Spring Platt, Boyton Court Road, Sutton Valence, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 3BY
1-acre garden under continual development with panoramic views of the Weald. Over 300 varieties of snowdrop grown in tiered display beds with sprin...

Broadview Gardens, Hadlow College, Hadlow, Kent, TN11 0AL
10 acres of ornamental planting in attractive landscape setting; 100m double mixed border, island beds with mixed plantings, lakes and water garden...

Southover, Grove Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 0SE
Plant enthusiasts’ 0.5ha garden in a rural setting, well known locally for extensive and diverse plantings of early spring bulbs, particularly snow...

Mere House, Mereworth, Kent, ME18 5NB
6-acre garden with C18 lake. Snowdrops, daffodils, lawns, herbaceous borders, ornamental shrubs and trees with foliage contrast and striking autumn...

Yew Tree Cottage, Penshurst, Kent, TN11 8AD
Small, romantic, hillside cottage garden with steep entrance. Lots of seats and secret corners, many unusual plants - hellebores, spring bulbs, old...

The Orangery, Mystole, Chartham, Canterbury, Kent, CT4 7DB
1½-acre gardens around C18 orangery, now a house (not open). Front gardens, established well-stocked herbaceous border and large walled garden with...

One Dering Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8DB
Open again by popular demand! Redesigned! Plantsperson’s small town garden. Optimum use of space with yr-round interest. Mature pittosporum garnett...

Goddards Green, Angley Road, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3LR
Garden of about 2 acres, surrounding beautiful 500yr-old clothier’s hall (not open), laid out in 1920s and redesigned over past 16yrs to combine tr...

Bayfield Farm, Painters Forstal, Ospringe, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0EG
¾-acre garden developed over 50yrs from an open site to a densely planted open woodland, informal, romantic garden! A mix of trees, shrubs, herbace...

Parsonage Oasts, Hampstead Lane, Yalding, Kent, ME18 6HG
¾-acre riverside garden with walls, shrubs, daffodils, spectacular magnolia

Cottage Farm, Cacketts Lane, Cudham, Kent, TN14 7QG
Cottage garden of approx 1 acre. No lawns! Self-sufficient vegetable and fruit gardens, with raised beds growing vegetables for exhibition. Tropica...

Mere House, Mereworth, Kent, ME18 5NB
6-acre garden with C18 lake. Snowdrops, daffodils, lawns, herbaceous borders, ornamental shrubs and trees with foliage contrast and striking autumn...

Sea Close, Cannongate Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5PX
With 35 years with the NGS behind us, it is time to stop. This is our final year of open days. We have enjoyed your company, garden conversations, ...

Placketts Hole, Bicknor, nr Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8BA
Mature 3-acre garden in Kent Downland valley incl herbaceous borders, rose and formal herb garden, small, walled kitchen garden and informal pond i...

1 Brickwall Cottages, Frittenden, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2DH
Although less than ¼ acre, the garden gives the impression of being much larger as it is made up of several 'rooms' all intensively planted with a ...

Marshborough Farmhouse, Farm Lane, Marshborough, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 0PJ
Fascinating 2½-acre plantsman’s garden, developed enthusiastically over 14yrs. Original lawns are rapidly shrinking, giving way to meandering paths...

Bexon Manor, Hawks Hill Lane, Bredgar, Kent, ME9 8HE
2 acres of garden, divided into a series of rooms. Clipped yew hedges, topiary, borders with a wide variety of unusual annuals grown from seed, per...

Old Orchard, 56 Valley Drive, Loose, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9TL
Secluded garden with S-facing rear acre overlooking conservation area. Meandering grass paths around informal island beds containing usual and unus...

Honnington Farm, Vauxhall Lane, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 0XD
6-acre garden, with heavy clay soil enriched yearly and producing a wide range of habitats, incl water and bog gardens, primrose and bluebell walks...

Orchard End, Cock Lane, Spelmonden Road, Horsmonden, Kent, TN12 8EQ
Contemporary classical garden within a 4-acre site. Made over 15yrs by resident landscape designer. Divided into rooms with linking vistas. Incl ho...

Godmersham Park, Godmersham, Kent, CT4 7DT
24 acres restored wilderness and formal gardens set around C18 mansion (not open). Topiary, rose garden, herbaceous borders and recently renovated ...

Knowle Hill Farm, Ulcombe, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1ES
1½-acre garden, created over nearly 30yrs, on S-facing slope of N Downs with spectacular views. Mixed borders: Mediterranean and tender plants, ros...

Spring Platt, Boyton Court Road, Sutton Valence, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 3BY
1-acre garden under continual development with panoramic views of the Weald. Over 300 varieties of snowdrop grown in tiered display beds with sprin...

Rogers Rough, Chicks Lane, Kilndown, Kent, TN17 2RP
Garden writer's 1½-acre garden, divided into many smaller gardens containing herbaceous borders, rock gardens, shrubs, small wood and pond. Very wi...

