles Barry, who also designed the Houses of Parliament, the Castle dominates the magnificent grounds influenced by 'Capability' Brown. There are two exhibitions in the Castle one on Egyptology and one on horseracing. The Egyptology exhibition records the explorations of the 5th Earl of Carnarvon who, with Egyptologist Howard Carter, uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamun. The Horseracing exhibition celebrates a hundred years of Highclere's association with horseracing. There are woodland and temple walks in the grounds, these historic and enjoyable walks within the park are clearly signposted and take from 1½ to 2½ hours. Dogs are allowed on lead, please keep to the paths. The walks are open during July and August only.		Highclere Newbury Berkshire RG20 9RN Open until 2nd September: Monday to Friday & Sunday 11am - 4.00pm last admission one hour before closing. Closed 28th August. HIGHCLERE CASTLE CLICK	tel: 01635 253210
Living Rainforest Explore the rainforest, and discover its wonders for yourself.On your visit, look out for free roaming lizards, birds and butterflies - you never know where they will appear next! See some of the world's most popular foods, from bananas to coffee, cocoa and ginger... as well as plants that have changed the way we live today. Plus... monkeys, a crocodile and much more.		The Living Rainforest, Hampstead Norreys Berkshire, RG18 0TN Leave the M4 at Junction 13 and follow the Rainforest signs. open daily , with the exception of Christmas Eve, when we close at 1pm, and Christmas Day and Boxing Day when we are closed We open at 10am and close at 5.15pm. Last visitors are admitted at 4.30pm each day. LIVING RAINFOREST CLICK	tel: 01635 202444
Old Thatch Cottage & Garden Old Thatch, a 17th-century thatched cottage, is situated close to the River Thames on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, between Marlow and Bourne End. Beloved home to the world famous author Enid Blyton from 1929-1938, it was where she was inspired to write over forty books and plays, as well as a series called The Old Thatch. Enid was delighted by the garden and soon set about making it her own until she left in 1938. Old Thatch is now owned by the garden designer Jacky Hawthorne who has enhanced the spirit of Old Thatch and introduced structure to the garden while at the same time preserved a sense of the past. The lovely grey, sagging wood of the old arbour has been retained, as has the original well, an enticing glimpse of a former way of living.		Coldmoorholme Lane, Well End, nr Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, SL8 5PS June, July and August Fridays and Saturdays from 11am to 5pm. Also Summer Bank Holiday weekend OLD THATCH COTTAGE CLICK	tel: 01628 527518
Savill Garden Magnificent landscaped 35-acre woodland garden within Windsor Great Park. Spectacular Spring displays; sweeping Summer herbaceous borders; formal rose beds; fiery Autumn colours; misty Winter vistas; landscaped temperate house and Golden Jubilee Garden.		Windsor Great Park Wick Lane Englefield Green Berkshire TW20 0UU SAVILL GARDEN CLICK	Tel: 01753 847 518
Waltham Place Estate Waltham Place Estate has often been described, as, “the best kept secret in Berkshire”, and that should arouse your curiosity to visit this hidden gem. The estate includes a farm, ornamental and kitchen gardens, with a lake and woodlands. It has been managed organically for over 20 years and has matured into a thriving environment. Visitors can come and enjoy the gardens on their own or on a guided walk. Head Gardener Beatrice Krehl, takes groups around the gardens. She explains the principles of naturalistic planting used here. With the current interest in food miles, sustainability, and a greener lifestyle, education is an important part of the Waltham offering and there are tours for schools and adult courses on offer too		Church Hill White Waltham Berkshire SL6 3JH WALTHAM PLACE ESTATE CLICK	Tel. 01628 825517
Welford Park Walks along the River Lambourne through the beech wood and enjoy the carpets of snowdrops followed by a visit to the Old Laundry Tea Rooms for a cream tea. Dogs on leads welcome.		Welford Park Welford Newbury Berkshire RG20 8HU WELFORD PARK CLICK	Tel: 01488 608 203
Wellington Country Park Welcome to Wellington Country Park, set in 350 acres of peaceful woodlands within the Duke of Wellington's Estate. With a wealth of open space, birds and wildlife, we have all the ingredients for a wonderful family day out. There are plenty of picnic and barbeque areas, and cream teas, coffee and cake are available in the coffee shop. This is a superb place for children, with safe play areas and fascinating nature trails. There are peaceful woodland walks where you can discover our herd of red deer and other wildlife in a natural environment. The large lake is home to a variety of water birds and can be explored by boat (boating available in season). Our very popular day fishing lake is available for carp, pike, perch and tench. Wellington Country Park is an ideal touring base if you are camping or caravanning. Stay on the ETB 4 star touring campsite and enjoy free entry to the Country Park during your stay.		Odiham Road Riseley Reading Berkshire RG7 1SP Open daily 17th March to 24th March: 10.00am - 4.30pm. 25th March to 30th September: 10.00am - 5.30pm. 1st October to 5th November: 10.00am - 4.30pm. WELLINGTON COUNTRY PARK CLICK	Tel: 01189 326 444
