Woodland Gardens in the UK

Woodstock, Oxford, Oxfordshire  

Blenheim Palace gardens (one of the Winners of the Historic Houses Association/Christies Garden of the Year Award 2008)are one of the great 18th century parks landscaped by... more

Brodie, Forres, Moray, Aberdeenshire  

Brodie Castle, when wandering the gardens, troubled times seem distant indeed, with little to disturb this tranquil setting. In spring, the grounds are carpeted with a unique... more

Neston, Cheshire  

The superb gardens at Ness on the Wirral Peninsular features ‘Ness Botanische’ the multi-award winning flagship display garden from the RHS Tatton Park in 2009 created by TV... more

Blair Atholl, Pitlochry, Perth & Kinross  

Blair Castle Garden: Hercules Garden is a walled enclosure of about 9 acres (3.65 hectares) developed by the 2nd Duke of Atholl in the mid 18th century. Named after the... more

St. Martin, Guernsey  

Sausmarez Manor Gardens: A wild Subtropical Garden with groves of 40 different Bamboos, Tree Ferns, Banana and Palm Trees, making an exciting and unusual lush green experience... more

Mottisfont, Romsey, Hampshire  

The 19th century garden at Mottisfont Abbey is typical of the period, with sweeping lawns and stands of trees, much in the Capability Brown style. The garden is the result of... more

Drumoak, Banchory, Aberdeenshire  

Drum Castle with its Garden of Historic Roses is a remarkably peaceful corner. Based in the Walled Garden, built around 1780, it is divided into four quadrants, each... more

Feock, Truro, Cornwall  

The tranquil Trelissick Garden originally planted in 1937, contains a superb collection of tender and exotic plants. Beautifully positioned at the head of the Fal estuary, the... more

Glenwhan Gardens, Dunragit, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway  

Glenwhan is a plantswomans garden for all seasons; in spring and early summer rhododendrons and azaleas are a riot of colour, by mid-summer, Roses, Rockroses, primulas and... more

Quatt, Bridgnorth, Shropshire  

Dudmaston is a delightful late 18th, early 19th century 8 acre garden, which is a mass of colour in spring with rhododendrons, azaleas viburnums and daffodils. Recently... more

Llanarthne, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire  

Created within 568 acres of beautiful parkland, The National Botanic Garden of Wales is home to a unique collection of over 100,000 different plants and the largest... more

High Beeches Lane, Handcross, West Sussex  

High Beeches is an exceptionally well preserved example of a landscaped woodland garden dating from the early 20th century. The woodland and water garden covers some 27 acres... more

Great Torrington, Devon  

RHS Garden Rosemoor - Come and see our enchanting garden set in the beautiful Torridge Valley. Whatever the season, Rosemoor is a unique place that people return to time and... more

Creephedge Lane, Rettendon, Chelmsford, Essex  

RHS Garden Hyde Hall: With sweeping panoramas, big open skies and far reaching views this Essex garden is an inspiration to visitors of all ages. The garden boasts an... more

Gorran, St Austell, Cornwall  

Caerhays Gardens was originally planted out in the early 1900s with mainly rhododendrons. Since then other plants have been introduced such as magnolias and camellias. This... more

Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire  

The garden landscape at Harewood House was determined by the designer Capability Brown in the mid 1700s when the foundations for the Palladian Country House were being laid... more

Pittenweem, Fife  

Take a stroll round Kellie Castle & Garden, the magical Arts & Crafts garden and enjoy the scent of old roses and the beautiful herbaceous borders. The 1 acre busy walled... more

Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent  

Experience the beauty and tranquillity of Penshurst Place´s enchanting formal garden, a rare surviving example of Elizabethan garden design. It is also one of the oldest... more

Bramham, Wetherby, West Yorkshire  

Bramham Park and gardens is the stunning family home of the Lane Fox family, direct descendents of Robert Benson, the founder of Bramham over 300 years ago. The gardens extend... more

Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, Kent  

English Heitage have recreated the gardens at Down House as the Darwins would have seen them. It was the home of Charles Darwin for the last 40 years of his life. It is here... more

