Gardens in the Lake District
At Acorn Bank near Temple Sowerby, the National Trust operates a water mill dating back to at least 1597. Surrounding the mill is a superb walled garden notable for its profusion of spring blooms, especially daffodils and wood anemones, plus a sunken garden, and a world-famous collection of culinary and medicinal herbs.
Temple Sowerby, Penrith, Cumbria, England, CA10 1SP
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Brockhole is one of the most popular gardens in the Lake District, where there is no shortage of excellent gardens to attract visitors! Brockhole is located immediately beside the main National Park visitor centre south of Windermere and is owned by the National Park authority. The garden was begun by Thomas Mawson in the early years of the 20th century and is laid out on a series of terraces.
The Lake District Visitor Centre, Windermere, Cumbria, England, LA23 1LJ
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Garden: Five acres of horticultural delight surround the medieval house at Dalemain. At the start of summer there are Himalayan poppies. There is a terraced garden dating from the 1680s, with a terrace walk, and there are 100 old-fashioned roses, traditional varieties of apples, a wild garden, and a Tudor Knot garden. Tree-lovers will enjoy seeing the largest Abies cephalonica (silver fir) in Britain.
Dalemain, Penrith, Lake District, Cumbria, England, CA11 0HB
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Graythwaite is a Victorian garden set in beautiful parkland. The heart of the garden is a symphony of flowering shrubs, azaleas, and rhododendrons, plus a formal rose garden. Best in: spring.
Newby Bridge, Cumbria, England, LA12 8BA
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A formal terraced garden surrounds the early 19th-century house of Halecat, home to a branch of the Stanley family since 1487. Garden features include a GradeII listed summerhouse with stained glass windows incorporating 16th-century glass. Next to the house is a popular nursery garden.
Witherslack, Cumbria, England, LA11 6RT
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Heritage Highlight: Grade II listed garden gazebo
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Holehird is run by the Lakeland Horticultural Society on a volunteer basis. The Society members have created a superb 4 acre garden upon a hillside offering views over the Troutbeck Valley. A walled kitchen garden, rock garden, orchard, heathers, winter flowering shrubs and alpines offer plenty of interest at all times of the year.
Patterdale Road, Windermere, Cumbria, England, LA23 1NP
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Garden: 200 year old parkland, offering woodland walks, and formal gardens. Specimens are well labeled. Here you will find rose gardens, azaleas, rhododendron, and spring bulbs.
Cark-in-Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England, LA11 7PL
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Garden: The grounds of Hutton-in-the-Forest contain a classical array of terraces, topiary, walled garden, and dovecote. Fine specimen trees make a woodland stroll a pleasure.
Penrith, Lake District, Cumbria, England, CA11 9TH
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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century pele tower
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Garden: The famous topiary gardens at Levens were designed by Guillaume Beaumont, gardener to James II, in 1692. Made of clipped yew and box hedges, the gardens offer lovely parkland vistas and the earliest ha-ha in Britain. There is an herb garden, summer bedding plants and attractive borders. Best in: summer.
Kendal, Cumbria, England, LA8 0PD
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A delightful 4-acre garden surrounds Morland House, a picturesque historic house dating to the 16th century. Morland Beck runs through the garden, with three waterfalls and stepping stones across the beck. Footpaths run beside the beck, taking in a quarry garden, a rose garden, and an orchard.
Morland, Eden Valley, Cumbria, England, CA10 3AZ
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