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Abbotsbury
Gardens
- Established in 1765 by the first Countess of Ilchester as a
kitchen garden to her nearby castle. Developed since then into
a magnificent 20 acre garden filled with rare and exotic
plants from all over the world. Most of these were new
introductions to this country, found by the plant hunting
descendants of the Countess. |
| Abbotsbury,
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Arley
Hall & Gardens -
Arley Hall, with its ancient history and over 100 acres of
gardens and parkland, has been owned and maintained by the
same family for over 500 years. The original hall was built by
Piers Warburton in 1468 and the cruck barn and other
outbuildings date from that period. |
| Nr Northwich, Cheshire |
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Barnsdale
Gardens are the
creation of Geoff Hamilton, Britain's best loved television
gardener and presenter of BBC TV's Gardener's World weekly
gardening programme, which Geoff presented from his home at
Barnsdale in Rutland. |
| Nr
Oakham, Rutland |
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Bedgebury
Pinetum has
one the finest collection of conifers in the
world, the garden is sited among lakes and valleys
in the Kent countryside. |
| Kent |
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The
Bishop's Palace and Gardens |
| More than
simply an historic house and garden, this splendid
medieval Palace has been the home of the Bishops of Bath
and Wells for 800 years. There are 14 acres of gardens
including the springs from which the city takes its name. |
| Wells, Somerset |
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Bodnant
Garden is one of the
most beautiful gardens in the UK, spanning some 80 acres of
land situated above the River Conwy on ground sloping towards
the west and looking across the valley towards the Snowdonia
range. |
| Nr Colwyn
Bay, Conwy, Wales |
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Borde
Hill is a garden of
contrasts that captures the imagination and delights the
senses. It is set in 200 acres of a traditional country estate
in the area of outstanding natural beauty lying between the
town of Haywards Heath and the village of Cuckfield. |
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Caerhays
Castle & Gardens
- It was the third generation of the Williams family
living at Caerhays, who decided it was about time
something was done with the garden. This almost flippant
event was probably, as it turned out, the most important
thing to happen at Caerhays since the construction of
the castle more than 70 years before. |
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Castle
Howard have always impressed
visitors with their splendour and variety. Visitors may enjoy
extensive walks through woodlands, formal gardens, along terraces or
beside water, and view the buildings and sculptures in the landscape. |
| Castle Howard, Nr York, North
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Chatsworth
House
- Home of the Duke & Duchess of Devonshire. Outside, visitors can
enjoy a new sensory garden and Elisabeth Frink's sculpture, Walking
Madonna. The farmyard
and playground is planning a new barn for displays, talks and
demonstrations, and there are new activities for young visitors. |
| Chatsworth is 8 miles
north of Matlock, signposted via Chesterfield. |
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Chelsea
Physic Garden
-founded in 1673, as the Apothecaries' Garden, the
garden has developed a major role in public
education focusing on the renewed interest in
natural medicine. |
| Chelsea,
London |
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Dewstow - It is only when you
go below these gardens, and you enter the subterranean world
underneath, that you begin to understand the extent of the vision
and enormous amount of work and skills involved in creating Gardens
that were unique at the turn of the 20th Century. |
| Caerwent,
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Dorothy
Clive Garden
- Features a superb woodland garden, an alpine
scree, a damp garden and spectacular summer flower
borders. |
| Market
Drayton, Shropshire |
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Eden Project
- In a giant crater in Cornwall nestle the largest conservatories in
the world. Inside: towering rainforests and
tropical crops, the hot, dusty Mediterranean with citrus groves and
gnarled cork oaks. Outside: crops and
landscapes of Chile, Cornwall and the Indian Hills. |
| St Austell, Cornwall |
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Fountains Abbey &
Studley Royal Water Garden -
Attracting approximately 300,000 visitors a year, Fountains Abbey
and Studley Royal is the National Trust's most visited pay-for-entry
property. Acquired by the Trust from North Yorkshire County Council
in 1983, it was declared a World Heritage site in 1987. |
| Ripon, Nr
Harrogate, North Yorkshire |
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Great Dixter
- Great Dixter contains one of the largest surviving medieval
timber-framed halls in the country. The inspirational garden
was established and maintained by the Lloyd family over the
20th and 21st centuries. |
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57-acre Great Dixter estate was the home of the famous
20th century gardener and writer Christopher Lloyd (Christo)
who spent his long and distinguished horticultural
career practising and communicating his dynamic approach
to gardening, while also ensuring the estate was
self-sufficient and sustainable. |
| East Sussex |
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Harewood
House is a great family day
out. Visit the Adventure Playground, explore the Gardens and Bird
Gardens, take a boat trip across the lake or marvel at the
collections in the House. |
| Nr Leeds, Yorkshire |
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Holker
Hall & Gardens
- The immaculately kept Gardens (25 acres in all) are
part woodland, part formal and essentially Victorian in
character, though never heavy or oppressive. The
200-acre 'natural' parkland is in fact the result of the
late 18th century planting of Lord George Cavendish. |
| Cumbria |
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Kew Gardens
& Wakehurst Place
- The
fantastic Kew Gardens and Wakehurst Place is a fabulous day out.
