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Topiary Gardens in the UK

Set out below are Topiary gardens in the UK including Englefield House. Topiary gardens show the art of creating sculptures using clipped trees, shrubs and sub-shrubs. Plants used in topiary are evergreen, have small leaves or needles and produce dense foliage.

Englefield House

Englefield House, Englefield, Reading, Berkshire

Englefield, Theale, Reading


This 9 acre garden at Englefield House falls from the woodland area with magnolia, rhododendron, azalea, acer, camellia and many other species. Below are the two terraces enclosed in grey stone balustrades, built in 1860 with wide staircases, mixed... more

Drumlanrig Castle, Gardens & Country Park

Drumlanrig Castle, Gardens & Country Park, Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway

Thornhill


Drumlanrig Castle, Gardens & Country Park date back to the time of William Douglas the 1st Duke of Queensbury. Work began on the gardens around 1689 creating a grand formal terrace garden. The garden today has undergone major restoration in recent... more

Pitmedden

Pitmedden, Ellon, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

Ellon, Aberdeen


Pitmedden is a breath-taking 17th century garden featuring over 5 miles of box hedging arranged in intricate patterns to form six parterres, filled with some 40,000 plants bursting with colour in the summer months - especially fine when viewed from... more

Arley Hall & Gardens

Arley Hall & Gardens, Arley, Northwich, Cheshire

Arley, Northwich


Arley Hall, the award winning gardens, recently voted in the top 50 in Europe and in Britain´s top 10, have been lovingly created over 250 years with each generation of the family making its own contribution. The result is a garden of great... more

Audley End House & Gardens

Audley End House & Gardens, Saffron Walden, Essex

Saffron Walden


Audley End House & Gardens has an artificial lake, created with water from the River Cam, running through delightful 18th century pastoral parkland designed by Capability Brown. The classical Temple of Concorde, built in 1790 in honour of George III,... more

Felley Priory

Felley Priory, Underwood, Nottinghamshire

Underwood


Felley Priory is a garden for all seasons - with its ancient walls, yew hedges and topiary, snowdrops, hellebores, an orchard of daffodils, herbaceous borders and an old-fashioned rose garden with over 90 different varieties of roses and many late... more

Benthall Hall

Benthall Hall, Broseley, Shropshire

Broseley


Benthall Hall is a small garden, once the home of botanist George Maw, containing some interesting plants. Freely-naturalised crocus and daffodils date from his time. There is a relaxed atmosphere, with a rose garden and small pool, fruit trees,... more

Trentham

Trentham, Stone Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Stone Road, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent


Trentham gardens, relandscaped in 1759 by Capability Brown with the Italian Flower Gardens laid out by Charles Barry in 1833. The Italian Flower Gardens have recently been restored by well known designers Piet Oudolf, Tom Stuart-Smith and Michael... more

Warwick Castle

Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire

Warwick


Warwick Castle has fine landscaped gardens leading from the Castle down to the river Avon. This was Capability Brown´s first freelance design for which he received much praise. The old formal garden was removed and replaced with magnificent trees.... more

Hever Castle & Gardens

Hever Castle & Gardens, Edenbridge, Kent

Edenbridge


The spectacular Edwardian gardens at Hever Castle were laid out between 1904 and 1908 by Joseph Cheal & Son. One of the most magnificent areas of the gardens is the Italian Garden, which was designed to display William Waldorf Astor´s collection of... more

Bourton House Garden

Bourton House Garden, Bourton-on-the-Hill, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

Bourton-on-the-Hill, Moreton-in-Marsh


Bourton House is a modern medium-sized but truly opulent garden created around a glorious 18th century Manor house and a Grade 1 listed 16th century Tithe Barn, and is maintained very crisply indeed. The garden was originally planted in the 1960s by... more

Rodmarton Manor

Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Rodmarton, Cirencester


Rodmarton Manor gardens are divided into different areas by bold hedges of various species. Retaining virtually all of its original features; the holly hedges, the limes by the circle, the beech hedges, the yew hedges. Today it is gardened with great... more

Cae Hir Gardens

Cae Hir Gardens, Cribyn, Lampeter, Ceredigion

Cribyn, Lampeter


A Welsh Garden with a Dutch History, Cae Hir Gardens were created by Wil Akkermans whos family tradition of over 200 years of Dutch horticulture has culminated in the creation of this eco-friendly and unique 6 acre garden created from four old... more

