Topiary Gardens in the UK

Market Cross, Malmesbury, Wiltshire  

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... more

Llangathen, Carmarthenshire  

Aberglasney is one of the country´s most exciting garden projects. The garden covers an area of 10 acres, which include three walled gardens. At its heart is a restored Elizabethan... more

Alnwick, Northumberland  

The Alnwick Garden is one of the most unusual and spectacular gardens of the 21st century. This contemporary garden features the Grand Cascade as its centrepiece, the Rose Garden and... more

Torpoint, Cornwall  

Antony house and gardens, an example of one of Cornwalls´ finest early 18th century houses, faced in lustrous silvery-grey Pentewan stone, offset by colonnaded wings of red brick and... more

Hordle Lane, Hordle, Lymington, Hampshire  

Apple Court garden was created with a distinct structure of rooms defined by two axes and enclosed by dense hedges. Sharply defined lawns, raised borders and vertical accents of... more

Arley, Northwich, Cheshire  

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... more

Wing, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire  

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... more

Athelhampton, Dorchester, Dorset  

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... more

Saffron Walden, Essex  

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... more

Grantham, Lincolnshire  

Belton´s Park and Garden are, like the house, composed with perfect harmony and proportion. They have serenity, order and strong architectural conviction. With both formal Italian and... more

Belvoir, Grantham, Leicestershire  

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... more

Broseley, Shropshire  

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... more

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

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... more

Biggar, Lanarkshire  

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... more

Bosvigo Lane, Truro, Cornwall  

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... more

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

Bourton House is a modern, medium-sized but truly opulent garden made around a glorious old house, and maintained very crisply indeed. Originally planted in the 1960s by Lanning Roper.... more

Burton Agnes, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire  

Burton Agnes is a magnificent Elizabethan Hall surrounded by lawns and topiary yew bushes and beautiful award winning gardens. The eastern aspect of the house showcases a classical... more

Cribyn, Lampeter, Ceredigion  

Cae Hir Gardens, a 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 meadows into a... more

Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, London  

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... more

Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Highland  

The oldest garden north east of Cawdor Castle was enclosed with walls and bastions in 1620, and cultivated in the old fashioned manner where soft fruits, flowers, vegetables and fruit... more

Chenies, Rickmansworth, Buckinghamshire  

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... more

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... more

Taplow, Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire  

Cliveden is a vast and very important landscaped garden, filled with whatever money could buy, balustrading from the Villa Borghese in Rome, the dramatic `Fountain of Love´ and a huge... more

Greenham, Wellington, Somerset  

The gardens at Cothay Manor are five miles west of Wellington, hidden in the high-banked lanes of Somerset. Virtually unchanged in 500 years, this sleeping beauty sits on the banks of... more

Northampton, Northamptonshire  

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... more

Holt, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire  

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... more

Doddington, Lincoln, Lincolnshire  

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... more

Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway  

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... more

Muthill, Crieff, Perth & Kinross  

At Drummond Gardens, pass into the inner courtyard and reach the top of the terracing and the full extent and majesty of this garden is suddenly revealed. The dominant feature of the... more

East Ruston, Norwich, Norfolk  

East Ruston Old Vicarage is a remarkable 32 acre garden incorporating formal design, enormous decorative exuberance and brilliant planting. Close to the North Sea but extremely well... more

Englefield, Theale, Reading, Berkshire  

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... more

Exbury, Southampton, Hampshire  

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... more

Underwood, Nottinghamshire  

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... more

Berriew, Welshpool, Powys  

The gardens surround Glansevern Hall, a Greek Revival house, set in wider parkland alongside the River Severn, and one is always within sight or sound of water - river, fountains, 4... more

Godinton Lane, Ashford, Kent  

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... more

Dixter Road, Northiam, East Sussex  

Great Dixter is situated in Northiam. Turn off A28 at teh Post office and follow signposted route from the village.Website Description: ***Great Dixter is one of the most attractive... more

Stroude Road, Egham, Surrey  

Great Fosters is framed on three sides by a Saxon moat and the formal gardens are both extensive and exceptional. Originally designed by W H Romaine Walker and Gilbert Jenkins they are... more

The Estate Office, Grimsthorpe, Bourne, Lincolnshire  

Grimsthorpe Castle is a formal Grade I listed historic flower and topiary garden. Leading imperceptibly into the woodland garden, providing a fine setting for the ornamental vegetable... more

Bourne Road, Bexley, Kent  

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... more

Hatfield, Hertfordshire  

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,... more

Middle Woodford, Salisbury, Wiltshire  

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,... more

Helmingham Hall, Helmingham, Stowmarket, Suffolk  

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... more

Ridgebourne Road, Kington, Herefordshire  

The gardens at Hergest Croft have been created over 100 years by 3 generations of the Bank´s family. There are hidden valleys, open parkland, woodland glades, informal sunny lawns,... more

Hartington, Cambo, Morpeth, Northumberland  

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,... more

Edenbridge, Kent  

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,... more

Stockbridge, Hampshire  

Houghton Lodge Gardens is a haven of peace above the tranquil beauty of the River Test. Grade II* Gardens with fine trees surround an enchanting and unique example of an 18th century... more

Kingston Maurward, Dorchester, Dorset  

Set in idyllic surroundings, Kingston Maurward Gardens are Dorset´s best kept secret. A tranquil, and peaceful spot, the gardens are situated in undulating countryside, with a lake,... more

Bolham, Tiverton, Devon  

The celebrated Knightshayes Garden, was originally planned in the late 1870s and then replanted in the 1950s. Crisply-managed formal terraces and a rather formal woodland garden with a... more

Bodmin, Cornwall  

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,... more

Kendal, Cumbria  

Levens Hall is one of England´s glories, a 17th century formal garden with a magnificent topiary. Depending on the time of your visit, you will find colourful, vivid spring or summer... more