With amazing gardens, science & learning, conservation &
much more. |
| Surrey &
West Sussex |
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Here for an interactive map of Kew. |
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Levens Hall
- The Topiary Gardens at Levens are world-famous in
their own right, and are a must for any visitor to the
English Lake District. |
| Lake
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Lost Gardens
of Heligan - The award winning
Lost Gardens of Heligan extend to some eighty acres of superb
pleasure grounds together with a magnificent complex of walled
gardens and a huge, productive vegetable garden, all fast returning
to their former glory. |
| St Austell,
Cornwall |
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Lullingstone
Castle - Historic
family mansion dating back to the time of Doomsday.
Frequented by Henry VIII and Queen Anne, the Manor House
and Garden, set within the beautiful Darent Valley close
to Sevenoaks, are open to the public from the 1st of
April to the end of September. |
| Eynsford, Kent |
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Mount
Ephraim Gardens - The nine
acres of garden around Mount Ephraim have an atmosphere of peace and
tranquility. The garden layout is Edwardian, though bedding-out is
no longer practicable. Trees have been planted over many
generations, so there are mature specimens of oak, cedar, beech etc. |
| Faversham, Kent |
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National
Botanic Garden of Wales
- The first national botanic garden to be created in the
new millennium. The National Botanic Garden of Wales
exists to develop a viable world-class national botanic
garden dedicated to the research and conservation of
biodiversity and its sustainable utilisation, to
lifelong learning and to the enjoyment of the visitor. |
| Llanarthne,
Carmarthenshire, Wales |
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Newby Hall
& Gardens
- Newby Hall was
built between 1691-1695 and shortly afterwards the owner, Sir Edward
Blackett, commissioned Peter Aram as head gardener to lay out formal
gardens and avenues in keeping with the period. Very little of
Aram's layout for Newby remains today and the present design is
largely attributable to the present owner's grandfather, the late
Major Edward Compton, who inherited Newby in 1921. |
| Ripon, North
Yorkshire |
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Plantation Garden - A large Victorian
garden and architectural experience in Norwich city centre. The
Plantation Garden includes, a huge gothic fountain, flower
beds, lawns, woodland walkways, rustic bridge Italianate terrace,
‘Medieval’ terrace wall; and hundreds of architectural details
fashionable in the mid 19th century. . This idiosyncratic garden,
was established 140 years ago in a 3 acre abandoned chalk quarry and
is a haven of peace and tranquility, and a glimpse into a bygone age. |
| Norwich City
centre |
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Renishaw
Hall has been the home of the
Sitwell family for over 350 years. In 1625 George Sitwell built a
small H-shaped manor house to which his descendent Sitwell Sitwell,
later first baronet, made vast additions in the Georgian period,
also the stables and various follies in and around the park. The
beautiful Italianate garden, park and lake were the creation of the
eccentric Sir George Sitwell, grandfather of the present owner. |
| Renishaw Hall
is on the eastern most foothill of the Pennines, overlooking the
Rother Valley and is about 7 miles from Sheffield and
Chesterfield three miles from exit 30 of the M1. |
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RHS
Garden Rosemoor |
| Lady Anne's
Garden, as the original garden of Rosemoor is now known,
is a plantsman's garden and is of great horticultural
and botanical interest. |
| Rosemoor,
Great Torrington, North Devon EX38 8PH. |
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Scampston
Hall and Walled Garden - The
4˝ acre Walled Garden opens for the first time in 2004. It is fully
planted but still ‘in the making’ so you will have to use some
imagination to envisage the final form that will emerge as the
seasons go by. |
| Scampston Hall
is situated on the north side of the A64 Leeds/Scarborough road,
approximately 4 miles east of Malton. |
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Sissinghurst
Castle Garden
is one of the world's most famous 20th century
gardens. It is the creation of the writer and poet
Vita Sackville-West and her husband, diplomat and
writer, Harold Nicolson. |
| Nr
Cranbrook, Kent |
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Sudeley
Castle gardens
are remarkable for the extraordinary depth and wealth of
the sublime and beauty that lies within their bounds.
Set in the midst of the Cotswold Hills, the house and
gardens have grown for over 300 years around the
picturesque ruins of the old castle and walls of an old
Tithe barn. |
| Winchcombe, Gloucestershire |
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Trebah
- Spectacular 26 acre Cornish ravine garden, rated among the 80
finest gardens in the world. This sub-tropical paradise is home to a
unique collection of rare and exotic plants, trees and shrubs
winding down to a private and secluded beach on the Helford River. |
| Nr falmouth, Cornwall |
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Trevarno
- A unique and unforgettable gardening experience for all ages. |
| Helston, Cornwall |
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Wakehurst Place
- In
the beautiful High Weald of Sussex, is an outstanding
botanic garden and conservation area, managed by the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. |
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