Cliveden

Cliveden, Taplow, Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire

Taplow, Maidenhead


Everybody over the age of 40 has heard of Clivedon, scene of much scandal during the Profumo Affair back in the 1960s. But this classic English estate has much more to offer than stories of shamed government ministers. Set high above the River Thames... more

The Courts Garden

The Courts Garden, Holt, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire

Holt, Bradford on Avon


The Courts Garden is a comfortable, hard-working 1920s garden of different character areas in the manner of Hidcote. Good use of colour in both shrub planting and in the borders, many of which are closely colour-coordinated. The water garden contains... more

Godinton House & Gardens

Godinton House & Gardens, Godinton Lane, Ashford, Kent

Godinton Lane, Ashford


Godinton House and Gardens are set in a beautiful 18th century landscaped park with views across the countryside. The formal gardens include terraced lawns, topiary, formal pond, rose garden and herbaceous borders all surrounded by a vast yew hedge... more

Moseley Old Hall

Moseley Old Hall, Moseley Old Hall Lane, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

Moseley Old Hall Lane, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton


Moseley Old Hall´s garden has been re-created in the 17th century style. Includes a formal knot garden, a wooden arbour covered with clematis, neat box parterres, a walled garden with topiary and annual borders, an arched pergola hung with two... more

Cottesbrooke Hall Gardens

Cottesbrooke Hall Gardens, Northampton, Northamptonshire

Northampton


Cottesbrooke Hall´s award winning gardens are set in delightful rural Northamptonshire. Reputed to be the pattern for Jane Austen´s `Mansfield Park´. Huge 300-year-old cedars set off magnificent pools, lily-ponds and double herbaceous borders... more

Doddington Hall & Gardens

Doddington Hall & Gardens, Doddington, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Doddington, Lincoln


Doddington Hall & Gardens is a beautiful family-owned Elizabethan mansion, with original walled courtyards and 5 acres of romantic formal and wild gardens. The West Garden includes a box-edged parterre, planted with a superb display of Flag Iris,... more

Hatfield House Gardens

Hatfield House Gardens, Hatfield, Hertfordshire

Hatfield


Dating from 17th century the gardens at Hatfield House have evolved into a gardener´s paradise. Visitors can enjoy the peace of the West Garden with its scented garden and fountains, and view the famous Knot garden adjoining the Elizabethan Old... more

Biggar Park

Biggar Park, Biggar, Lanarkshire

Biggar


Biggar Park garden is a mixture of formal and informal woodland areas, spacious lawns, and unusual trees, shrubs and rhododendrons. It is 700 ft above sea level, so somewhat susceptible to late spring frosts. In the traditional working walled garden... more

Sledmere House

Sledmere House, Sledmere, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire

Sledmere, Driffield


Sledmere House has a beautiful 18th century Walled Garden with new areas being developed all the time. Parterre. The Capability Brown designed parkland includes attractive eye catchers. Enjoy a leisurely stroll, long walk or a relaxing summer picnic... more

Somerleyton Hall & Gardens

Somerleyton Hall & Gardens, Somerleyton, Lowestoft, Suffolk

Somerleyton, Lowestoft


Somerleyton Hall & Gardens: 2010 Best Tourist Attraction in Suffolk Winners - The gardens and grounds at Somerleyton Hall have long been considered of first-rate importance, with more than twelve acres of gardens surrounding the Hall. The gardens... more

Hall Place Gardens

Hall Place Gardens, Bourne Road, Bexley, Kent

Bourne Road, Bexley


The award-winning Hall Place Gardens surround the Grade 1 listed country house built in 1537 for former Lord Mayor of London. The recently restored Tudor house is open to the public with new displays including an introduction to the house's history... more

Capel Manor Gardens

Capel Manor Gardens, Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, London

Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield


Capel Manor Gardens: 30 acres of richly planted and beautiful themed gardens, to inspire and indulge the senses. All surrounding a Georgian Manor House and Victorian Stables. Visitors can explore the Japanese Garden, Italianate Maze, Historic... more

