Gardens in Herefordshire

Kenchester Water Gardens

Kenchester Water Gardens has landscaped pools, pond fish, tropical fish, aquaria and all the required equipment. There is also a tea room with a pool-side terrace overlooking the garden.

National Trust's Brockhampton Estate

At the heart of this 687-hectare farmed estate lies Lower Brockhampton Manor House, a romantic timber-framed house dating back to the late 14th century. There are miles of walks through the orchards, park and woodlands, featuring ancient trees, the picturesque Lawn Pool and challenging natural play trail for mini adventurers.

Brobury House & Gardens

The gardens at Brobury House were originally laid out in the 1880s when the house was built. There are panoramic views of the surrounding countryside that also complement the formal gardens.

National Trust's Berrington Hall

Standing proud and strong, this fine Georgian mansion sits within 'Capability' Brown’s final garden and landscape

Kentchurch Court Gardens

The gardens at Kentchurch Court have developed over the years since John Lucy Scudamore inherited the house in 1815. Much of the 25-acre gardens roots can be found in the landscape style that was popular during that period.

Hergest Croft Gardens

Hergest Croft Gardens lies in the heart of the Welsh Marches with stunning views towards the Black Mountains. The gardens contain a unique collection of rare plants, trees and shrubs and over 90 "Champion" Trees. There are gorgeous flower borders, an old fashioned Kitchen Garden, Azalea Garden, Maple Grove, and Park Wood, all to discover. With a Gift Shop and Tearooms, the Gardens are the perfect place to explore and relax.

Ivy Croft Garden

The garden started in 1997 and surrounds a cottage with formal beds filled with a wide range of plants. There are paths that lead away from the cottage into less formal areas, set in open grassland. Plantings of willows, grasses, ferns and snowdrops surround the ecological water treatment system and seasonal pond. Mixed borders lead to a young perry pear orchard, a vegetable garden surrounded by trained fruit trees and an embrionic 'natural wood'. Pleached limes screen the car park and partially surround an area of alpines.

Rhodds Farm Garden

A large country garden plus 13 acres of woodland and wildflower meadows. Created by the owner, a garden designer, the garden includes a formal garden with dovecote housing 60+ white doves, several ponds, bluebell woods, woodland planting, gravel garden, arboretum, herbaceous borders in hot colours and many other areas of mixed planting. The garden is constantly being developed and there are new areas to enjoy every year. Refreshments available and picnics allowed.

Moors Meadow Garden

There are new plants in every area including some rarely seen specimen trees and shrubs in the lower garden. Moors Meadow Garden is a non-profit making destination and relies on the visitors to enable them to keep the garden to a standard for all to enjoy and to open regularly for charity days.

National Trust's The Weir Garden

Escape to this spectacular riverside garden and be absorbed by natural beauty.

Aulden Farm

The garden at Aulden Farm is approximately 3-acres in a large L-shape, split into various rooms. It was not originally designed to be open to the public but limited opening times are now on offer.

Upper Tan House Garden

Upper Tan House Gardens are set in the rolling countryside of North Herefordshire, beneath the ancient hill fort of Wapley. It is a 1.5-acre south facing informal garden around a farm house and beside the Stansbatch brook. It has deep herbaceous borders, divided by gravel paths are surrounded by lawn that leads down to the brook. On the south side of the brook and rising away to the fields beyond is a wildflower meadow rich in orchids in June.

Ashley Farm Garden

Ashley Farm is a timber and stone building, dating from around 1580. The 5-acre gardens have been open since 2005 and include a rose walk, topiary, canal, orchards, and a know garden. There is also a pond and woodland.

Westonbury Mill Water Gardens

Beautiful, fun and unusual gardens with world class follies to interest and entertain you..

