Best British Gardens - A Directory

The following is a list of gardens in the UK and Europe that I've visited personally since I started this blog in 2009. It's growing all the time as I continue to visit more gardens. The list is by no means exhaustive and I've visited many gardens that are not included - why? If a garden doesn't make the grade for me, I don't write about it! But that's not to say it won't appeal to other garden visitors.

Thank you for all your visits so far and I hope you'll continue to drop in as my list of gardens grows. Click on the link and it will take you to the garden review. If you're looking for places to stay when visiting gardens, click on the pages link under the header. Happy garden visiting!

Arley Hall, Cheshire

ENGLAND

Abbey House, Wiltshire
Alfriston Clergy House, East Sussex

Apple Court, Hampshire
Arley Hall, Cheshire
Arundel Castle Gardens, West Sussex
Ascott, Buckinghamshire
Asthall Manor, Oxon

Athelhampton House, Dorset

Barnsley House - Rosemary Verey's former home and garden

Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden, 
Cornwall

Barnsley House, Gloucestershire
Barrington Court, Somerset
Bateman's, East Sussex
Bekonscot Model Village

Beth Chatto Gardens, Essex
Bonython Garden, Cornwall
Borde Hill, West Sussex

Bourton House, Gloucestershire
Bowood, Wiltshire
Bramdean House, Hampshire
*Open for NGS and by appt                             

Brandy Mount House, Hampshire
*Open for NGS and by appt 

Bressingham Gardens, Norfolk                   
Brook Cottage, Oxon
Brook Farm, Worcestershire
Broughton Grange, Oxon
*Open for NGS and by appt

Bury Court, Hampshire
Buscot Park, Oxon

Chiffchaffs, Dorset

Caerhays Castle, Cornwall

Castle Drogo, Devon
Carwinion, Cornwall
Cerney House, Gloucestershire
Charts Edge, Kent
Chartwell, Kent

Charleston, East Sussex

Chelsea Physic Garden, London

Chenies Manor House, Buckinghamshire

Cherkley Court, Surrey
**Check website for details
Chiffchaffs, Dorset
Claydon House, Buckinghamshire
Cliveden, Buckinghamshire
Coleton Fishacre, Devon
Colesbourne Park, Gloucestershire
Cothay Manor, Somerset
Coton Manor, Northamptonshire
Coughton Court, Warwickshire
Cranborne Manor, Dorset
Crossing House, Cambridgeshire

Denmans - John Brookes' garden near Chichester

Denmans Garden, West Sussex

Docton Mill, Devon
Docwra's Manor, Cambridgeshire

Doddington Place, Kent
Dorothy Clive Garden, Staffordshire
Driftwood, East Sussex
Dunsborough Park, Surrey

East Ruston Vicarage, Norfolk

East Lambrook Manor, Somerset
East Ruston Old Vicarage, Norfolk
Easton Walled Gardens, Lincolnshire
Ecclesden Manor, West Sussex

Eden Project, Cornwall

Englefield House, Berkshire
Exotic Garden, Norfolk
Exbury, Hampshire

Forde Abbey, Dorset - an ancient priory garden

Forde Abbey, Dorset

Bluebells at Riverhill House, Kent

Furzey Gardens, Hampshire

Gibberd Garden, Essex
Gilbert White's House, Hampshire
Gipsy House, Buckinghamshire
(Roald Dahl's garden - open for NGS)
Glen Chantry, Essex                                                
** Check website for details

Glendurgan, Cornwall
Godinton House, Kent
Godolphin, Cornwall
Goodnestone Park, Kent

Gravetye Manor, West Sussex
Great Comp, Kent

Great Dixter, East Sussex
Great Fosters, Surrey

Marks Hall, Essex

Green Island Gardens, Essex
Gresgarth Hall, Lancashire
Greys Court, Oxon
Groombridge Place, Kent

Hampton Court, Herefordshire
Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden, Surrey
Heale House Garden, Wiltshire
Helmingham Hall, Suffolk
Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex
Hergest Croft, Herefordshire
Hestercombe Gardens, Somerset

Hever Castle, Kent

Hidcote Manor, Gloucestershire

High Beeches, West Sussex

Highdown Gardens, West Sussex

Hole Park, Kent

Ventnor Botanic Garden, Isle of Wight

Holker Hall, Cumbria
Holt Farm Organic Garden, Somerset

Hospital of St Cross, Hampshire
Houghton Hall, Norfolk

Houghton Lodge, Wiltshire

How Caple Court, Herefordshire

Iford Manor (The Peto Garden), Wiltshire
Ightham Mote, Kent

Kelmscott Manor, Gloucestershire (William
Morris' country home)

