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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
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East Langbrook Manor |
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
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Hatch Court Somerset
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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
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Hestercombe House Somerset
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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
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Lower Severalls Somerset
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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
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Milton Lodge Gardens Somerset
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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
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Prior Park Landscape Garden
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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
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Tintinhull Gardens Somerset
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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
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