Gardens

The Bishop’s Palace in Wells, Somerset is the only living Bishop’s Palace in England. We have recently been made an RHS partner garden and our gardens are one of our key features which visitors, members and tourists all love to enjoy. Open daily throughout the year we have a programme Read more [...]

Rowallane is a garden for all seasons with an appeal for the plantsman or the visitor who simply enjoys a walk in beautiful surroundings. In the middle of the 19th century, the Rev John Moore took the first steps to create a garden from the farmland at Rowallane. He built Read more [...]

Dramatic setting on a wild coastal headland. A landscaped estate, laid out in the late 18th century. Includes family memorials, garden, fish pond, woodland and cliff walks, as well as panoramic views of Ireland’s north coast. The Rt Rev. Dr Frederick Hervey (as he was at the time), Church of Read more [...]

There are more than 300 shrubs set among the large native oak trees, and carpets of native daffodils and bluebells in the spring. Look out for the Painters’ Palette as you wander. Here Cubby planted an array of different camellias to represent an artist’s palette, complete with a small thumb Read more [...]

Extending to sixteen acres these gardens include Georgian summerhouses, rock garden and stream, a 1760s three acre walled garden, rose garden, colourful borders, herb and kitchen garden. The 2.5 acre Walled Garden was built between 1757 and 1770 for the Brooke family, the owners of Norton Priory. When the Brookes Read more [...]

Extensive 4 acre garden landscaped by William Wordsworth, with terraces, rare shrubs and magnificent views. All the Wordsworth family were keen gardeners and William had strong views about how a garden should look. In particular he believed that a garden should be informal and that it should harmonise with the Read more [...]

The castle is surrounded by gardens of beauty and interest; good autumn colour. Of particular interest are the two lakes and a superb rock garden. All this is set in a 1,600-acre estate crossed by public footpaths, providing short circular walks from the castle to dramatic viewpoints over Morecambe Bay Read more [...]

The Ridges, a private garden covering some 3.5 acres, is one of Lancashire’s well-known gardens to visit, having featured in the NGS (National Gardens Scheme) Yellow Book since 1995. Also known locally as Barbara Barlow’s Cottage Garden, it is now featured in the independently produced Good Gardens Guide, the ‘bible’ Read more [...]

There are ten wonderful acres of gardens at Levens Hall waiting to be explored and enjoyed. They include the unique collection of ancient and extraordinary topiary characters sculpted from box and yew. They rise up from a spectacular seasonal underplanting populated with an ever-changing range of over thirty thousand flowers. Read more [...]

Ness Botanic Gardens (University of Liverpool) was born of one man’s passionate interest in plants and his desire to share that interest with others. Liverpool cotton merchant Arthur Kilpin Bulley began to create a garden in 1898, part of which he opened to local residents, he laid the foundations of Read more [...]