Mount Ephraim Gardens

Mount Ephraim Gardens, Staplestreet, Faversham, Kent

Staplestreet, Hernhill, Faversham


The 10 acres of garden around Mount Ephraim have an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity. This Edwardian garden is magically set to give fine views of sloping orchards and pasture to the Thames estuary. There is plenty of interest here - an exciting... more

Hergest Croft Gardens

Hergest Croft Gardens, Ridgebourne Road, Kington, Herefordshire

Ridgebourne Road, Kington


Hergest Croft Gardens have been created over 110 years by 4 generations of the Bank´s family. There are hidden valleys, open parkland, woodland glades, informal sunny lawns, glorious flower gardens, shrubberies and borders providing striking autumn... more

Abbey House Gardens

Abbey House Gardens, Market Cross, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

Market Cross, Malmesbury


The now world famous amazing 5 acre Abbey House Gardens in the heart of ancient Malmesbury is really two gardens in one. The formal gardens have fine lawns, huge herbaceous borders, a Celtic cross knot garden and over 2000 different roses... more

Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway

Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway, Summer Lane, Southampton, Hampshire

Summer Lane, Exbury, Southampton


Exbury Gardens is a 200 acre woodland garden world famous for the spring displays of the Rothschild Collection of rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias and camellias. Spring also sees the woodland carpeted with primroses and bluebells. Visit in summer to... more

Miserden Park Gardens

Miserden Park Gardens, Miserden, Stroud, Gloucestershire

Miserden, Stroud


Miserden Park is an attractive garden of Edwardian detail by Lutyens, set upon 17th century bones. Spring flowers, shrubs, fine topiary, bold grass terraces and large herbaceous borders contained within a walled garden. A rose garden, plenty of yew... more

Tatton Park

Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire

Knutsford


Tatton Park´s gardens are almost a collection of gardens within a garden. Outside the walled garden, the earliest formal areas include the beech maze, first established around 1795. This was designed in `gardenesque´ style by Lewis Wyatt in 1814, and... more

Herterton House

Herterton House, Hartington, Morpeth, Northumberland

Hartington, Cambo, Morpeth


Herterton House is a 1 acre small, elegant, formal country garden has been created since 1976 around a 16th century farmhouse. The gardens are in five parts - a formal topiary garden, physic garden, flower garden with beautifully planted perennials,... more

Lanhydrock

Lanhydrock, Bodmin, Cornwall

Bodmin


Lanhydrock garden overlooks the valley of the River Fowey. Set on a hillside facing north-east above the house and park with bold, formal, Victorian lawns, lines of topiary yews, roses, herbaceous borders and vibrant bedding, and is flanked by... more

Mapperton Gardens

Mapperton Gardens, Beaminster, Dorset

Beaminster


Mapperton´s terraced valley gardens surround the delightful Tudor/Jacobean manor house, stable blocks, dovecote and All Saints Church. On the upper levels, a walled croquet lawn, then the orangery, an ornate pavilion overlooking the Italianate formal... more

Packwood House

Packwood House, Packwood Lane, Solihull, Warwickshire

Packwood Lane, Lapworth, Solihull


Packwood House and gardens are noted for the intact layout dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, with courtyards, brick gazebos, terraces and the unique yew garden. The colourful borders give year round interest. In spring, daffodils, snowdrops... more

Little Malvern Court & Gardens

Little Malvern Court & Gardens, Malvern, Worcestershire

Malvern


Little Malvern Court, a 10 acre garden, attached to a former Benedictine Priory, offers magnificent views over the Severn valley. Laid out as garden rooms around the house, there is a water garden below, feeding into a chain of lakes. Beautiful in... more

Biddulph Grange Garden

Biddulph Grange Garden, Grange Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Grange Road, Biddulph, Stoke-on-Trent


The Biddulph Grange Garden is a rare and exciting survival of a high Victorian garden restored by the National Trust. The Garden is divided into a series of themed gardens within a garden, with a Chinese Temple, Eqyptian court, Pinetum, Dahlia walk,... more

Bosvigo

Bosvigo, Bosvigo Lane, Truro, Cornwall

Bosvigo Lane, Truro


Bosvigo is not a typical Cornish garden. Mainly herbaceous garden, at its best from June onwards. A series of walled or enclosed `rooms´ surround the mellow Georgian house (not open to the public). Each `room´ has its own colour theme. There is a... more