Windsor Great Park Windsor Great Park covers 4,800 acres, parts of which are open to the public. Its present area was determined in the 1360s and was popular with Saxon kings as a hunting forest. The park is shrouded in mystery and legend and for over 1,000 years the story of Herne the Hunter has been told. His ghost still appears wearing the antlers of a stag, riding a phantom black stallion at the head of a pack of black hounds. He appears to warn of times of trouble and gallops through Windsor Great Park only to disappear into thin air. The park today is the perfect place for picnics, walking, cycling and horse riding.		Accessible from Windsor town centre on foot via the Long Walk, or car parks are located along the A332 that goes through the Park. Alternatively you can drive to Virginia Water and park at Blacknest Gate for a walk around the lake, where you will pass a totem pole and miniature waterfall.	tel: 01753 743900

THE GARDENS OF CORNWALL
Garden	Picture	Address	Tel/Fax
Antony House Overlooking the Lynher River, the gardens landscaped by Repton include formal courtyard, terraces, ornamental Japanese pond, fine summer borders, sculptures and knot garden. Houses national collection of Hemerocallis (610 cultivars).Antony House was constructed, for Sir William Carew, between 1711-1721. The house stands on a peninsular formed by the confluence of two estuaries - the River Tamar to the east and the river Lynher to the north; the sea forming the southern edge. The house like the nearby Cotehele was spared the ravages that so many of the countries fine houses underwent in the name of modernisation in the Victorian period.Antony House features some exceptional furnishings. A splendid collection of portraits including examples of works by Reynolds and a painting of Charles I at his trial. There are 25 acres of landscaped gardens adjacent to the house, and some 50 acres of natural woodland to explore. The house and gardens were donated to the National Trust in 1961, the gardens are currently managed by the Carew Pole Garden Trust.National Trust Members may visit the adjacent Antony Woodland Garden for no extra charge on days when Antony House is open.		Antony Estate Torpoint Cornwall PL11 2QA Email Antony House ANTONY HOUSE CLICK	Tel: +44 01752 812191 Fax: +44 01752 815724
Antony Woodland Gardens and Woodland Walk Explore 100 acres of sprawling woodland garden and natural woodland walk bordering the Lynher estuary. This jungle wilderness is the perfect place for adventurous and energetic garden lovers.Don your walking boots and stretch your legs and your senses over the lush gardens and pastures. Crammed with dangling green canopies, teaming with wildlife and smattered with one of the best woody plant collections in the county, there are few better places for horticultural fans that fancy a walk on the wild side. Antony Overlooking the Lynher River, the grounds landscaped by Repton include a formal garden with a national collection of day lilies. The woodland garden has a fine collection of rhododendrons, camellias, azaleas and magnolias		Antony Estate Torpoint Cornwall PL11 2QA Email Antony Woodland
Boconnac Nestled just inland from Fowey, Boconnoc is a beautiful estate boasting lush scenery, historical roots and grand architecture.Wind down the driveway past a striking obelisk framed by two classical shrines, and you immediately get a hint that Boconnoc is a fascinating historical garden. It's true that Charles I made the estate his headquarters during the Civil War, but more importantly, it is a rare example of medieval parkland that has survived to this day.		The Estate Office Lostwithiel Cornwall PL22 0RG Email Boconnac BOCONNAC CLICK	Tel: +44 01208 872507 Fax: +44 01208 873836
Bonython Estate Gardens Bonython Estate Gardens in Cornwall are an exciting discovery. A major renovation of a 20-acre garden on The Lizard, the southernmost part of the British Isles. Surrounded by the farm and woodlands of the Bonython Estate, the gardens comprise a sweeping driveway with Hydrangeas and Specimen Trees; formal planting around the Georgian Manor (not open), walled garden including pool area with summerhouse, Herbaceous, Herb Garden and Potager; three lakes in a wooded valley sequence.		Bonython Estate, Cury Cross Lanes, Helston, Cornwall, TR12 7BA BONYTHON CLICK	Phone +44(0)1326 240550 Fax +44(0)1326 240478
Bosahan Close to the Helford River, Bosahan serves-up horticultural bliss with a breathtaking view to the estuary and sea.Bosahan has its own microclimate, enabling a fusion of tender plants from both hemispheres to flourish in the moist shelter. Radiant rows of rhododendrons and azaleas are mixed with the likes of magnolias and southern hemisphere tree and shrub species. The exotic palm groves and mature Maidenhair trees have made a lush canopy under which to explore the 'sub-tropical' environment. Bosahan is blessed with a meandering stream trickling through the centre, creating a wonderful garden for walkers to follow a trail along the fern-edged banks and palm-fringed pond.		Bosahan Estate Office Manaccan Helston Cornwall TR12 6JL Email Bosahanl	Tel: +44 01326 231351 Fax: +44 01326 231497
Bosvigo Not a typical Cornish garden, much more in the 'English' style with herbaceous borders at their best in summer. A series of 'garden rooms' surround the Georgian house (not open) each 'room' has its own colour themes. Original Victorian Conservatory. Woodland garden. Small specialist nursery selling a range of hard to find herbaceous plants.		Bosvigo Lane Truro CORNWALL TR1 3NH Email Bosvigo BOSVIGO CLICK	Tel: +44 01872 275774 Fax: +44 01872 275774
