Something different! Visits start promptly at 10am and 1pm with guided tour around a 140ft garden with stream, azaleas, rhododendrons, camellias, pond and many wildlife habitats. Display of bonsai in development and tree nursery. Then enjoy informal bonsai demonstration from Julia, an enthusiast who also holds ‘Create a Bonsai’ hands-on experiences and is a member of bonsai societies. Q&A and refreshments. Thursday 9th and Saturday 25th May, pre-booking essential.
Since 2015, the garden has been created from scratch using no-dig methods and is a showcase for these techniques. It’s organic, wildlife rich and constantly evolving, with copious flower beds, herb terraces, vegetable gardens, pond, greenhouses, polytunnel, shady seating, all in 1½ acres. Far-reaching views. Steps, slopes, uneven gravel and woodchip paths. Opens Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May.
Large Victorian garden, spectacular rhododendrons, azaleas. Herbaceous borders, extensive yew hedges, lawns, long woodland walk with bluebells and other woodland flowers. Magnificent views of upper Wye Valley. Opens Sunday 26th May.
A multi interest and surprising garden. The front garden is planted prairie style. In the rear garden a patio area with seating is surrounded by a small rockery, numerous pots and two herbaceous beds one for hot dry and the other partial shade. Steps lead to densely planted side borders and a fernery. The lawned area is inset with a wildflower meadow and a winter garden of silver birches. Opens for By Arrangement visits from 3rd June to 28th June for groups of between 4 and 10.
The gardens are spread over 4½ acres with formal and wild areas, a hedged quiet garden, and inc collections of naturalised bulbs, irises, peonies, magnolias, shrub roses, cherries, malus and a number of rare trees, expanded and planted by the existing owners over the past 55 yrs. Opens Saturday 8th June.
4 acre designer’s garden with many areas of interest. Features inc four lovely long herbaceous borders attractively and densely planted in different colour sections, a formal rose garden, an old orchard with a grass meadow, pretty pond and peaceful wooded area. Large variety of plants, trees and a productive fruit and vegetable patch. Opens Friday 14th June, pre-booking essential.
Renowned plant collectors’ garden; three acres; grounds to old country house (not open). Walled, woodland and Crûg gardens filled with unusual and shade loving plants and trees, many not seen in cultivation before. Chelsea Gold Medallists and winners of the President’s Award. Opens Saturday 15th June.
A passionate, plant persons town garden set within Victorian walls, incorporating full borders of both select herbaceous and woody plants and trees surround a central lawned area. Many plants are homegrown within the greenhouse with wildlife in mind and adorn the borders year-round whilst the mature trees surrounding the garden, welcome many birds. Opens Friday 21st June, Sunday 23rd June.
Five beautifully designed, modern courtyard gardens, plus several residents’ gardens, set in a semi-urban community in Stow-on-the-Wold. The gardens and main lawn area with feature pod are set against a contemporary design of Cotswold apartment communities. Opens Sunday 23rd June.
11 acres of grass, lake, ponds and woodland. The woodland contains a quiet area for meditation. A beach hut sits beside the larger wildlife pond. A smaller pond within the wood for insects and birds. A laurel walk by the fairy village is protected by dragons. A Tiki hut sits by the lake, as does a large decked area for relaxing. Opens Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th June.
This garden surrounds a Grade l listed Manor House with breathtaking views of the surrounding countryside (tours of the house in aid of the local church). Beautiful herbaceous borders, recently laid out parterre, raised walk, ha-ha, countryside walks and lakes. Opens Sunday 30th June.
A new garden with a wide range of exotic style planting with canna, ginger and bananas amongst many other plants. Rich in colour, shape, and form, with several ponds with frogs in. This garden is new and still evolving, there’s no grass, replaced with wood chip, filled with good ideas for small gardens. Opens Saturday 17th, Sunday 18th, Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September.
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