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Gardens in or near Alton, such as Gilbert White´s House & Garden and The Oates Collection and Hinton Ampner House are listed below. Alton is a beautiful place to live etc etc
Gilbert White´s House & Garden and The Oates Collection
The Wakes, High Street, Selborne, Alton 3.9 miles away
The garden at Gilbert White´s House has been largely restored to its 18th century form with a wild flower garden and vegetable plot. There is a revolving ´Wine Pipe´ seat overlooking the miniature landscaped garden, haha and a magnificent beech clad... more
Hinton Ampner House
Bramdean, Alresford 10.6 miles away
The gardens of Hinton Ampner House were laid out by the scholarly Ralph Dutton in the middle of the 20th century with great regard to line, landscape and historical propriety. Statues, buildings, axes and views have been placed with exquisite... more
West Green House Garden
West Green House, Hartley Wintney 10.6 miles away
West Green House Garden demonstrates how creative energy is poured into gardening. It is a garden with a special and distinctive sense of place, made by Marylyn Abbott. It has a delightful series of vibrantly-planted walled gardens, surrounding a... more
The Walled Garden at Cowdray
1 River Ground Stables, Cowdray Park, Midhurst 15.4 miles away
The Walled Garden at Cowdray is an ancient garden on the Cowdray estate that has been restored. The neglected secret garden was hidden within its original Tudor walls.... more
Loseley Park Gardens
Guildford 16.7 miles away
The two and a half acre Walled Garden at Loseley Park, based on a design by Gertrude Jekyll, is one of the hidden secrets of the South East. It has been compared favourably by experts to gardens of national renown and its series of `rooms´ include... more
West Dean Gardens
West Dean, Chichester 19.0 miles away
West Dean Gardens, nestling in the South Downs National Park, is a place of tranquillity and beauty. Its features feature include a restored walled kitchen garden with some of the finest Victorian glasshouses in the country, rustic summerhouses, a... more
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Petworth House
Petworth 19.4 miles away
Petworth House is a 705 acre parkland that has evolved from just a small garden containing fruit and vegetables in the 16th century. Enclosed by a 5 mile long stone wall, throughout the centuries well know designers such as George London and... more
Highclere Castle
Highclere, Newbury 20.8 miles away
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 and a summer wild flower bed. Espaliered medlar, quince and fig trees line... more
Englefield House
Englefield, Theale, Reading 21.0 miles away
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 enclosed in grey stone balustrades, built in 1860 with wide staircases, mixed... more
The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens
Jermyns Lane, Ampfield, Romsey 23.0 miles away
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 magnificent collection of over 42,000 plants from temperate regions around the... more
Houghton Lodge Gardens
Stockbridge 23.5 miles away
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
Denmans Garden
Denmans Lane, Fontwell 24.5 miles away
Denmans Garden: Unique 4 acre garden designed for year round interest - through use of form, colour and texture - owned by John Brookes MBE, renowned garden designer and writer and Michael Neve, it’s a garden full of ideas to be interpreted into... more
RHS Garden Wisley
Woking 24.6 miles away
The Award-winning RHS Garden at Wisley is one of Britain´s best-loved gardens with 240 acres offering a fascinating blend of the beautiful with practical and innovative design and cultivation techniques. The beauty and tranquillity of the garden... more
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Savill Garden - Windsor Great Park
Wick Lane, Englefield Green, Windsor 25.2 miles away
Savill Garden - Windsor Great Park: World-renowned 35 acres of ornamental gardens and woodland, including National Collections and rare international species, The Savill Garden provides a wealth of beauty and interest in all seasons. Spring in The... more
The Valley Gardens - Windsor Great Park
Windsor Great Park, via Wick Road, Englefield Green 25.2 miles away
The Valley Gardens, part of The Royal Landscape, is a woodland garden on a grand scale, set beneath majestic trees with delightful views to Virginia Water lake. Over 200 acres of camellias, rhododendrons, magnolias and many other flowering trees and... more
Mottisfont Abbey & Garden
Mottisfont, Romsey 25.6 miles away