Burncoose This 30-acre woodland gardens and nursery boasts award-winning displays and a smorgasbord of flowering features to captivate garden-enthusiasts and horticultural amateurs alike.Burncoose is a horticultural hotspot with a reputation that attracts green-fingered keenies from all over the globe, but also one that has flaunted its horticultural talents nationwide. Visitors to Cornwall may recollect Burncoose's gold medal displays from Chelsea, Hampton Court and many other nationwide flower shows.		Gwennap REDRUTH CORNWALL TR16 6BJ Email Burncoosel BURNCOOSE CLICK	Tel: +44 01209 860316 Fax: +44 01209 860011
Caerhays Castle & Gardens The parkland and woodland gardens surrounding Caerhays Castle were created originally from the discoveries of the plant hunters in China shortly after the turn of the 20th century.Nestled in a secluded valley above Porthluney Cove, this 100-acres of woodland gardens is one of Britain's horticultural treasures.These historical gardens have been created around a grand castle built by John Nash in 1808. Since 1370 only two families have resided here, and when the Williams family took over 150 years ago it was little more than a dilapidated castle surrounded by a deer park.		The Estate Office Caerhays Gorran St Austell CORNWALL PL26 6LY Email Caerhays CAERHAYS CLICK	Tel: +44 01872 501310 Fax: +44 01872 501870
Carwinion Twelve-acres of wild Victorian gardens nestled in the Helford Valley, Carwinion is home to one of the most spectacular national collections of bamboo in the country.Discover the charms of this historical garden that was created around the same time that the 18th Century house was developed. The Rogers family collaborated with the Fox's of Glendurgan to bring in rare plants, including the Dicksonia Antartica and Cryptomaria Japonica that are growing here today		Carwinion Road Mawnan Smith Falmouth Cornwall TR11 5JA email Carwinion CARWINION CLICK	Tel: +44 01326 250258 Fax: +44 01326 250903
Chygurno Indulge your sights and senses in this dramatic garden carved into the cliff edge teetering over the stunning Lamorna Cove.From its staggering perch on the edge of the ocean, this waterside garden tiers down in steep steps and terraces to meet sheltered woodland. A striking range of vibrant species stands out against a rugged backdrop, and as well as the spectacular sea view, Chygurno also boasts a unique decked vantage point that puts you on eye level with the treetops.		Lamorna Penzance Cornwall TR19 6XH	Tel: +44 01736 732153
Cotehele Squirreled away in a steep, sheltered valley on the west bank of the River Tamar, this sprawling National Trust garden surrounds a striking medieval house.This 15th Century house with its historical garden and woodland has inspired artists, keen gardeners and wildlife enthusiasts throughout the centuries. The formal gardens outside the main house overlook a valley garden with a medieval dovecote, pond, Victorian summerhouse and 18th-century tower. Peek inside the granite and slate-stone walls of Cotehele house and discover a grand interior adorned with superb collections of rich textiles, armour and antique furniture.		Cotehele, St. Dominick, Saltash, PL12 6TA. email Cothele House Click here to visit website	Telephone: (01579) 351346 Infoline: (01579) 352739 Shop: (01579) 352713 Restaurant: (01579) 352711
Eden Project CORNWALL TOURISM AWARDS 2005 - Tourism Marketing Initiative of the Year - Gold Award Dubbed the 'Eighth Wonder of the World' by some, Eden is a dramatic global garden housed in tropical biomes that nestle in a crater the size of 30 football pitches. With a worldwide reputation Eden barely needs an introduction, but this epic destination definitely deserves a day of your undivided attention. More than just a huge, tropical garden, Eden is a gateway into the relationships between plants and people, and a fascinating insight into the story of mankind's dependence on plant life. Not only a mind-blowing visitor attraction, Eden is also fast-becoming a unique resource for education and knowledge towards a sustainable future.		Bodelva ST AUSTELL Cornwall PL24 2SG Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: +44 01726 811911 Fax: +44 01726 811912
Enys Come and explore the rare and historic treasures of one the oldest gardens in Cornwall.Tucked away in Penryn, Enys can often be overlooked en route to many of the more celebrated gardens near Falmouth and the Helford Estuary. But this really shouldn't be the case - stop at Enys and you will be enwrapped by the colourful mysteries of horticultural history.		Enys St Gluvias Penryn Cornwall TR10 9LB Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: +44 01872 274536 Fax: +44 01872 223421
Glendurgan A romantic garden leading down to the beach at Durgan, with tantalising glimpses of the Helford River. Glendurgan is a feast of colour in spring from the many flowering shrubs, and wild flowers growing in profusion on the banks in early summer. To entertain children and families there is the challenge of the maze, fly high on the Giants Stride and the Victorian School Room provides a place to sit and enjoy the views. After all this exertion why not relax over a cup of tea and a snack in the teahouse. The shop and plant sales provide that perfect momentum of this 'Little bit of Heaven on Earth'.		Mawnan Smith Falmouth Cornwall TR11 5JZ map Click here to email GLENDURGAN GARDEN CLICK	Tel: +44 (0)1326 250 906 Fax: +44 (0)1872 865 808
Hardy Exotics Nursery With the largest collection of Exotica in the UK. An inspirational, highly educational, an adventure and enormous fun to visit.
