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Topiary Gardens in England
Set out below are Topiary gardens in England, including Houghton Lodge Gardens. 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.
Houghton Lodge Gardens
Stockbridge
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 `Cottage Orne´. Chalk Cob walls enclose traditional Kitchen Garden... more
The Alnwick Garden
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
Grimsthorpe Castle
The Estate Office, Grimsthorpe, Bourne
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 garden and orchard, with lots of quiet corners and tranquil... more
Cothay Manor
Greenham, Wellington
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 the River Tone within its 12 acres of magical gardens. The gardens... more
Hall Place Gardens
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
The Courts Garden
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
Mill Dene Garden
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
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Mapperton Gardens
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
Lytes Cary Manor
Charlton Mackrell, Somerton
Lytes Cary Manor is a simple garden in Elizabethan style once the home of medieval herbalist Henry Lyte. The main border was designed by plantsman Graham Stuart Thomas, with a mixture of shrubs, roses and perennials. There are also lawns, hedges of... more
Montacute House
Montacute, Yeovil
Montacute House and gardens is a simple, elegant, Elizabethan garden comprised largely of green spaces, of lawns and processions of clipped yews. Most memorable is the formal sunken lawn beside the house, fringed with borders of rich pinks and... more
Wickham Place Farm
Station Road, Wickham Bishops, Witham
Wickham Place Farm covers 14 acres including a 2 acre walled garden.Huge climbers, roses and wisterias cascade into wide borders bursting with shrubs, perennials and bulbs. One wisteria now covers an entire wall of over 250 ft long, and is at its... more
Tatton Park
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
East Ruston Old Vicarage
East Ruston, Norwich
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 protected by windbreaks, which create a unique micro-climate make it... more
Athelhampton House & Gardens
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
Herterton House
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
Trentham
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
Miserden Park Gardens
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
Capel Manor Gardens
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
Penshurst Place Gardens
Penshurst, Tonbridge
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 gardens in private ownership with records dating back to 1346. Over a mile of... more
Belton House
Grantham
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 Dutch gardens as well as a vast informal area, the gardens offer... more
Lanhydrock
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
Renishaw Hall
Renishaw Park, Sheffield
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 and antique statues. Mixed borders, rose and clematis gardens, and a host of... more
Bourton House Garden
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
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Helmingham Hall Gardens
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
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Somerleyton Hall & Gardens
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
Warwick Castle
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
Belvoir Castle Gardens
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
Godinton House & Gardens
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
Chenies Manor
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
Audley End House & Gardens
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
Heale Garden
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
Rodmarton Manor
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
Great Fosters
Stroude Road, Egham
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 among the finest Arts and Crafts gardens in Europe. Designed to... more
Burton Agnes Hall Gardens
Burton Agnes, Driffield
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 pond with beautiful fountains and a newly created pebble mosaic. To... more
Apple Court
Hordle Lane, Hordle, Lymington
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 fastigate yews give each area a unique character - the theatrical white... more
Cottesbrooke Hall Gardens
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
Packwood House
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
Great Dixter House and Gardens
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
Hatfield House Gardens
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
Hever Castle & Gardens
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
Doddington Hall & Gardens
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
Benthall Hall
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
Peckover House & Garden
North Brink, Wisbech
Peckover House & Garden is a charming 2-acre Victorian garden at the rear of a Georgian house on the North Brink in the middle of Wisbech, described as `The National Trust´s best town garden´. A spacious lawn is shaded by specimen trees including a... more
Arley Hall & Gardens
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
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