A 9 acre chalkpit garden on the southern slope of Highdown Hill with rock plants and flowering shrubs which thrive on lime soil. There is a collection of spring bulbs and a rose garden, paeonies and autumn berries.The Chalk Garden at Highdown is the achievement of Sir Frederick and Lady Read more [...]
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High Beeches Gardens
Twenty seven acres of magnificent woodland and water gardens, full of rare, exotic and unusual plants; RHS award winning plants, a botanical treasure trove, and one of the great gardens of Sussex. The plant collection includes specimens from many parts of the world and Champion trees – supreme examples of Read more [...]
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Gertrude Jekyll’s Garden
Fifteen years ago this garden was nothing more than an unkempt jungle. Furthermore, the owners didn’t realise when they bought the property, that underneath this jungle were the foundations of a gem of a garden. In fact it was the garden that Gertrude Jekyll had designed in 1908 for Charles Read more [...]
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Athelhampton House and Gardens
The Athelhampton gardens are full of variety, the formal architecture is balanced by woodland scenes. The formal gardens were built between 1891-1899 by Alfred Cart de Lafontaine. The Great Court, with its striking Pyramid shaped yew trees is our most famous of gardens. Originally planted to punctuate the corners of Read more [...]
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Abbotsbury Gardens
Abbotsbury Gardens is a mixture of formal and informal flowers, world famous for it’s Camellia groves and magnolias. Noted in Dorset for its Rhododendron and Hydrangea collections and the charming Victorian Garden. Established in 1765 by the first Countess of Ilchester as a kitchen garden for her nearby castle. This Read more [...]