Headland Gardens With a name like 'Headland' the stunning cliff-top position of this garden comes as no surprise. But even with such an obvious clue, you won't be prepared for the magnitude of the staggering coastal views witnessed from this waterside paradise, which opens in aid of the charities RNLI & NGS.Relax amongst a rainbow of horticultural excellence that mingles into the turquoise hues of the ocean. Thanks to the sensible feature of many discreet benches throughout this beautiful rock garden, there are plenty of places you can take the weight of the feet and let your eyes fully appreciate the lush location. Tucked into the coast by Fowey and exposed to the sea and wind on three of its colourful sides, this waterside garden has been planted with species that can withstand the salty gales and harsh conditions.		Battery Lane Polruan Fowey Cornwall PL23 1PW Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: +44 01726 870243
Hidden Valley Gardens An intimate four-acre plantation nestled in a secluded valley. Escape to this hidden garden where small is beautiful, but size doesn't limit the number and diversity of species sprouting within this little paradise. The garden has many themes including a Mediterranean area, colourful herbaceous and cottage garden beds, a 'hot' border and an iris garden.		Treesmill Par St Austell Cornwall PL24 2TU Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: +44 01208 873225
The Japanes Garden & Bonsai Nursery Discover an oasis of tranquillity nestled in the lush Vale of Lanherne. Set in just one-and-a-half acres, the Japanese Garden is a perfect example of what is small is beautiful. Diminutive it may be in size, but its paths lead into a myriad of divine features, including the Water Gardens, Stroll garden and a Zen Garden - created in accordance with the philosophy of the East.		St Mawgan Cornwall TR8 4ET Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: +44 01637 860116 Fax: +44 01637 860887
Ken- Caro This four-acre connoisseurs' garden enjoys panoramic views and is brimming with year-round colour.Set high above Bicton Manor Woods, Ken-Caro has been carefully planted by Mrs Willcock and her husband Kenneth - a garden-enthusiast and horticultural-columnist. Sweeping island beds lead out to a spectacular countryside view, conjuring up a miraculous sense of spacious beauty within just four acres.		Bicton Pensilva Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5RF	Tel: +44 01579 362446 Fax: +44 01579 362446
Lamorran House Gardens Savour the glittering sea views over Falmouth Bay from this stunning Mediterranean-style garden.Lamorran boasts over four-acres of sub-tropical paradise planted with an adventurous range of plants that flourish in its waterside location. A small but simply stunning garden, it ranks highly in our 'small is beautiful' collection, and featured in the Nation's Favourite Gardens broadcast by the BBC in 2002.		Upper Castle Road St Mawes Truro Cornwall TR2 5BZ Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: +44 01326 270800 Fax: +44 01326 270801
Lanhydrock One of the most beautiful National Trust properties in Cornwall, Lanhydrock House and gardens are a must-see all year round. Superbly set in wooded parkland of 1,000 acres and encircled by a garden of rare shrubs and trees.Lanhydrock House has fifty rooms open to view, ranging from the richly furnished main rooms to servants' bedrooms, nursery and the great kitchen. Through the crenellated gatehouse dated c1641, an idyllic walk down to the River Fowey at Respryn Bridge and back through the woods, should not be missed.The historical garden with its 30-acres of woodland was laid out back in 1857, but its present format was actually established later on in the Victorian period, and many of the plants are no more than 70 years old. However, a grand atmosphere permeates the entire setting and compliments the brilliant planting of more modern times.		Bodmin Cornwall PL30 5AD Map Click here to email LANHYDROCK CLICK	Phone: +44 (0)1208 265950 - Fax: +44 (0)1208 265959 Shop: (01208) 265952 Restaurant: (01208) 265951
Longcross Victorian Garden Beautiful and idyllic restored Victorian Gardens in a maze-like layout with water and granite features stretching to almost 4 acres, an example of coastal hedging and gardening. Panoramic views over Port Isaac and Port Quin Bays. The only public garden on the north Cornwall coast.		Trelights Port Isaac CORNWALL PL29 3TF Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: +44 01208 880243 Fax: +44 01208 880243
The Lost Gardens of Heligan The Lost Gardens of Heligan Asleep for over 70 years, they are now the scene of the largest garden restoration project in Europe In the northern gardens are two and a half miles of footpaths, an Elizabethan mount, rockeries, summer houses, a crystal grotto, an Italian garden, a set of bee holes, a wishing well, a walled garden. To the south lies the "jungle", a sub tropical valley overlooking Mevagissey.		Pentewan, Cornwall LOST GARDENS OF HELIGAN CLICK	Tel: 01726 845100
