Tucked away at the bottom of a tranquil valley, a visit to the romantic, award-winning, Grade 1 listed Peto Garden is like no other. Famed Edwardian landscape designer Harold Peto designed the unique, Italiante, Grade 1 listed gardens when Iford Manor was his home, from 1899-1933. Drawing inspiration from his travels all around the world,…
Hatchlands house and park lie just east of East Clandon village, near Guildford, north of the main Guildford to Leatherhead road (A246). The National Trust owns the estate of 170ha, which includes the park of 80ha. The house and garden are regularly open to the public. The house is approached through the park, which has…
The 13-hectare park was created by sculptor François-Frédéric Lemot on the banks of the Sèvre Nantaise in the 19th century. The pine trees, stone pines, buildings and statues in the picturesque park near the beautiful town of Clisson make it reminiscent of Italian landscapes. Designed during the first quarter of the 19th century, Garenne Lemot…
In 1873, Ferdinand Eduard Stumm (1843 – 1925) acquired a site consisting of several parcels of land at the edge of the village of Holzhausen. Over the following years, he had the area fashioned into a large-scale landscape park and an impressive castle constructed at its centre. The park was laid out along a stream…
The RHS Garden Wisley is a renowned showplace for all aspects of horticultural practice and a living catalogue of ornamental and culinary plants. It demonstrates British gardening at its best with 100 ha of glorious garden. The garden lies between Cobham and Ripley, off the main London to Portsmouth road, south of Junction 10 of…
One of the former homes of the Guinness family Visitors to St Anne’s will be able to step back into history and to stroll through the parkland landscape that was once a rural estate on the perimeter of the city. The layout of St Anne’s is typical 17th century English park land design with rolling…
An Enchanting Fairytale Garden Over the past 20 years, Siegrid and Klaus Ulrich Helmert have used their own individual ideas to transform what was once a kitchen garden and orchard into a garden with a special appeal and atmosphere. The site, covering 6000 m2 and running down as far as the village millrace, stretches out…
A Baroque garden with terraces, parterres and a high surrounding wall was created on the instructions of Landgrave Karl (1654 – 1730) from 1685 onwards around Schloss Haydau, a former convent which later passed into the possession of the landgraves. It was possible to look out over the landscape of the Fulda river plain from…
Behind the massive oak gate, a world of rich, early 17th century tranquillity is waiting for the visitor. There is the courtyard with its beautiful baroque portico and the white cobblestone pavement. Rubens’ house is on the left side, while his studio is on the right. In spite of overall alterations, the front of the…
The floral heart of the Veluwe The show and experimental gardens of the garden architect Goedegebuure can be found hidden away on the edge of the town of Nunspeet. From late spring to autumn, visitors are welcomed by a rippling sea of blossoms in a range of colours, shapes and perfumes. Visitors find an oasis…