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Gardens in or near Stevenage, such as Knebworth House Gardens and Hatfield House Gardens are listed below. The Hertfordshire town of Stevenage was created as a new town after the second world war and the population of the town is still growing. One of the largest employers in the area is Glaxo Smith Kline which has a large pharmaceutical research laboratory. Of interest nearby is the gothic stately home of Knebworth House, which is well known today for its rock concerts.
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Knebworth House Gardens
Knebworth, Stevenage 2.7 miles away
At Knebworth House the present 25 acre garden dates largely from the Victorian and Edwardian eras, with more recent and continuing restoration and additions. Sir Edwin Lutyens re-designed the formal gardens immediate to the House. Each of the `rooms´... more
Hatfield House Gardens
Hatfield 10.5 miles away
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
Wrest Park
Silsoe 10.9 miles away
Wrest Park´s formal gardens are a fascinating history of gardening styles laid out over one and a half centuries. Explore the ornate garden buildings including the magnificent Baroque pleasure pavilion, orangery and Bath House, and admire the fine... more
Swiss Garden
Old Warden, Biggleswade 13.1 miles away
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 element for this unusual and atmospheric garden with narrow paths meandering... more
Docwra´s Manor Garden
Shepreth, Royston 17.0 miles away
Docwra´s Manor Garden, is planted inside the walls of a farmyard, with parts dating back to the Middle Ages. Explore the dividing hedges of yew, beech, lilax and cordon apples. In early spring there are snowdrops, cyclmen and hellebores, followed by... more
Wimpole Hall
Arrington, Royston 17.2 miles away
Wimpole Hall has a twenty-acre garden with a 350-acre park beyond. The garden has undergone several phases of landscape and garden design since the 17th century. The park has been landscaped by Bridgeman, `Capability´ Brown and Repton. There is an... more
The Gibberd Garden
Marsh Lane, Gilden Way, Harlow 17.2 miles away
The Gibberd Garden is a highly individual creation of Sir Frederick Gibberd, the master planner of Harlow New Town. It is sited on the side of a small valley, which slopes down to a brook. Occupying some 7 acres, the garden was planned as a series of... more
Capel Manor Gardens
Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield 17.3 miles away
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
Woburn Abbey
Woburn 17.4 miles away
The Parks Department is responsible for the maintenance of the 3000 acres within the walls of Woburn Abbey. Each year they plant one hundred standard oak trees, plus any replacements for trees lost or damaged in gales. A simple garden of trees,... more
Myddelton House Gardens
Bulls Cross, Enfield 17.5 miles away
Created by E.A. Bowles (1865-1954), Myddelton House Gardens have been refurbished and offer an impressive range of flora, fauna and historical artefacts. Tucked away near Enfield this wonderful garden was neglected and forgotten for 30 years. From... more
Waltham Abbey Gardens
Abbey View, Waltham Abbey 18.0 miles away
Waltham Abbey Gardens is an award-winning site steeped in history and set in the grounds of the Abbey, the last to be dissolved by Henry VIII and thought to be the site of King Harold’s grave. The remains of some of the Abbey buildings can still be... more
Copped Hall
Stables Courtyard, Epping 19.1 miles away
Copped Hall: This is a garden under restoration with touches of Tudor, Georgian and Victorian. It is a garden of varying levels, lawns, trees and 'garden theatre'. It is a garden to visit repeatedly over the years to follow the restoration. We have a... more
Audley End House & Gardens
Saffron Walden 19.7 miles away
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
Chenies Manor
Chenies, Rickmansworth 21.4 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
Ascott
Wing, Leighton Buzzard 21.5 miles away
Ascott gardens is an opulent late-Victorian extravaganza. It was largely planned by Leopold de Rothschild and planted with trees and shrubs supplied by the well known Chelsea plantsman Sir Harry Veitch. The Dutch garden, the Madeira Walk, the Venus... more
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Brookside, Bateman Street, Cambridge 24.1 miles away
The heritage-listed Cambridge University Botanic Garden was the vision of John Henslow, mentor to Charles Darwin. Today the Garden is a showcase for over 8000 plant species from around the world, including nine national collections, all immaculately... more
Geffrye Museum Period Gardens
136 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, London 26.8 miles away
The Geffrye Museum´s classic herb and period gardens are set beside 18th century almshouses, providing a haven of peace from the inner city. The 12 beds of the award-winning walled herb garden contain over 170 types of herb divided into traditional... more
The Manor
Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon 28.5 miles away
The Manor: The moated Norman manor, c 1130, was the home of Lucy M Boston from 1939 and the setting for her Green Knowe children´s books. Lucy gradually laid out the garden over several years, bordering the path from the river to the house with... more
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- An evening production of 'She Stoops to Conquer' in the Manor garden
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Anglesey Abbey
Quy Road, Lode 29.4 miles away
Anglesey Abbey has a hundred-acre garden developed from 1926 by the 1st Lord Fairhaven presenting an imposing blend of formal 17th century French-style and 18th century natural landscaping. Majestic tree-lined avenues and walks form framework for... more