Marsh Villa Discover three acres of beautiful gardens that boast vibrant beauty throughout every season.In 1985, when the present owners took over, Marsh Villa was little more than a badly drained meadow capable of sustaining only few livestock. But by 1988 a slow planting programme was in full swing and now it has matured into a lively and interesting plot. The resulting garden offers easy access to a series of garden 'rooms', each with its own distinct character and atmosphere.		St Andrews Road Par Cornwall PL24 2LU Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: +44 01726 815920
Mount Edgcumbe House Set in 865 acres of spectacular landscape overlooking Plymouth Sound, Mount Edgcumbe is truly a jewel in Cornwall’s crown. Originally built between 1547 and 1553 by Sir Richard Edgcumbe, Mount Edgcumbe House was enlarged during the 17th and 18th centuries. Miraculously the red stone walls of the Tudor house survived a direct hit by bombs in 1941. It was later restored by the 6th Earl between 1958 and 1964 before eventually passing into the ownership of Plymouth City and Cornwall County Councils 1971.Decorated in the 18th century style the house contains, ceramics, furniture and paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gerard Edema and William van der Velde form the original Mount Edgcumbe family collection and can be viewed by the public during the open season.The house itself is set in Grade I listed gardens, some of the most outstanding in Cornwall. With the themed formal gardens in the lower park – English, Italian, French, American, New Zealand and many more, there is something for everyone to see. If that’s not enough, follow the 3-mile multi use trail to see more of the stunning landscape and the resident wildlife.Home of the National Camellia Collection and winner of the RHS Britain in Bloom Park of the Year, this estate has something for everyone.		Cremyll, Torpoint, Cornwall PL10 1HZ Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel : (01752) 822236 Fax: +44 01752 822199
Pencarrow The present Georgian House was completed by Sir John Molesworth, 5th Baronet, circa 1770. The East side has an imposing Palladian entrance; on the West can be seen part of an older house; whilst the back faces a courtyard, cottages, Tea Rooms and a Children's Play Area. The interior contains an impressive inner hall and vaulted ceiling and a vast heating stove made in Plymouth in the 1830s. The music room has a fine plaster ceiling depicting the four seasons; with simulated birds-eye maple grained panelled walls. The panelled entrance hall has a secret door into the drawing room. There is a superb collection of paintings with works by Arthur Devis, Samuel Scott, Richard Wilson, Henry Raeburn and many other well known artists, in addition to the family portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds, set amongst some outstanding furniture and porcelain.		Bodmin Cornwall PL30 3AG map PENCARROW CLICK	Tel: +44 (0)1208 841 369 Fax: +44 (0)1208 841 722
Penheale Manor House Gardens Savour the scents and sights of this beautiful woodland garden that envelopes a grand manor house and which opens in aid of the R.N.L.I and Egloskerry Village funds.Enter the courtyard through a gatehouse and loggia, and you will soon find that the grandeur doesn't waiver its initial impact. Two more similar courts above the house boast pavilions at each end, and there is also a raised walk from which to view the treasures of the gardens.This historical garden was proclaimed to be 'one of the finest and best preserved specimens of ancient manorial residences in the county' in 1867. Yet by 1920, when Colonel Norman Colville took over the estate, it was in a state of ruin. However the Colonel's admiration for Devon's Castle Drogo inspired him to engage Edwin Lutyens to restore and extend the house.		Egloskerry Launceston Cornwall PL15 8RX Click here to email	Tel: +44 01566 785693 Fax: +44 01566 785762
Penjerrick Garden Visit one of the most unspoilt and beautiful gardens of Cornwall. This garden is of considerable historic and botanic interest but also the perfect place to relax. Discover hidden paths, duck under branches that grow across the paths, and marvel at numerous tree ferns and enchanting blooming shrubs. We always enjoy returning to Penjerrick Garden and hope you will feel the same.		Budock Water Falmouth Cornwall TR11 5ED map PENJERRICK GARDENS CLICK	Tel: +44 (0) 1872 870105
Pine Lodge Gardens Explore 30 acres of herbaceous borders, shrubberies and water gardens boasting one of the largest collections of plants in the county.Experience a true horticultural hotspot brimming with rare and radiant plant species. Stroll through an enchanting collection of colour and scent, from the Japanese garden and the arboretum, to the stunning National Collection of grevilleas.		Holmbush St Austell Cornwall PL25 3RQ Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: +44 01726 73500 Fax: +44 01726 77370
