Gardens With a Restaurant in Southern England

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

Stourton, Warminster, Wiltshire  

Stourhead is a fine example of English landscape gardens from the 18th century, re-planted in the 19th century with Conifers, flowering trees and shrubs. Follow a route... 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

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... 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

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

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... 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... more

Old Warden, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire  

The Swiss Garden, created in the 1820s by Lord Ongley, is a late Regency garden and an outstanding example of the Swiss picturesque. The Swiss Cottage provides the main... more

Highclere, Newbury, Hampshire  

Set within a Capability Brown inspired park, Highclere Castle gardens are hidden from view. Gravel paths lead to the Monks Garden with plantings of roses,lavender, penstemons... more

Beaminster, Dorset  

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... more

Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire  

Waddesdon Manor and gardens were bequeathed to the National Trust by the Rothschilds in 1957. The garden today is essentially the one laid out by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild... more

East Cowes, Isle of Wight  

Osborne House and gardens were originally designed by Prince Albert and Cubitt. The Italianate designs for the terraced formal gardens, complement the house. They have been... more

Sherborne St John, Basingstoke, Hampshire  

Attractive gardens surround the 16th century Vyne house. With lawns, herbaceous borders, a wild garden with woodland walks and a lake, and a newly developed wetlands area.... more

Chard, Dorset  

A magnificent former 12th Century Cistercian monastery, Forde Abbey ranks as one of the top ten gardens in England. Built beside the banks of the River Axe in the rolling... more

West Green, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire  

West Green House Garden has a delightful series of vibrantly-planted walled gardens, voted one of the UK´s top 50 gardens, surrounding a charming 18th century house. The... more

Jermyns Lane, Ampfield, Romsey, Hampshire  

Sir Harold Hillier Gardens is one of the most important modern plant collections in the world. Established in 1953 by the distinguished plantsman Sir Harold Hillier, the... more

Summer Lane, 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... more

Bullers Way, Abbotsbury, Dorset  

Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens were established in 1765 by the First Countess of Ilchester as a kitchen garden and have developed into a 30 acre Grade I listed delight. Home... more

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire  

Hughenden Manor garden is re-created from the colourful 1860s designs of Benjamin Disraeli´s wife, Mary Anne, used as his private retreat from the rigours of parliamentary... more