Heale Garden

Heale Garden, Middle Woodford, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Middle Woodford, Salisbury


Heale House has a serene waterside garden situated at the bottom of a broad, chalk valley. With formal lawned terraces running towards the south along an avenue of Robinia pseudoacacia, Italianate garden architecture and formal pools. Rambling roses... more

Chirk Castle

Chirk Castle, Chirk, Wrexham, Wrexham

Chirk, Wrexham


In the formal garden of Chirk Castle are substantial clipped yews, rose garden and climbers on the castle wall. Further on the garden is more informal, with a thatched `Hawk House´ and rock garden. The shrub garden has a small pool and rare varieties... more

Chenies Manor

Chenies Manor, Chenies, Rickmansworth, Buckinghamshire

Chenies, Rickmansworth


Chenies Manor gardens are maintained to the highest standards and are highly decorative in perfect keeping with the 15th-16th century manor house. Colour throughout the year with old-fashioned roses and cottage plants. Enjoy the formal topiary in the... more

Mill Dene Garden

Mill Dene Garden, School Lane, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

School Lane, Blockley, Moreton-in-Marsh


Mill Dene Garden is hidden away in the Cotswolds and is a garden to nourish your senses. Horticultural skill is carried lightly but you will still go home with ideas for all season pleasure in your garden. Set round an old water-mill and pond, the... more

Belvoir Castle Gardens

Belvoir Castle Gardens, Belvoir, Grantham, Leicestershire

Belvoir, Grantham


Belvoir Castle gardens surround the rustic summerhouse, dating from 1800. The gardens have been lovingly restored to their original beauty, set in a natural ampitheatre with fresh water springs, lawns and small architectural features, carefully... more

Pinetum Park & Pine Lodge Gardens

Pinetum Park & Pine Lodge Gardens, Holmbush, St Austell, Cornwall

Holmbush, St Austell


The 30 acre Pinetum Park & Pine Lodge Gardens, comprises gardens within a garden, which hold a wide range of some 6000 plants, all of which are labelled. In addition to rhododendrons, magnolias and camellias - so familiar in Cornish gardens - there... more

The Alnwick Garden

The Alnwick Garden, Denwick Lane, Alnwick, Northumberland

Denwick Lane, Alnwick


The Alnwick Garden is one of the world's most ambitious new gardens. The Duchess of Northumberland's vision for a forgotten plot is now a truly 21st century experience full of imagination, inspiration and fun. Designed by Jacques and Peter Wirtz, The... more

Athelhampton House & Gardens

Athelhampton House & Gardens, Athelhampton, Dorchester, Dorset

Athelhampton, Dorchester


The formal Athelhampton Gardens originally designed in 1891 is a series of calm, sophisticated spaces, including the great court with its giant pyramids, a circular pleached lime grove and simple plantings of roses, clematis and tulips. Water forms a... more

Helmingham Hall Gardens

Helmingham Hall Gardens, Helmingham Hall, Stowmarket, Suffolk

Helmingham Hall, Helmingham, Stowmarket


Helmingham Hall Gardens, the ancestoral home of the Tollemache family for the past 500 years, who enjoy sharing their passion for the beautiful gardens. Surrounded by the impressive Tudor moated Hall set in a 400 year old ancient deer park.... more

Nymans

Nymans, Handcross, Haywards Heath, West Sussex

Handcross, Haywards Heath


Nymans beautiful extensive gardens developed throughout the 20th century by the Messel family, reflect the character of the founder and creativity of the plant hunters who explored worldwide. Indulge the senses with a spring visit to enjoy the... more

Ascott

Ascott, Wing, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire

Wing, Leighton Buzzard


Ascott gardens is an opulent late-Victorian extravaganza. It was largely planned by Leopold de Rothschild and planted with trees and shrubs supplied by the well known Chelsea plantsman Sir Harry Veitch. The Dutch garden, the Madeira Walk, the Venus... more

Great Dixter House and Gardens

Great Dixter House and Gardens, Dixter Road, Northiam, East Sussex

Dixter Road, Northiam


Great Dixter is situated in Northiam. Turn off A28 at the Post Office and follow signposted route from the village. Great Dixter is one of the most attractive and imaginative gardens in Britain. The 15th Century house is surrounded by an... more

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