Pinsla Garden & Nursery Lose yourself in a creative and romantic garden perched on the edge of Bodmin Moor.Discover one-and-a-half intimate acres of inspirational planting that blends informally into its cradle of wild woodland. Pinsla's petite plot of chaotic colour can only translate to prove that small is beautiful. Meander along winding slate and stone paths, through native plants such as honeysuckle, ferns, wild ivy and grasses that are intertwined with exotic agave, bamboo and cordyline.		Pinsla Lodge Cardinham Bodmin Cornwall PL30 4AY Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: +44 01208 821339 Fax: +44 01208 821339
Potager Garden Potager is a new organic garden emerging from an old nursery near the Helford Estuary. The garden provides a relaxed environment with an informal mix of herbaceous planting, accentuated with vegetables and fruit. Home-made cooking in the glass house cafe, hammocks, games and sculpture make Potager a friendly and peaceful retreat.Located close to the village of Constantine, just five miles west of Falmouth.		High Cross Constantine Falmouth Cornwall TR11 5RE Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: +44 01326 341258
Prideaux Place Prideaux Place is a delightful Elizabethan manor house within extensive grounds located near the popular harbour town of Padstow. This beautiful historic house and gardens has been owned by the prominent Prideaux family of Cornwall for approximately 400 years. The house itself, which was built in 1592 by Nicholas Prideaux, offers many hidden treasures and beautiful décor for visitors to admire. The stunning, well kept grounds include formal gardens and a deer park and are a wonderful place for a relaxing stroll followed by refreshments in the tearoom! Open Sunday to Thursday from May to October, Prideaux Place is a wonderful place to visit for a tranquil break from the norm		Padstow Cornwall PL28 8RP Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: 01841 532411 Fax: +44 01841 532945
Roseland House Roseland House is a 1 acre garden with a large range of unusual plants with conservatory and plant nursery surrounding old Mine Captain's House.Small is beautiful, and in the case of Roseland House, small is crammed with a surprising array of colour and horticultural interest for a garden placed right in the middle of mining country. This one-acre paradise parades a vast range of unusual plants around an old mine-captain's house. It's a great place to escape the crowds and you will often find the creators of the garden on hand to discuss anything related to plants and gardening. Its abundance of flourishing colour is even more of a shock when you learn that when the current owners arrived in 1983, the garden was featureless, empty of plants, and without shelter.		Roseland House Chacewater Truro Cornwall TR4 8QB Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: +44 01872 560451
St Michael's Mount The jewel in Cornwall's crown, this magical island has a church, a medieval castle (home of the St. Aubyn family for over 300 years), an exotic garden clinging to the steep flanks, and an ancient harbour where you will find shops, restaurants and an audio-visual presentation on the history of the Mount.Access from Marazion is by foot along the causeway, or by ferry at high water. Sensible footwear is recommendedGarden EveningsJoin us on a special guided tour of the magical gardens at St. Michaels Mount. The tour is followed by a delicious gourmet buffet at the National Trust Sail Loft Restaraunt, prepared using local produce by our award-winning chefs.Tours of the CastleFrom 6 November until 14 March there will be tours of the castle every Tuesday and Friday at 1100 and 1400. (Closed Bank Holidays).Also open on 27 and 28 December – call 01736 710507 for details. Normal admission prices apply.		Marazion, Penzance, TR17 0EF. Email St Michaels Mount. ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT CLICK	Tel : (01736) 710507 Tide & Ferry Info: (01736) 710265
Trebah Trebah is a magical 26-acre ravine garden descending to a private, secluded beach on the historic Helford River. A stream cascades over waterfalls, through ponds full of giant Koi carp and exotic water plants, through two acres of blue and white hydrangeas, before spilling out over the beach. Glades of enormous tree ferns, bamboos and palms mingle with giant gunnera and a rolling canopy of 100-year old rhododendrons, magnolias and a multitude of trees and shrubs, with ever changing colour and scent throughout the year.This is a garden that children adore. They marvel at the gunnera passage, a tunnel of giant rhubarb 16 feet high, and race around the bamboozle. Trebah is full of play areas and trails for children of all ages, and with swimming and picnics on the beach, it makes the perfect setting for a family day out.The award-winning Planters Cafe serves mouth-watering homemade dishes. With a wide selection of gifts and plants in the Gallery and Garden Shops, and dogs welcome in the garden, Trebah really does have something for everyone.		Trebah Mawnan Smith Falmouth Cornwall TR11 5JZ \| map Email Trebah Garden TREBAH GARDEN CLICK	Tel: +44 (0) 1326 250448 Fax: +44 (0) 1326 250781