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 the work of several well-known garden designers. In 1971 the kitchen garden... more
Great Fosters
Stroude Road, Egham 26.2 miles away
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
Parham Gardens
Parham Park, Storrington 26.3 miles away
There are two gardens at Parham - the 18th century Pleasure Grounds, 7 acres of rolling lawns leading gently down to the brick and turf maze and lake, specimen trees, with fine vistas to the South Downs - and the magnificent 4 acre walled garden with... more
Painshill
Portsmouth Road, Cobham 27.0 miles away
Painshill offers you a 158-acre wonderland. Magnificently restored – with a mystic mix of awesome views, surreal follies, serpentine lake and historic plantings – it is one of Europe’s most important 18th century landscape gardens. Features within... more
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Polesden Lacey
Great Bookham, Dorking 27.0 miles away
Polesden Lacey has a 30 acre garden spanning several centuries, with a long terrace walk offering fine views across the valley. The Edwardian walled garden is formally planted including yew hedges. The walled rose garden is divided into four squares... more
Greys Court
Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames 27.2 miles away
Greys Court is a picturesque house mainly Tudor in style set in a beautiful courtyard. A series of walled gardens are set out as outdoor rooms with a fine collection of old fashioned roses, paeonies, an ornamental vegetable garden, maze, ice-house... more
Claremont Landscape Garden
Portsmouth Road, Esher 29.4 miles away
Claremont Landscape Garden´s creation and development involved some of the great names in garden history. The first garden was begun in 1715 and later that century their delights were famed throughout Europe. The many features include a lake, island... more
Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway
Summer Lane, Exbury, Southampton 30.4 miles away
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 sees the woodland carpeted with primroses and bluebells. Visit in summer to... more
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Osborne House
East Cowes, Isle of Wight 30.4 miles away
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 restored to their Victorian layout and are planted in seasonally changing... more
Cliveden
Taplow, Maidenhead 30.9 miles away
Everybody over the age of 40 has heard of Clivedon, scene of much scandal during the Profumo Affair back in the 1960s. But this classic English estate has much more to offer than stories of shamed government ministers. Set high above the River Thames... more
Old Thatch Gardens
Coldmoorholme Lane, Bourne End 31.7 miles away
Golly gosh, who’s for ginger beer and iced buns in the garden! It’s very hard not to slip into Enid Blyton speak when talking about the quintessentially English Old Thatch Gardens in Buckinghamshire, where the children’s author lived and wrote many... more
Hampton Court Gardens
East Molesey 32.7 miles away
Hampton Court Palace Gardens: Relax in over 60 acres of beautiful gardens, which run down to the River Thames, featuring sparkling fountains, the beautifully restored 18th century Privy Garden and the magnificent Maze. There is plenty of space to... more
Nymans
Handcross, Haywards Heath 34.4 miles away
Nymans beautiful extensive gardens developed throughout the 20th century by the Messel family, reflect the character of the founder and creativity of the plant hunters who explored worldwide. Indulge the senses with a spring visit to enjoy the... more
West Wycombe Park
West Wycombe 34.7 miles away
West Wycombe Park and gardens were created by Sir Frances Dashwood, founder of the Dilettanti Society in the mid-18th century. New fieldwork has produced evidence of a number of important earlier phases of activity, most notably an Iron Age hillfort... more
High Beeches Garden
High Beeches Lane, Handcross 34.9 miles away
The family who played a major part in creating these spectacular gardens went on to create other Sussex stunners like Wakehurst and Leonardslee - and High Beeches Garden is right up there with them as a leading UK horticultural hotspot. All year... more
Ham House
Ham Street, Ham, Richmond 34.9 miles away
Ham House garden is significant as one of the few formal gardens to survive the 18th century English Landscape Movement. 17th century formality predominates in this comprehensively restored garden, once the home of the beautiful and notorious civil... more
Hughenden Manor
High Wycombe 35.9 miles away
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 life in London. The lawns and terraces have been planted once more with loud,... more
