Garden Finder
National Botanic Garden of Wales,
Once a country estate, Middleton Hall, now the home of the National Botanic Garden of Wales since 1996. The house has been demolished and part of the park restored; as well as the well known Great Glasshouse there is an unusual early 19th century double-walled garden. The three acre garden has been recreated by dividing into four quadrants, three telling the story of the evolution of flowering plants, the other is a modern kitchen garden.
Netherbyres
Private garden, Col. SJ Furness. Unusual elliptical walled garden with mix of fruit, flowers and vegetables.
Normanby Hall Country Park
Award winning garden restored to the late Victorian period. Modern replicas of the original peach case, vinery and display house; organically grown Heritage collection, trials of old horticultural techniques including hotbeds, restored back sheds with fruit stores, work rooms and a collection of old tools.
North Court Gardens
Traditional walled kitchen garden with ancient espaliered fruit trees, open to the public for group visits.
Norton Conyers
Private garden, visits can be arranged. 18th century walled kitchen garden with attractive orangery, heated wall, dipping pond (for filling watering cans) and herbaceous borders, occasionally open to the public.
Norton Priory Museum and Gardens
A late 18th century walled garden, divided into several areas: an orchard, a herb garden, old varieties of vegetables, soft fruit, etc. The garden also hosts the National Tree Quince Collection of 24 varieties of Cydonia oblonga. Open from April to October.
Osborne House (EH)
Queen Victoria’s holiday home; the walled garden was not designed for culinary use, but there are a variety of Victorian fruit trees and extensive flower borders. However, the 1850s restored glasshouses by Henry Hope are of great interest. Garden recently laid out to plans by Rupert Bowlby.
Painswick Rococo Garden
Rare Rococo kitchen garden, not strictly within walls, but a faithful recreation from Thomas Robins’ painting of 1748, with appropriate fruit and vegetables.