Tregothnan Botanic Garden World renowned private 40 hectare botanical garden. New camellia maze, South American garden and 'champion' trees. Deer park views. Home of the first English tea. Complementary cream tea served in historic summerhouse. East guest receives individual attention. Ponds, vistas and unequalled scale and diversity. Open all year round by appointment only.		Tegothnan Estate Office St Michael Penkevil Truro Cornwall TR2 4AN Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: +44 01872 520000 Fax: +44 01872 520291
Tregrehan Large woodland garden created over the last 200 years, forming an exotic green gene bank of known source plants, in a temperate rainforest. Also fine glasshouse range in more formal walled garden area. Open for groups any time by arrangement.		Par Cornwall PL24 2SJ Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel: +44 01726 814389 Fax: +44 01726 814389
Trelisseck Trelissick is a garden of rare beauty, set as the jewel in an estate of 500 acres, which is surrounded by water on three sides. The garden is a plantsman's delight, with collections of rare and exotic shrubs that thrive in the mild Cornish climate. Of particular renown are large collections of hydrangeas, rhododendrons, camellias and magnolias. The garden also has the National Collections of Photinias and Azaras. The planting within the garden has been developed to provide colour throughout the year.As well as the garden there are five miles of woodland walks on the estate to enjoy, many of which follow the side of the River Fal and its creeks, and are a delight with the shipping and wildlife to enjoy.There is a restaurant, a shop and two galleries. The restaurant sells food that is prepared mainly from local produce. The shop sells an exciting range of gifts, of which many are locally produced. The two galleries have a range of both arts and crafts that are all inspired and produced in Cornwall.There is an exciting range of events throughout the year: check out the National Trust website on the Trelissick page for further details.		Feock, Near Truro, TR3 6QL. Click here to email Click here to visit website	Tel : (01872) 862090 Shop: (01872) 865515 Gallery: (01872) 864084 Restaurant: (01872) 863486
Trelowarren Escape to the wild beauty of these woodland gardens that blend into the rugged terrain of The Lizard Peninsula. Discover this grand Domesday manor and historical garden that records prove to date back to 1428, when the Vyvyan family inherited the estate. The house was re-modelled in Georgian fashion, when its chapel was decorated with Strawberry Hill Gothic plasterwork. Walk across the formal lawns around the house, and follow granite steps up to the raised walk and pleasure gardens that were replanted and restored in the mid-18th Century.		Mawgan Helston CORNWALL TR12 6AF email Trelowarren TRELOWARREN CLICK	Tel: +44 01326 221224 Fax: +44 01326 221440
Trengwainton A very mild climate and a renowned collection of trees & shrubs makes Trengwainton a plantsman's dream-garden. Many of the species growing here originate from the plant-hunting expeditions on the 1920s, and the garden includes some of the largest tree ferns in the West Country. The magnolia garden with champion specimens opens in March & April.A renowned feature of Trengwainton is the series of walled gardens with unique sloping beds where future restoration is planned. Beyond the walled gardens, visitors can follow the stream & meandering paths up to a terrace with summerhouses, a slate toposcope & glorious views over Mount's Bay. Dogs on leads are welcome.		Madron, near Penzance, TR20 8RZ. email Trengwainton TREGWAINTON CLICK	Tel : (01736) 363148 Shop: (01736) 362297 Tea-room: (01736) 331717
Trerice A delightful small Elizabethan manor house, Trerice is an architectural gem hidden away from the world in a web of narrow lanes and still somehow caught in the spirit of its age.Behind the Dutch-style gabled facade are ornate fireplaces, elaborate plaster ceilings and a collection of English furniture of the highest quality.The summer-flowering garden is unusual in content and layout and there is an orchard planted with old varieties of fruit trees. Trerice also features a shop, restaurant, plant sales and a museum which traces the history of the lawnmower.		Kestle Mill, Newquay TR8 4PG. email Trerice TRERICE CLICK	Tel : (01637) 875404 Shop: (01637) 879216 Restaurant: (01637) 879434