The Picton Garden & Old Court Nurseries

Situated on the lower slopes of the Malvern Hills Old Court Nurseries & The Picton Garden covers 2 acres on the edge of the village of Colwall. The nursery was established in 1906 by Michaelmas daisy breeder Ernest Ballard to start commercially producing his plants. Over the decades he raised many award-winning cultivars including the well-known ‘Marie Ballard’. In 1947 he was joined by the first of the Picton family, the great plantsman Percy Picton, who came to manage the nursery. At this stage all the asters were grown open ground. In 1952, soon after Ernest Ballard had died, Percy bought the business and in 1959 was joined by his son Paul. Unfortunately, during the 1970’s asters stopped being so popular and gradually the stock of daisies was reduced, and part of the nursery became a garden of stock beds. In the early 1980’s Paul met and married Meriel and together began to restore and enlarge the collection of Asters. Before long this was recognised by NCCGP (now Plant Heritage). During this time Paul began to enlarge the stock garden in the southern 1 acre of the site to display the increasing numbers of Asters. After Percy’s death this garden was named the Picton Garden in his memory and coincided with the Wyche and Colwall Horticultural Society founding the Percy Picton Memorial Fund. The latter raises money for students of Horticulture from the HR, WR and GL postcode areas. Since then the garden has been featured on several TV programmes including BBC Gardener’s World and regularly in magazines and newspapers. More recently Helen, Paul and Meriel’s daughter and the third generation of Picton’s, along with her husband Ross Barbour have taken over the nursery and garden. Helen and Ross are now the curators for the Plant Heritage National Collection of autumn flowering asters and related genera with more than 430 varieties. They continue to take the garden forward, expanding the seasons of interest and pushing the boundaries of this little 1.5-acre garden, using lots of winding paths to create the illusion of size. There is an evolving woodland area, thanks to Pauls brilliant tree choice, where a great range of unusual plants can be found including a large part of the 300+ varieties of Snowdrop and over 100 different ferns. There is always something of interest, but the early Spring is when all the little treasures really shine. Beyond the wooded area herbaceous thrives interspersed with mixed bulbs for early season but, its true peak comes August through to late October. The extended range of plants we now grow in the garden means we are now able to offer a greater range in the nursery including snowdrops and succulents. More than 90% of what we offer for sale is propagated on site by us. We also offer a mail order service if you can’t visit. For the asters these are only sent out in May, but early ordering is advised as many are propagated to order. The snowdrops are available to order from January and are sent in the green during February. Succulents are sent out throughout the year. Please see the page footer for general opening times and the events page for extra openings. See visit us for directions and extra details. Garden admission is £4.00, and children are free. There is no charge for the nursery. We are also an RHS Partner Garden so there is free entry RHS members. Dogs are not allowed in the garden. We are more than happy to welcome groups, but they must pre-book, please get in touch for more details. Ross Barbour and Helen Picton both lecture on a variety of subjects for groups and societies please enquire for a current list of topics and prices.

Sufton Court

Sufton Court is a small Palladian mansion built in 1788 by James Wyatt for James Hereford, an ancestor of the current family. Visitors will see the park laid out by Repton (whose 'red book' survives today) and the house's superb situation above the rivers Wye and Lugg.

Eastnor Castle

Eastnor Castle is located in the Herefordshire countryside and has 100-acre of grounds set within a 5,000-acre estate. The grounds include a number of trails and walks and there is also a playground for children. The site is rich in history and also has a multitude of facilities for all the family. This includes a tea room, ice-cream parlour, maze, and gift shop.

Brobury House & Gardens

The gardens at Brobury House were originally laid out in the 1880s when the house was built. There are panoramic views of the surrounding countryside that also complement the formal gardens.

Ivy Croft Garden

The garden started in 1997 and surrounds a cottage with formal beds filled with a wide range of plants. There are paths that lead away from the cottage into less formal areas, set in open grassland. Plantings of willows, grasses, ferns and snowdrops surround the ecological water treatment system and seasonal pond. Mixed borders lead to a young perry pear orchard, a vegetable garden surrounded by trained fruit trees and an embrionic 'natural wood'. Pleached limes screen the car park and partially surround an area of alpines.