Description:The 1,000 acres of parkland and gardens at Highclere Castle were originally designed for the 1st Earl of Carnarvon by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. Highlights incl the Monks garden with its beautiful climbing rose wall, a lavender walk and glass houses. The enchanting Secret Garden has curving herbaceous borders, serpentine paths and riotous displays of summer colour. The current Earl and Countess have created a new arboretum and reinstalled a beech avenue, originally planted by Robert Herbert in the 1730’s