38 Canford Bottom, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 2HD
Plantsman's garden packed with perennials and flowering shrubs giving all yr round colour. Wildlife pond, vegetable garden and 'O' gauge double tra...

52 Huntly Road, Talbot Woods, Dorset, BH3 7HJ
An unexpected scene in a compact suburban garden. RHS qualified owners welcome you to share their passion. Winding paths lead through a profusion o...

The Secret Garden and Serles House, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1EN
Compact, quirky, urban garden where flowers take second place. Highlights incl the Peacock Feather Fantasia mural, Victorian Gothic Revival sitting...

Herons Mead, East Burton, Wool, Dorset, BH20 6HF
Long ½-acre garden winding through plant-filled borders, island beds, tiny orchard, kitchen garden, exuberant cottage garden with old roses, finall...

Edmondsham House, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 5RE
An historic 6-acre garden of C16 house. Interesting mature specimen trees and shrubs. Spring bulbs and blossom, autumn cyclamen. Early church, Vict...

Japanese Gardens, Crossways, Dorset, DT2 8BW
Two unusual small gardens. A green 'Turtle' island, pebble sea and contrasting yellow/blue borders at front. Rear garden 26ft x 36ft symbolises 'Ri...

357 Ringwood Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9AE
Award-winning His and Hers garden. Hers 'cottage style' planted for butterflies and bees providing a riot of colour and scent, 100 Clematis. Throug...

Knowle Farm, Uploders, nr Bridport, Dorset, DT6 4NS
1-acre informal valley garden on 3 levels bordered by R Asker in conservation area. Tranquil setting with many restful seating areas. Wide variety ...

Domineys, Buckland Newton, nr Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7BS
Compact 2½-acre garden around C17 thatched house in beautiful setting. Developed over 50 yrs to provide changing 'paintings with plants' throughout...

Herons Mead, East Burton, Wool, Dorset, BH20 6HF
Long ½-acre garden winding through plant-filled borders, island beds, tiny orchard, kitchen garden, exuberant cottage garden with old roses, finall...

The Old Rectory, Pulham, Dorset, DT2 7EA
4 acres of formal and informal gardens. Yew hedges enclose circular herbaceous borders with late summer colour. Mature trees, fernery, pond and wat...

1692 Wimborne Road, Bear Cross, Dorset, BH11 9AL
Suburban garden 120ft x 50ft. Rhododendrons, acers and azaleas. Helleborus and woodland plants for spring and, new this yr, tulips. Pergola with ro...

Uploders Place, Uploders, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 4PF
Old yews, cedar of Lebanon and a tulip tree form the bones of this newish garden created from wilderness in 1993. Trees and shrubs with unusual bar...

The Mill House, Netherbury, Dorset, DT6 5LX
Several small gardens arranged round mill, its stream and pond, incl formal walled garden, terraced flower garden, vegetable garden and mill stream...

The Secret Garden, Hilfield, Dorset, DT2 7BE
Small woodland garden begun in 1950s then neglected. Reclamation began in 1984. New plantings from modern day plant hunters. Mature trees, bamboo, ...

The Old Post Office, Bere Regis, Dorset, BH20 7LA
Pretty and informal village garden of 1/3 acre made up of lawns, herbaceous borders, kitchen garden with raised beds and small orchard. Shaded perg...

Deans Court, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, BH21 1EE
13 acres of peaceful, partly wild gardens in ancient setting with mature specimen trees, herb garden and apiary beside R Allen close to town centre...

Coombe Cottage, Shillingstone, Dorset, DT11 0SF
1/3-acre plantsman's mixed garden, delineated by walls, hedges and arbours. Long season of herbaceous and woody perennials, climbers, bulbs and sel...

Mews Cottage, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1BT
Reorganisation well underway: new paths, new beds for National Collection of cultivar Penstemon. Raised crevice bed for species Penstemon grown fro...

Wolverhollow, Monkton Wyld, Dorset, DT6 6DA
Over 1 acre of informal garden. Lawns, with unusual summerhouse, lead past borders and rockeries to shady valley with babbling brook. Numerous path...