Great Maytham Hall, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, Tenterden, Kent, TN17 4NE
Lutyens-designed gardens famous for having inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett to write 'The Secret Garden' (pre-Lutyens). Parkland, woodland with blu...

Mounts Court Farmhouse, Acrise, nr Folkestone, Kent, CT18 8LQ
1½ acres surrounded by open farmland; variety of trees, shrubs, grasses and herbaceous plants; pond and bog garden. 20,000 gallon rainwater reservo...

Bilting House, nr Ashford, Kent, TN25 4HA
6-acre garden with ha-ha set in beautiful part of Stour Valley. Wide variety of rhododendrons, azaleas and ornamental shrubs. Woodland walk with sp...

Boundes End, 2 St Lawrence Avenue, Bidborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 0XB
Garden, designed by owners, on an unusually-shaped 1/3-acre plot formed from 2 triangles of land. Front garden features raised beds, and the main g...

Luton House, Selling, Kent, ME13 9RQ
6 acres; C19 landscaped garden; ornamental ponds; trees underplanted with azaleas, camellias, woodland plants. Hellebores, spring bulbs, magnolias,...

Frith Old Farmhouse, Frith Road, Otterden, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0DD
A riot of plants growing together as if in the wild, developed over more than 30yrs, containing a very wide range of unusual plants. No neat edges ...

Rock Farm, Gibbs Hill, Nettlestead, Kent, ME18 5HT
2-acre garden set around old Kentish farmhouse (not open) in beautiful setting; created with emphasis on all-yr interest and ease of maintenance. P...

Pheasant Barn, Church Road, Oare, Kent, ME13 0QB
Series of smallish gardens around award-winning, recently converted farm buildings in beautiful situation overlooking Oare Creek. Main area is nect...

Timbers, Dean Street, East Farleigh, nr Maidstone, Kent, ME15 0HS
5-acre garden, well stocked with unusual hardy plants, annuals and shrubs designed with flower arranger's eye. Formal areas comprising parterre, pe...

Stonewall Park, Chiddingstone Hoath, nr Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7DG
Romantic woodland garden in historic setting featuring species rhododendrons, magnolias, azaleas, a range of interesting trees and shrubs, wanderin...

Haydown, Great Buckland, nr Cobham, Kent, DA13 0XF
9-acre garden on North Downs created over nearly 40yrs. Formerly scrubland, it now incl woodland of indigenous and unusual trees, orchard, ponds an...

Wyckhurst, Mill Road, Aldington, Ashford, Kent, TN25 7AJ
C16 cottage (not open) nestles in romantic seclusion at the end of a drive. This enchanting garden is a mixture of small mixed herbaceous borders a...

Boldshaves, Woodchurch, nr Ashford, Kent, Kent, TN26 3RA
7-acre garden with a number of new features being developed. Partly terraced, S-facing, with ornamental trees and shrubs, walled garden, Italian Ga...

Eagleswood, Slade Road, Warren Street, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 2EG
1½-acre plantsman's garden situated high on N Downs, developed over the past 24yrs. Wide range of trees and shrubs (many unusual), herbaceous mater...

115 Hadlow Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1QE
Almost ½-acre unusual terraced garden with large collection of modern roses, island herbaceous border, many clematis, hardy fuchsias, heathers, gra...

Churchfield, Pilgrims Way, Postling, Hythe, Kent, CT21 4EY
Springs rising in this garden from the source of the East Stour. Two large areas are home to wildfowl and fish and have been naturally planted. The...

Sandown, Plain Road, Smeeth, nr Ashford, Kent, TN25 6QX
Our small and compact Japanese-style garden and Koi pond has a Japanese arbour, tea house/veranda, small waterfall and stream with places to sit an...

Torry Hill, Frinsted/Milstead, Kent, ME9 0SP
8 acres; large lawns, specimen trees, flowering cherries, rhododendrons, azaleas and naturalised daffodils; walled gardens with lawns, shrubs, herb...

South Hill Farm, Tamley Lane, Hastingleigh, Kent, TN25 5HL
2 acres high up on N Downs, C17/18 house (not open). Old walls, ha-ha, formal water garden; old and new roses, unusual shrubs, perennials and folia...

Lords, Sheldwich, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0NJ
C18 walled garden with organic vegetables and flower borders, Mediterranean herb terrace, rose walk and flowery mead under fruit trees. Elsewhere o...

Downs Court, Church Lane, Boughton Aluph, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4EU
Three-acre downland garden on alkaline soil with fine trees, mature yew and box hedges, mixed borders with many unusual plants. Shrub roses and ros...

The Godlands, Straw Mill Hill, Tovil, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6XB
3 acres of grounds laid out in the 1890s around an Arts and Crafts style house (not open). Substantial replanting and work over the last 6yrs. Matu...