It's that time of year again and the snowdrops are beginning to rear their heads out of the frozen ground! There are many glorious gardens in Britain that open specially to show off their snowdrops and I've listed some of the main ones below. February is the traditional month to view them in full bloom, but the highlighted link for each entry will give you further information on opening dates. Great British Gardens also has a comprehensive list of snowdrop gardens.
Benington Lordship, Herts. Open throughout February.
Brandy Mount House, Hants. Famous the world over for its snowdrop displays and home to the National Collection of snowdrops. For galanthus enthusiasts, this is a must!
Chelsea Physic Garden, London. Two snowdrop weekends in February, right in the heart of London.
Colesbourne Park, Glos. Garden curator, John Grimshaw is the snowdrop King in Gloucestershire and Colesbourne draws incredible crowds during galanthus season. This is one you cannot miss - snowdrops as far as the eye can see - the one garden that I plan to visit between trips en route to India!
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| Snowdrops at East Lambrook Manor, Somerset |
East Lambrook Manor, Somerset. Margery Fish's delightful cottage garden - always worth a visit, but draws snowdrop enthusiasts from all over the country in February.
Easton Lodge Gardens, Essex. Under restoration, but open for snowdrops this season.
Easton Lodge Gardens, Essex. Under restoration, but open for snowdrops this season.
Easton Walled Gardens, Lincs. Open from 12th February.
Gatton Park, Surrey. Snowdrop week starts on 14th February. Click link for full details of open days.
Great Dixter, East Sussex. Open for two weekends this winter for the first time - not best known for its snowdrops, but always worth visiting.
Heale House Gardens, Wilts. This is a wonderful early season garden - riverside walks among the drifts of spring flowers.
Painswick Rococo, Glos. Another for my wish list this year and close enough to Colesbourne (above) to combine the two.
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| Pine Lodge, Cornwall |
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
RHS Wisley, Surrey
Waterperry Gardens, Oxon
Welford Park, Berkshire
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| Snowdrops at Waterperry Gardens in Oxfordshire |
This is not a comprehensive list of all the gardens where you'll find snowdrops, but I will add more as I find them and give detailed information when I get the chance to visit when I'm home briefly in February.
An exultation of snowdrops, this is....perfect, Charlotte. Just the thing to start my morning.
ReplyDeleteSpring must be coming! How lovely, Charlotte.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte, So torturous to read about all these gardens to visit snowdrops and no way to get there--keep it up. I think the photo in the lower right of the collage is Leucojum vernum. You may have done that intentionally. Carolyn
ReplyDeleteThose are sure perky little snowdrop pics! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAlways good to see the Snowdrops emerging. When the flowers open, probably a couple of weeks later up here, I always feel that this is the beginning of the gardening season.
ReplyDeleteThere's probably quite a few spectacular displays in Scotland too - so if you know of any, please let us know.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning! Hoping to see you back today for
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~Tracie
Thanks for the info. I'm going to follow up on your suggestion and visit the Chelsea Physic Garden in February.
ReplyDeleteI have lived in the UK for 24 months now after many years in a sub-tropical country, and one of the most beautiful English sights is SPRING with its daffodils and blue bells!I missed that so much while away as it is a real enchantment! I visited Mottisfont twice in June to admire their extensive collection of roses! Stunning!
ReplyDeleteI am more of an occasional gardener but love visiting beautiful gardens, so I have added you to my list of blogs to follow and shall enjoy it online...
DeeBee :)
Gorgeous to my eyes so tired of white ice and snow. Thank you Charlotte!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with travels and kep sending great news! Lula
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, those are so beautiful!... xoxo Julie Marie
ReplyDeleteLovely. The snowdrops look like spots of unmelted snow in the forest.
ReplyDeleteFantastic! I love the view of the landscape with these graceful ballerinas bowing their elegant heads. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous!! I believe we have Snowflakes here in the South..
ReplyDeleteImagens maravilhosas!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see some of those lovely white blooms right now. It might cheer up the brown, dullness of it all;-) Even snow would be better than 'blah'--which we might get lucky & see in the next few days. I have never planted snowdrops in my yard, and each year at this time I start asking myself why. It seems I'm always behind the 8-ball when it comes to ordering and planting bulbs. Glad to at least see photos of the beautiful sights;-)
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures! I want spring NOW!
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