Mount Pleasant, Newtown, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3ER
¼-acre plantsman's garden created and looked after entirely by owner. Divided by hedges and walkways into smaller spaces. Water garden, subtropical...

Cottage Row, Tarrant Gunville, nr Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8JJ
Young (2005), ½-acre, hidden, partly-walled garden. Pergola, arbour, brick paths, Yorkstone terrace, tree house, well, kitchen garden. White wister...

Knitson Old Farmhouse, nr Swanage, Dorset, BH20 5JB
Mature cottage garden nestled at base of chalk downland in dry coastal conditions. Herbaceous borders, rockeries, climbers and shrubs. Evolved and ...

The Old Rectory, Netherbury, Dorset, DT6 5NB
5-acre garden. Formal areas nr house, natural planting elsewhere. Bog garden with drifts of irises, bog primulas and arum lilies. Naturalised bulbs...

52 Huntly Road, Talbot Woods, Dorset, BH3 7HJ
An unexpected scene in a compact suburban garden. RHS qualified owners welcome you to share their passion. Winding paths lead through a profusion o...

Ivy House Garden, Piddletrenthide, Dorset, DT2 7QF
Unusual and challenging ½-acre plantsman's garden set on steep hillside, with fine views. Themed areas and mixed borders, wildlife ponds, propagati...

Annalal's Gallery, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1DN
Enchanting 100 yr-old cottage, home of two Royal Academy artists. 32ft x 12½ft garden on 3 patio levels. Pencil gate leads to colourful scented Vic...

The Glade, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9LP
The name captures the setting. Award-winning 1¾-acre spring garden. Terraced lawns for lingering over tea. Woodland walks through blossom trees, wi...

Weston House, Buckhorn Weston, Dorset, SP8 5HG
1½-acre. Glorious roses and collection of mature trees. Walled garden of colourful mixed borders, climbers, perennials. Woodland area features spri...

Mayfield, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1PH
Town garden of approx ¼ acre. Front: formal hard landscaping planted with drought-resistant shrubs and perennials. Shady area has wide variety of h...

Broomhill, Rampisham, Dorset, DT2 0PU
Delightful 1-acre garden in lovely peaceful setting. Pretty trellised entrance leads to island beds and borders planted with shrubs, roses and many...

46 Roslin Road South, Talbot Woods, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH3 7EG
Plantswoman’s 1/3-acre walled town garden showing off unusual and rare plants. Featuring sunken gravel garden with collection of grasses, colourful...

Q, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2NH
A town garden for all seasons where every inch counts. Themed rooms, created by imaginative planting and design, transport you away from hustle and...

Chesil Gallery & Chiswell Walled Garden, Chiswell, Dorset, DT5 1AW
2 small courtyard gardens in lee of Chesil Bank. Naturalised coastal region flowering plants. Plants tolerant of extreme maritime conditions also g...

Horn Park, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3HB
Large, plantsman’s garden with magnificent view to sea. Many rare and mature plants and shrubs in terraced, herbaceous, rock and water gardens. Woo...

38 Canford Bottom, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 2HD
Plantsman's garden packed with perennials and flowering shrubs giving all yr round colour. Wildlife pond, vegetable garden and 'O' gauge double tra...

Lawsbrook, Shillingstone, Dorset, DT11 0TE
6 acres. Over 200 trees incl the mature and unusual. Borders, wildflower and wildlife areas, fernery, vegetable garden. February: extensive snowdro...

Stanbridge Mill, nr Gussage All Saints, Dorset, BH21 5EP
Hidden garden created in 1990s around C18 water mill (not open) on R Allen. Series of linked formal gardens featuring herbaceous and iris borders, ...

The Old School, East Orchard, Dorset, SP7 0BA
2nd NGS garden designed by owners. ½-acre former tarmacked school playground. Circle theme with graduated colour, cottage-style planting in raised ...

Langebride House, Long Bredy, Dorset, DT2 9HU
Substantial old rectory garden with many designs for easier management. 200-yr-old beech trees, pleached limes, yew hedges, extensive collections o...