Syon Park Gardens
Brentford 36.6 miles away
Syon House with its gardens is the last surviving ducal residence, complete with its country estate, in Greater London. The gardens are renowned for their extensive collection of rare trees and plants. The centrepiece is the spectacular Great... more
Heale Garden
Middle Woodford, Salisbury 36.6 miles away
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
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Kew, Richmond 37.6 miles away
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is renowned for its superb plantings and vistas. It is an internationally respected centre of scientific excellence, researching plants, collecting and conserving endangered species.... more
Borde Hill Garden
Balcombe Road, Haywards Heath 38.4 miles away
Borde Hill has enhanced the colour and charm of its award winning, Grade ll* listed garden, park and woodland to celebrate its 45th anniversary being open to the public. New planting has been undertaken throughout its distinctive ‘garden rooms’,... more
Wilton House
The Estate Office, Wilton, Salisbury 38.6 miles away
Wilton House gardens are in an idyllic setting, bordered by the rivers Wyle and Nadder. A mix of open parkland in the style of Capability Brown and small formal gardens, the latter created by the 17th Earl. The four new gardens created are the Rose... more
Chiswick House
Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London 38.8 miles away
Chiswick House has an important early eighteenth century garden of trees, formal vistas and architectural ornament such as bridges, statuary, vases, and a sunken amphitheatre with temple and orange trees. There is flower colour too in an enclosed... more
Apple Court
Hordle Lane, Hordle, Lymington 39.4 miles away
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
Mottistone Manor Garden
Mottistone, Newport, Isle of Wight 39.6 miles away
Mottistone Manor garden, which is owned by the National Trust, is one of the most peaceful and magical gardens on the island. Set in a sheltered valley with views to the sea, the gardens with their colourful borders, shrub-filled banks and grassy... more
The Priest House Gardens
North Lane, West Hoathly, East Grinstead 40.1 miles away
The Priest House Gardens, in the grounds of Priest House, is a formal herb garden with over 150 culinary, medicinal and household herbs.... more
Ventnor Botanic Garden
Undercliff Drive, Ventnor 40.3 miles away
Ventnor Botanic Garden is a 22 acre, very lively botanic garden right by the sea. A remarkable collection of plants from all over the world, mainly from the southern hemisphere, many tender but thriving here given enough shelter. Naturalised giant... more
Chenies Manor
Chenies, Rickmansworth 41.1 miles away
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
Chelsea Physic Garden
66 Royal Hospital Road, London 42.1 miles away
Chelsea Physic Garden: London’s oldest botanic garden is a beautiful oasis of living history in the heart of the capital, home to a unique collection of medicinal and rare plants. Used as a place to teach people about plants and the environment for... more
Oxford Botanic Garden
Rose Lane, Oxford 43.2 miles away
The University of Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in Britain. For more than 375 years this walled garden, built before the English Civil War, has stood on the bank of the River Cherwell. It has evolved from a 17th century... more
Titsey Place Gardens
Titsey, Oxted 43.6 miles away
Titsey Place Garden´s upper terrace is the perfect place to enjoy the long views across the Darent Valley, which extends to the beginnings of the South Downs. The box link beds were planted over 150 years ago. The fountain at the centre of the lower... more
Sheffield Park Garden
Uckfield 44.0 miles away
Sheffield Park´s magnificent, informal landscape garden was laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown and further developed in the early years of the 20th century by its owner Arthur G Soames. The original four lakes form the centrepiece.... more
The Home of Charles Darwin, Down House
Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington 46.2 miles away
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 that he worked on his theories of evolution and wrote `On the Origin of... more
Buscot Park
Estate Office, Faringdon 46.3 miles away
At Buscot Park there are extensive parklands, with avenues varying in style from formal to natural. Within the walks are additional feature gardens, the Swinging Garden and the Citrus Garden, for example. A major feature is the Italian style water... more
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