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  Gardens In Somerset to Visit

Crowe Hall

1 mile south-east of Bath city centre along A3062. A classical Bath villa with a 10 acre garden. Italianate terrace, vista across to the 18th century garden, Prior Park. Victorian grotto, pools and a ferny rock garden..more information

East Langbrook Manor
Somerset

Near Langport, 2 miles north of South Petherton. A garden created by the late Margery Fish around a stone manor house.  The informal garden has been restored and has the National Collection of hardy geraniums (cranesbill). The plants almost obscure the winding paths.more information

Hatch Court
Hatch Court

Somerset
From Taunton go south-east on A358 for 5 miles. Hatch Court is a  Palladian mansion set in a park, with collections of pictures and furniture, a china room and a military museum.  Fallow deer graze in the park which has good views. The gardens have been restored with a vegetable garden, rose garden, herbaceous borders and lawns encircled by cedars, yews, copper beeches and mulberry trees. more information

Hestercombe House
Hestercombe House

Somerset
4 miles north-east of Taunton. 50 acres of Grade I listed gardens created over three centuries with 20th century formal gardens and a Georgian pleasure ground. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and planted by Gertrude Jeykll, it features terraces and iris-fringed pools,as well as an orangery and circular garden. more information

Lower Severalls
Lower Severalls

Somerset

 

1.5 miles north-east of Crewkerne on A30. Lower Severalls is a 2 acre garden surrounding an old farmhouse.  The cottage garden has been developed over the last 25 years, with a herb garden, mixed borders and island beds.  Plants for sale in the nursery. more information

Milton Lodge Gardens
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Somerset
0.5 mile north of Wells off A39. Grade II listed gardens on the slopes of the Mendip Hills , views of Wells Cathedral and the Vale of Avalon.  Terraced gardens, with mixed shrubs, old fashioned roses, numerous climbers, herbaceous plants and ground cover.  Milton Lodge Gardens also contains a 7 acre arboretum.   more information

Prior Park Landscape Garden

 

North-East of Bath City Centre An example of 18th century English landscape gardening with 28 acres of garden and park created by the Bath entrepreneur Ralph Allen. After restoration Prior Park was reopened by the National Trust. Lawns, woods and water with views of the City of Bath.. more information

Tintinhull Gardens
Tintinhull Gardens

Somerset

 

5 miles north-west of Yeovil. Gardens around a small mansion,  once a farm house. The formal, 20th century gardens are owned by the National Trust and is divided into a series of outdoor rooms linked by steps. The garden has lawns, a fountain pond, and a pool with classical loggia and the terracotta pots. more information
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