Devizes, Wiltshire  

Broadleas is a lovely 9 acre garden on green sand soil which allows acid loving plants to thrive with mature and semi-mature magnolias growing on each side of a steep dell. It... 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... 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... more

The Walk, Liverpool, Merseyside  

The gardens at Speke Hall are set in one of the most industrialised areas of South Liverpool, and despite this there is an air of being in the countryside. The restored,... more

Alcester, Warwickshire  

The gardens at Ragley surround the magnificent Palladian Hall and the 400 acres of parkland were designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown during the 18th century. In 1873,... more

Isle of Arran, Ayrshire  

The restoration of this garden at Brodick Castle began in the early 1900s and included planting of unusual species collected by great plant hunters like George Forrest. They... more

Renishaw Park, Sheffield, Derbyshire  

The formal garden at Renishaw Hall, originally laid out in 1895 has undergone a remarkable restoration, enhancing the geometric design whilst retaining yew hedges, pyramids... more

Easton, Grantham, Lincolnshire  

Easton Walled Gardens was described by President Franklin Roosevelt as a `Dream of Nirvana...almost too good to be true´. 50 years later, the house was pulled down and the... 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,... 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´... more

Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire  

The gardens and parkland at Newstead Abbey, once the home of the Poet Lord Byron, cover more than 300 acres with paths that meander past lakes, ponds and waterfalls. The... more

Knutsford, Cheshire  

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... 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... more

Chagford, Newton Abbot, Devon  

Stone Lane Gardens is a 5 acre arboretum situated in the Dartmoor National Park. It holds an important National Collection of Birch and Alder trees in a landscaped and water... more

Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall  

Trebah Garden is a 25 acre sub-tropical ravine garden, falling 200 feet from the 18th century house to a private beach on the Helford River. A stream cascades over waterfalls... more

Tudor Road, Manor Park, Runcorn, Cheshire  

Norton Priory Museum & Gardens is an independent museum, established in 1975 to care for one of the country's most important monastic sites. which encompasses in its 38 acres... 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... more

Kailzie, Peebles, Scottish Borders  

Kailzie Gardens is a 17 acre walled garden located in the beautiful Tweed Valley offering magnificent views of the surrounding countryside. The original greenhouse still... more

Wimborne Minster, Dorset  

Beside the Kingston Lacy house is the late-Victorian formal garden. Bright bedding, a fern garden containing 25 different varieties of ferns with gravel paths running between... more

Coleton, Kingswear, Dartmouth, Devon  

Coleton Fishacre Garden is delightful, with its formal terraces. A cultured oasis on the beautiful south Devon coast, with the stream gurgling from pool to pool through... more

Kettering, Northamptonshire  

The Park at Boughton House includes a great spread of lawns, lakes, waterways, woods and avenues of trees. This Grade 1 listed Designed Landscape is currently being restored,... more

Abbey Turning, London Road, Maldon, Essex  

Three acres of spacious and peaceful gardens in a historic rural setting, beautifully revived and extended in the last few years. Mature trees surround a variety of planting... more

Machynlleth, Powys  

No matter how small your garden, its surprising what you can grow in it. This world-famous eco-centre has a variety of organic display gardens providing inspiration and... more

Stowe, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire  

Stowe Landscape Gardens is an extraordinary, living, breathing work of art. With its ornamental lakes, glorious open spaces, wooded valleys and adorned with over 40 monument... more

Annwell Lane, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, Derbyshire  

Bluebell Arboretum & Nursery: Our beautiful woodland garden was created in 1992 and now covers an area of nine acres. British native trees were first planted to provide... more

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

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... more

Ridgebourne Road, Kington, Herefordshire  

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,... more

Bressingham, Diss, Norfolk  

The Bressingham Gardens. The late Alan Bloom´s Dell Garden created from 1953 with over 50 immaculate ´Island Beds´ of more than 4,500 varieties of perennials, and Adrian... more

Alcester, Warwickshire  

Coughton Court is a lovely garden complementing the mid-16th century house, laid over the last seventeen years by Mrs Throckmorton and her daughter Christina. There are a... more

Silsoe, Bedfordshire  

Wrest Park´s formal gardens are a fascinating history of gardening styles laid out over one and a half centuries. Explore the ornate garden buildings including the magnificent... more