Tresco Abbey Gardens The tropical gardens at Tresco Abbey in the Isles of Scilly have long been a popular place with tourists visiting the islands. The gardens were originally planted by Augustus Smith in the early 19th century, when he was lord proprietor of the island. The ruined abbey buildings seemed to be an ideal spot for a garden, which soon grew from a small formal area into a seventeen acre site of terraces, walkways and fish ponds.Augustus Smith was responsible for importing and planting many of the exotic species seen in the gardens today. Over a period of forty years, he developed the gardens to include various species of palm trees and succulents alongside various other exotic plants. This included the first planting of trees and shrubs to form the Long Walk.The Dorrien-Smith family have continued to develop the gardens since the latter part of the 19th century. One of the first and most important adaptations was the construction of a windbreak composed of Monterey pines and cypresses. This provided additional shelter for further exotic varieties from such places as New Zealand and South Africa. The ruins of the abbey itself are particularly attractive due to the attractive climbing plants which have been encouraged to festoon the old stones.The mild climate of the Scilly Isles has enabled many plants, normally only grown under glass in the British Isles, to thrive here. There are banana trees and citrus trees, which fruit regularly. Many of the more tender varieties are found in the Well Garden and around the series of small pools from which the West Rockery climbs upwards. Throughout the gardens are a number of viewing points offering wonderful vistas of the sea and gardens.Tresco Abbey Gardens are open all year. A boat trip from Hughtown on the main island of St Mary’s takes the visitor to Tresco, where there are a number of hotels and guest houses catering for visitors. During the summer season, there is also helicopter access.		Tresco Isles of Scilly TR24 0QQ email Tresco Abbey TRESCO ABBEY CLICK	Tel: +44 01720 424105
Trevarno Estate Gardens & The National Museum of Gardening Trevarno Gardens is one of Cornwall's secret treasures. Set in a valley, 2 miles from Helston, home of the Flora dance, this wonderful Victorian garden is a plantsman's paradise, featuring an extensive collection of trees, shrubs and exotic plants. Other notable features include the 100 year-old Serpentine Yew Tunnel and a Victorian Boathouse.The Estate also includes the National Museum of Gardening containing a remarkable celebration of Britain's glorious gardening heritage in ten themed areas, illustrating how gardens and gardening have influenced people's lives.There's also the Vintage Soap collection supporting our Organic Skincare production; a Vintage Toy Collection, Plant Sales, Shop, Children's Play Area, .Extended Estate Walk and Viewing Platform. Various events throughout the year.		Trevarno Manor Crownton Helston Cornwall TR13 0RU map email Trevarno TREVARNO GARDENS CLICK	Tel: +44 (0) 1326 574 274 Fax: +44 (0) 1326 574 282
Trewidden Enjoy the peaceful beauty of this intimate woodland garden that is home to one of the largest camellia collections in the country.Venture just beyond Penzance and you will come across this low-key woodland garden that was planted in the late 19th Century. The garden began to gain recognition under Thomas Bolitho and is famous for being the site of possibly the earliest tin workings in the county. Part of the garden is set in a medieval open-cast tin mine, and in addition to a magnificent array of over 300 varieties of camellias there is also an abundance of magnolias. One of the most superior collections of tree ferns in the Northern Hemisphere now grows from one of the old mining pits, including some species that are over 150 years old.		Buryas Bridge Penzance Cornwall TR20 8TT email Trewidden TREWIDDEN CLICK	Tel: +44 01736 366800 Fax: +44 01736 368142
Trewithen Gardens The gardens cover 30 acres, and were created around 1900. The extensive woodland gardens are surrounded by park land. The gardens are one of only two in Cornwall to be awarded three stars by the Michelin Guide		Grampound Road TRURO Cornwall TR2 4DD email Trewithen Gardens TREWITHEN CLICK	Tel: +44 01726 883647 Fax: +44 01726 882301
Trewoofe House Garden Venture to the far western tip of Cornwall and discover wet and wild beauty crammed into just two tiny acres.Explore a historical garden perched at the top of the rugged Lamorna Valley. Trewoofe was first planted in 1913, when Charles and Ella Naper - two artists who came to join the Lamorna Art Colony - purchased three small Cornish meadows edged with sycamores. Inspired by their surroundings and keen to meld their passions of art and gardens, the Naper's enlarged the ancient leat that runs through the garden on its way to Clapper Mill, and created a pond. They then planted gardens around the house, leasing the rest for growing flowers to be sold at the markets.		Lamorna Penzance Cornwall TR19 6PA	Tel: +44 01736 810269 Fax: +44 01736 810269
Trist House Escape to the tranquil beauty of this five-acre garden nestled in the traditional village of Veryan. Steal away to a tranquil horticultural hotspot brimming with rose terraces, historic rockeries and herbaceous borders. Whatever time of year you visit, even in its perfectly formed five acres, Trist House manages to put on a radiant show unmatched by many of the bigger gardens in the region.		Veryan Truro Cornwall TR2 5QA email Trist House TRIST CLICK	Tel: +44 01872 501422

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