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Gardens in Somerset, such as Tintinhull Garden and Montacute House are listed below. There is no doubt that Somerset is a holiday county; there is so much to enjoy here that one visit could never suffice. The diversity of scenery to the northwest is the high heather-clad moorland plateau of Exmoor bordering the Bristol Channel, giving England’s highest sea cliffs. This was once... read more

Tintinhull Garden

Tintinhull Garden, Farm Street, Yeovil, Somerset

Farm Street, Tintinhull, Yeovil

Tintinhull Garden is a classic 20th century English garden surrounding a 17th century manor house, of high formality overlaid with an opulent yet carefully contrived planting. With varied borders, attractive kitchen garden and secluded lawns all... more

Montacute House

Montacute House, Montacute, Yeovil, Somerset

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

Hestercombe Gardens

Hestercombe Gardens, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton, Somerset

Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton

Hestercombe is unique in having three complete period gardens covering fifty acres. The Georgian landscape, Victorian terrace and the formal Edwardian gardens combine to create one of Britain´s premier garden sites widely recognised as being of... more

Cothay Manor

Cothay Manor, Greenham, Wellington, Somerset

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

Barrington Court

Barrington Court, Barrington, Ilminster, Somerset

Barrington, Ilminster

Barrington Court garden created by Gertrude Jekyll in 1917 towards the end of her career, is a garden of different character rooms. The `hot´ room is planted with Lilies, Dahlias and vibrant orange, red and yellow annuals around a pool. There is also... more

Dunster Castle

Dunster Castle, Dunster, Minehead, Somerset

Dunster, Minehead

Dunster Castle has a hilltop garden, lawn and interesting rare shrub borders. Below there are formal woodland terraces and along the river, opulent sub-tropical plantings of Camellias, Rhododendrons and Azaleas. The season begins with thousands of... more

The Bishop's Palace & Gardens

The Bishop's Palace & Gardens, Wells, Somerset

Wells

Bishop's Palace & Gardens: Find us in the centre of the historic City of Wells, step across the drawbridge and discover the splendour of the medieval Palace before you. Beyond the 13th century building lies 14 acres of gardens, springs and arboretum,... more

Milton Lodge

Milton Lodge, Old Bristol Road, Wells, Somerset

Old Bristol Road, Wells

Milton Lodge has charming Grade II listed gardens with south facing terraces overlooking Wells Cathedral and the Vale of Avalon with mixed borders, roses, yew hedges, fine trees and a separate 7 acre arboretum. Originally laid out in the early 1900s... more

Greencombe Gardens

Greencombe Gardens, Porlock, Somerset

Porlock

Greencombe is a post-war garden, having been started in 1946 by Horace Stroud. It is a strip of 3.5 acres on the edge of ancient woodland. The light comes from the north, with a sweep of sky down to the Bristol Channel. To the south rise wooded... more

Tyntesfield

Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Bristol, Somerset

Wraxall, Bristol

Tyntesfield, the original garden is thought to have been laid out in the 1840´s. Currently there is a huge restoration project underway to bring this impressive estate back to its former glory. The garden is Grade II* listed and is one of the top 500... more

Lytes Cary Manor

Lytes Cary Manor, Charlton Mackrell, Somerton, Somerset

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

Prior Park Landscape

Prior Park Landscape, Ralph Allen Drive, Bath, Somerset

Ralph Allen Drive, Bath

Prior Park is a beautiful and intimate 18th century landscape garden, created by local entrepreneur and philanthropist Ralph Allen with advice from the poet Alexander Pope and Capability Brown. The garden is set in a sweeping valley with magnificent... more

The Walled Gardens of Cannington

The Walled Gardens of Cannington, Church Street, Bridgwater, Somerset

Church Street, Cannington, Bridgwater

Having undergone extensive redevelopment over the past few years, the Walled Gardens were officially opened by HRH Prince Edward. The Gardens lie within the grounds of a mediaeval Priory, and many of its fine buildings remain. The Gardens have... more

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