Our Top Gardens to Visit This Winter
Proud partners of National Garden Scheme, renowned for their incredible line-up of open gardens available for booking this season. We have handpicked a selection of our top favourites that you won't want to miss out on.
Cotswold Farm, Gloucestershire.
Credit: Carole Drake
This beautiful Arts & Crafts garden overlooks a quiet valley on descending levels with terraces designed by Norman Jewson in the1930s. Enclosed by Cotswold stone walls and yew hedges, the garden has year-round interest inc a snowdrop collection with over 80 varieties. The terraces, shrub garden, herbaceous borders and bog garden are full of scent and colour from spring to autumn.
Higher Cherubeer, Devon.
Credit: Carole Drake
1¾ acre country garden with gravelled courtyard and paths, raised beds, alpine house, lawns, herbaceous borders, woodland beds with naturalised cyclamen and snowdrops, kitchen garden with large greenhouse and orchard. Winter openings for National Collection of Cyclamen species, hellebores and over 400 snowdrop varieties.
Open: Friday 7th February, Friday 14th February, Sunday 23rd February.
Little Court, Hants. 
This sheltered naturalistic garden is one for all seasons, especially memorable in spring. It is mature and exuberant with contrasting areas, inc a traditional walled kitchen garden and free-range bantams. In July there are many butterflies in the wildflower meadow. Rustic seats throughout, good views, and described as 'an oasis of peace and tranquillity.'
Open: Sunday 16th February, Monday 17th February, Sunday 23rd February, Monday 24th February.
Rock House, Gloucestershire.
2 acre garden. Woodland vistas with swathes of snowdrops and carpets of daffodils, some unusual. Spring flowers, cottage garden plants and climbing roses in season. Old yew tree, maturing cedar tree, pond.
Open: Sunday 26th January, Sunday 2nd February.
Hidden away, Slade garden is an unexpected jewel to discover next to the sea with views overlooking the Bristol Channel. The garden tumbles down a valley protected by a belt of woodland. In front of the house are delightful formal areas a rose and clematis pergola and herbaceous borders. From terraced lawns great sweeps of grass stretch down the hill enlivened by spring bulbs and fritillaries.
Open: Sunday 16th February.
Approx 3 acres set in a small woodland with panoramic views. Variety of herbaceous and mixed borders, rose garden, tulips, extensive vegetable plots, wildflower areas, plantings of spring bulbs with thousands of snowdrops and hellebores, woodland walk, two small ponds, waterfall and larger conservation pond. Interesting wooden sculptures, many within the garden. Cultivated using organic principles.
