Gardens in Kent


Gardens in Kent are listed below. Kent is without doubt the ‘Garden of England’, the soil is remarkably fertile and the county is crowded with orchards, market gardens, fields of vegetables and some hop fields, although not so many as there used to be. Being the closest part of England... read more

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Bedgebury National Pinetum & Forest

Bedgebury National Pinetum & Forest

Park Lane, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Kent  
Open 365 days a year, Bedgebury is the perfect place to walk, cycle, ride or play in a spectacular world of trees. Bedgebury´s National Pinetum, host... more


Belmont Park

Belmont Park

Belmont, Throwley, Faversham, Kent  
Belmont Park gardens date from the 1790s and consist of a walled garden, pinetum, wooded areas, large formal lawns and a large kitchen garden. The walled... more


The Home of Charles Darwin, Down House

The Home of Charles Darwin, Down House

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... more


Emmetts Garden

Emmetts Garden

Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent  
Emmetts Garden was influenced by William Robinson. This delightful informal woodland garden - with the highest treetop in Kent - was laid out in the late... more


Godinton House & Gardens

Godinton House & Gardens

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... more


Goodnestone Park Gardens

Goodnestone Park Gardens

Wingham, Canterbury, Kent  
The Walled Garden at Goodnestone Park, consists of three enclosures, an old fashioned rose garden with hardy geraniums and perennials, the summer garden with borders for... more


Groombridge Place Gardens

Groombridge Place Gardens

Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent  
Originally laid out in the 17th century, Groombridge Place Gardens was unseen for three hundred years except by a favoured few. Designed as outside rooms of... more


Hever Castle & Gardens

Hever Castle & Gardens

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... more


Ightham Mote

Ightham Mote

Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Kent  
Ightham Mote is situated in a hidden valley garden surrounded by coppiced woodland and farmland. The basic shape of the garden has been in place since... more


Mount Ephraim

Mount Ephraim

Hernhill, Faversham, Kent  
The 9 acres of garden around Mount Ephraim have an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity. This Edwardian garden is magically set to give fine views of... more


Penshurst Place Gardens

Penshurst Place Gardens

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


Scotney Castle Garden

Scotney Castle Garden

Lamberhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent  
Scotney Castle Garden is a fine hillside garden looking out over the Kent countryside and down to a ruined 14th century castle nestled beside the moat.... more


Sissinghurst Castle Garden

Sissinghurst Castle Garden

Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent  
Sissinghurst Castle Garden was developed around the surviving parts of an Elizabethan mansion. With a central red-brick prospect tower - a series of small enclosed compartments,... more


Squerryes Court

Squerryes Court

Westerham, Kent  
The gardens at Squerryes Court are beautiful all through the year. Originally laid out in the formal style in 1700, they were re-landscaped in the middle... more


Walmer Castle & Gardens

Walmer Castle & Gardens

Kingsdown Road, Walmer, Deal, Kent  
The Walmer Castle Gardens hold much horticultural and historical interest. The moat that once surrounded the fort has been grassed over since the 19th century and... more