Gardens

Stourhead garden was created by Henry Hoare II in the 1740s. The River Stour was dammed to form a great lake. Around the lake Hoare laid out a landscape garden for his guests with stunning views and pacify them with serene walking pleasure. The landscape garden, an outstanding example of Read more [...]

Italianate gardens, set in a 35 acres with stunning coastal views. The terraces with long wall borders shelter many herbaceous and tender plants.

Beautiful and intimate 18th century landscape garden created by Bath entrepreneur Ralph Allen (1693-1764) with advice from the poet Alexander Pope and Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. Sweeping valley with magnificent views of the City of Bath. Palladian Bridge and lakes. Ornamental Palladian bridge, one of only four in the world. After Read more [...]

The garden at Roseland house has suffered mixed fortunes over the years. In the 1860’s it was, like the house victorianised, but by the end of WW2 there was little left, the whole area having been “dug for victory”. Following the war a succession of owners and tenants failed to Read more [...]

A 15 acre Grade II listed garden of botanical interest as home of the Barclay and Penjerrick rhododendron hybrids. The upper garden with lovely sea-view contains many rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias, azaleas, bamboos, tree ferns and magnificent trees. The luxuriant lower valley garden features ponds in a wild woodland setting.

Ray and Shirley Clemo’s 30-acre estate, in its mild climate of mid-Cornwall, comprises several themed gardens within Pine Lodge garden. There is a wide range of some 5500 plants, all of which are labelled. In addition to rhododendrons, magnolias and camellias, so familiar in Cornish gardens, there are Mediterranean and Read more [...]

One of the floral delights of Devon, Plant World Gardens are laid out to represent each of the five continents of the world. Inspirational gardens from around the world contain countless rare and exotic plants seldom seen outside their native lands. A large mature cottage garden and mediterranean garden completes Read more [...]

Approximately 5 acres of semi-wild garden, with natural woodland walks alongside unspoilt River Camel. Many wild flowers, with extensive planted displays of culinary, medicinal and aromatic herbs, shrubs and herbaceous plants. Active mill-leat with water gardens, fountains, aquatics and bog plants. Botanical interest, selection of herbs and aquatic plants for Read more [...]

Built in 1913, this Edwardian style house replaced an earlier property owned by the Hopkins family. George Vereker bought the house in 1911, demolished it and from 1915 until 1919 allowed the house to be used as a convalescent home for injured soldiers. The house was bought by Otto Overbeck Read more [...]

The creator of the gardens was Dr James Smart, who moved to Marwood in 1949. The land that is now Marwood Hill Gardens consisted then of an old broken down walled garden and a few fruit trees. The rest of the land was pastureland with a small stream running through Read more [...]