Kew (Royal Botanical) Gardens, London

Kiftsgate Court, Gloucestershire

King John's Lodge, East Sussex
Knole Park, Kent

Lake House, Hampshire                              

Leonardslee Gardens, West Sussex
**Sold 2010

Larmer Tree Gardens, Wiltshire
Levens Hall, Cumbria
Little Malvern Court, Worcestershire
Lamorran House, Cornwall
Little Wantley, West Sussex

*NGS and by appointment
London Wetland Centre
Longstock Park, Wiltshire
*Limited opening - check website

Loseley Park, Surrey
Lowther Castle, Cumbria
Lullingstone Castle, Kent                                
*See The World Garden (below)
Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset

Manor House, Upton Grey, Hants
Mapperton House, Dorset
Marks Hall Arboretum, Essex

Marle Place, Kent
Marwood Hill, Devon
Master's Garden (Lord Leycester Hospital),
Warwickshire
Merriments Gardens, East Sussex

Michelham Priory, East Sussex
Mill Dene, Gloucestershire
Misarden Park, Gloucestershire
Monks House, East Sussex
Moors Meadow, Herefordshire
Mottistone Manor, Isle of Wight

Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire

Nyman's Garden, West Sussex

Old Buckhurst, Kent
Oxford Botanic Gardens, Oxon

Painswick Rococo, Glos
Parcevall Hall, Yorkshire

Pashley Manor, East Sussex

Parham House, West Sussex
Pensthorpe, Norfolk
**Piet Oudolf's Millenium Garden
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
Prospect Cottage, Kent

Ramster, Surrey
Restoration House, Kent
Riverhill House, Kent
Rodmarton Manor, Gloucestershire
Roof Gardens, London
Rousham House, Oxon

Saling Hall, Essex

Sandgate Close, East Sussex
Sandringham, Norfolk
Sarah Raven's Cutting Garden, Sussex
Savill Garden, Surrey
Scotney Castle, Kent

Sezincote, Glos
Sheffield Park, East Sussex
Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire
Sissinghurst Castle, Kent

Sizergh Castle, Cumbria
Smallhythe Place, Kent

Snowshill Manor, Gloucestershire

Spencers, Essex

Spinners Garden, Hampshire
St Mary's House and Garden, West Sussex
Stoneacre, Kent

Torosay Castle on the island of Mull, Scotland

Stone House Cottage, Worcestershire
Stone House, Gloucestershire                
*Open by appt - check website

Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
Sussex Prairies, West Sussex

Swiss Garden, Bedfordshire

The Courts, Wiltshire

The Garden House, Devon

The Laskett, Herefordshire
The Salutation, Kent

The World Garden, Kent

Tintinhull, Somerset

Titsey Place, Surrey

Toddington Manor, Bedfordshire

Town Place, West Sussex (NGS)

Trebah, Cornwall

Tremenheere, Cornwall

Trengwainton, Cornwall
Tylney Hall, Hampshire

Upton Wold, Gloucestershire

Vann, Surrey

Ventnor Botanic Garden, Isle of Wight

West Green House, Hampshire

Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
Wakehurst Place, West Sussex

Waterperry Gardens, Oxon

West Dean Gardens, West Sussex
West Green House Garden, Hants
Westonbury Mill Water Gardens,
Herefordshire
Wisley (RHS), Surrey

Woolbeding Gardens, West Sussex
Wyken Hall, Suffolk

York Gate, Leeds, Yorkshire

SCOTLAND

An Cala

Ardtornish

Arduaine

Benmore

Crarae
Garden of Cosmic Speculation
*Only open one day a year 

Greenbank Garden

Linn Botanic Garden
Little Sparta

Little Sparta, Scotland

Torosay Castle 
*Sold in 2012 - check web for openings

WALES

Le Bois des Moutiers, Normandy, France

Aberglasney
Bodnant

Cae Hir

Dyffryn Gardens 

Fagan's Castle

National Botanic Garden of Wales
Plas Brondanw

Upton Castle
Veddw, Monmouthshire

EUROPE & AFRICA

Ambrass Schlosspark, Austria
Chateau du Champ de Bataille, Normandy, France
Chateau le Boutemont, Normandy, France
Chateau Marqueyssac, Dordogne, France

Giardini Botanici Hanbury, Italy
Giverny (Claude Monet's Garden), Normandy, France

Gourdon, France
Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, Holland
Jardines de Alfabia, Mallorca, Spain
Le Bois des Moutiers, Normandy, France
Le Manoir d'Eryignac, Dordogne, France
Les Jardins Agapanthe, Normandy, France
Les Jardins de Sericourt, Picardy, France

Majorelle Gardens, Morocco

Serre de la Madone, Menton, France

Villandry, Indre-et-Loire, France

Swarovski Crystal Garden, Austria 

Val Rahmeh, Menton, France
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, Cap Ferrat, 
France
Villandry, Indre-et-Loire, France