Top 10 Gardens With English Heritage - Membership

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Top 10 Gardens With English Heritage - Membership

This week at English Heritage - Membership we would like to introduce to you The 'Top 10 Gardens for Gardeners'

From rolling parkland and stunning vistas to elegant parterres and working kitchen gardens, we look after some of the most magnificent gardens in the country. English Gardens are famous all over the world and no holiday to England would be complete without a visit to at least one of them. - here are just some of our favourites.

 

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1. Wrest Park

 1. Wrest Park

Anyone who has ever wondered about the evolution of the English garden should visit Wrest Park. The vast gardens are a dramatic showcase of three centuries of landscape design and, until recently, remained much of a secret to the public.

2. The Elizabethan Garden at Kenilworth Castle

 2. The Elizabethan Garden at Kenilworth Castle

Originally created for Queen Elizabeth I by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, at a time when he still hoped to marry her, this was a garden designed to seduce and beguile its visitors.

3. Audley End House and Gardens

 3. Audley End House and Gardens

The house and gardens at Audley End were among the largest and most opulent in Jacobean England. Today Audley End is set in a tranquil landscape with stunning views across the unspoilt Essex countryside.

4. Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens

 4. Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens

A true plantsman's dream, the Grade-I listed garden at Belsay Hall is one of the most extraordinary picturesque garden landscapes in England.

Based on the ancient quarries of Sicily, the dramatic series of ravines and corridors that contribute to the unique microclimate of the Quarry Garden provide solace for a number of rare and unusual plants.

5. Brodsworth Hall & Gardens

 5. Brodsworth Hall & Gardens

A sleeping beauty for the majority of the 20th century, the gardens at Brodsworth Hall have now come back to life, a stunning 15 acre garden connected by tunnels, bridges and meandering pathways which provide visitors with beautiful visual surprises at every turn.

6. Witley Court & Gardens

 6. Witley Court & Gardens

One hundred years ago, Witley Court was one of England's great country houses, surrounded by magnificent landscaped gardens. Then in 1937, disaster struck with a terrible fire, and the house and gardens fell into long decline.

7. Walmer Castle & Gardens

 7. Walmer Castle & Gardens

Originally built by Henry VIII, over time Walmer has played host to the Duke of Wellington, William Pitt the Younger and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The 10-acre gardens reflect this long history and the castle's transformation from fortress to elegant royal residence.

8. Eltham Palace & Gardens

 8. Eltham Palace & Gardens

A former medieval palace, Eltham was in a sorry state before millionaires Stephen and Virginia Courtauld transformed it into a stunning Art Deco home in the 1930s. Now the gardens are a rare and very fine example of a 1930s Arts and Crafts garden, with an intriguing mix of medieval features woven into the landscape.

9. The Home of Charles Darwin (Down House)

 9. The Home of Charles Darwin (Down House)

On first glance the gardens at Down House appear unremarkable, with a relaxed atmosphere of a family garden. First impressions are deceptive, however, as for many scientists across the world this is hallowed ground.

10. Princess Beatrice Garden at Carisbrooke Castle

 10.  Princess Beatrice Garden at Carisbrooke Castle

The pretty Edwardian-inspired garden at Carisbrooke is the work of award-winning Chris Beardshaw, created in 2009 within the former 'privy' gardens of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Beatrice.