Chiswick House
Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London 29.5 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
Chelsea Physic Garden
66 Royal Hospital Road, London 29.6 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
Hughenden Manor
High Wycombe 29.6 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
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Kew, Richmond 29.8 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
Syon Park Gardens
Brentford 30.3 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
Waddesdon Manor
Waddesdon, Aylesbury 31.5 miles away
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 and his French landscape designer Elie Laine. It is one of the finest... more
West Wycombe Park
West Wycombe 31.6 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
Old Thatch Gardens
Coldmoorholme Lane, Bourne End 31.8 miles away
Old Thatch Gardens are recognised as gardens of exceptional quality, have been awarded a star in The Good Gardens Guide, feature in the Most Amazing Gardens in Britain and Ireland, and appeared on BBC Gardeners World. This two-acre series of... more
Claydon Estate Gardens
The Estate Office, The Claydon Estate, Middle Claydon, Buckingham 31.9 miles away
The Claydon Estate Gardens are a classic example of an English Country house walled garden, both decorative and productive. The gardens were first created by John Sanderson between 1763 and 1776 for the 2nd Earl Verney, whose descendants have... more
Ham House
Ham Street, Ham, Richmond 32.7 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
Eltham Palace
Court Yard, Eltham 33.8 miles away
Eltham Palace is set in 19 acres of beautiful medieval and 20th century influenced gardens surrounding a moat and fortified palace. Leading down to the moat you´ll find a rock garden, herbaceous borders inspired by modern designer Isabelle Van... more
Hampton Court Gardens
East Molesey 35.5 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
Hall Place Gardens
Bourne Road, Bexley 35.6 miles away
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
Stowe Landscape Gardens
Stowe, Buckingham 35.6 miles away
Stowe Landscape Gardens is an extraordinary, living, breathing work of art. With its ornamental lakes, glorious open spaces, wooded valleys and adorned with over 40 monument temples in all sizes and styles from Gothic to Classical, this magnificent... more
Great Fosters
Stroude Road, Egham 37.1 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
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- Horticulture & Heritage Lunch - Tuesday, 14th August
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Wickham Place Farm
Station Road, Wickham Bishops, Witham 37.2 miles away
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
RHS Garden Hyde Hall
Creephedge Lane, Rettendon, Chelmsford 37.3 miles away
RHS Garden Hyde Hall: With sweeping panoramas, big open skies and far reaching views this Essex garden is an inspiration to visitors of all ages. The garden boasts an eclectic range of inspirational horticultural styles from traditional to modern,... more
Savill Garden - Windsor Great Park
Wick Lane, Englefield Green, Windsor 37.4 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 37.4 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
Chippenham Park
Chippenham, Ely 38.3 miles away
Chippenham Park has a large and diverse range of gardens ranging from wooded lakeside walks, many roses, a 400m long border and modern formal gardens. For several weeks early in the year it is a carpet of white with snowdrops, aconites and winter... more
Beeleigh Abbey Gardens
Abbey Turning, London Road, Maldon 38.9 miles away
Three acres of spacious and peaceful gardens in a historic rural setting, beautifully revived and extended in the last few years. Mature trees surround a variety of planting and water features:- woodland walks underplanted with bulbs leading to the... more
Claremont Landscape Garden
Portsmouth Road, Esher 39.1 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
Boughton Park
Kettering 40.8 miles away
The Park at Boughton House includes a great spread of lawns, lakes, waterways, woods and avenues of trees. This Grade 1 listed Designed Landscape is currently being restored, inspired by the original plans of 1746. In July 2009, a new 21st century... more
Greys Court
Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames 40.9 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
Painshill
Portsmouth Road, Cobham 41.2 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
The Home of Charles Darwin, Down House
Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington 42.1 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
RHS Garden Wisley
Woking 42.5 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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Ickworth
The Rotunda, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds 42.6 miles away
The gardens at Ickworth were designed to reflect the Italianate nature of the remarkable late 18th century house commissioned by Frederick Augustus Hervey, the extraordinary 4th Earl of Bristol. Heavily wooded garden with yews, evergreen oak and box... more
Elton Hall Gardens
Elton, Peterborough 43.0 miles away
Since Medieval times, there have been buildings on the site of Elton Hall. The present gardens date from the Victorian and Edwardian era. During the last twenty years the gardens have been carefully restored and now include a flower garden,... more
Canons Ashby House
Daventry 44.0 miles away
Canons Ashby House, has a formal garden that was created between 1708 and 1717 by Edward Dryden. Derelict and overgrown when the house was rescued by the National Trust, the restoration work of the 1980s has now matured. The garden is divided by... more
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