2-for-1 Gardens - Gardens featured in Gardeners' World TV

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York Gate Garden

This Arts and Crafts garden on the outskirts of Leeds really packs a punch, with the Gardeners’ World team visiting three times in 2023. The site is composed of a series of lovely garden rooms, and it’s hard to believe it’s all squeezed into one-acre. Water is an ever-present feature, as well as the many reclaimed materials in use, like the arbour made from the remains of a fire-damaged church. The garden is a fount of inspiration, having recently featured in our podcast series Alan’s Favourites as one of the broadcaster’s most loved gardens.

• Disabled access: Partial access
• Dogs: Not permitted
• Single Visitor Discount: Not available
• Refreshments: Hot food and light refreshments

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Hever Castle

Last autumn, the show visited Hever Castle in Kent. Formerly the home of Anne Boleyn, by the 19th century it had fallen into disrepair. Then came William Waldorf Astor, a wealthy American full of ambition. First, he restored the castle moat. Next, he set about transforming more of the local landscape, digging his own lake. Highlights of the garden include the ornate Italian Garden, created to showcase Astor’s sculpture collection, and a giant topiary chess set, modelled on pieces once owned by Henry VIII.

• Disabled access: Partial access
• Dogs: Permitted on the lead
• Single Visitor Discount: Available
• Refreshments: Hot food and light refreshments

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Barnsdale Gardens

Before the days of Longmeadow, Berryfields and Barleywood, there was Barnsdale Gardens in Rutland. Geoff Hamilton presented the show from this eight-acre garden, through most of the 1980s, where he was a pioneer of organic, peat-free gardening, . There are 38 distinct areas within the estate, including a reclaimed garden, traditional cottage garden and an apple-arch walkway. In March, look out for a large collection of hellebores, or towards the end of the month, the white sprays of Ribes sanguineum 'White Icicle'.

• Disabled access: Full access
• Dogs: Not permitted on the lead
• Single Visitor Discount: Available
• Refreshments: Hot food and light refreshments

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Dorothy Clive Garden

When Colonel Harry Clive’s wife, Dorothy, was in the late stages of Parkinson’s disease, he decided to build her a garden. The result is the Dorothy Clive Garden, located on the border of Shropshire, Cheshire and North Staffordshire. The colonel wanted Dorothy to enjoy a different view everyday, so filled the garden with surprises for each season. Visit now to enjoy the last bursts of sweet-smelling sarcococca and delight in the garden’s restorative stillness - underscored by the babbling of the waterfall.

• Disabled access: Full access
• Dogs: Permitted on the lead
• Single Visitor Discount: Not available
• Refreshments: Hot food and light refreshments

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Oxford Botanic Garden

On 5 January 1969, a new TV programme aired on the BBC, described as “a weekly series for gardeners, advanced and beginners, throughout the British Isles”. Gardeners’ World has remained so ever since. The first episodes were presented from the historic Oxford Botanic Garden by its then superintendent, Ken Burras. Seasonal highlights include the fragrant displays of the citrus trees, and hyacinths in the conservatory, while the walled garden hosts swathes of scillas.

• Disabled access: Full access
• Dogs: Not permitted on the lead
• Single Visitor Discount: Not available
• Refreshments: Light refreshments

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