Last updated on 23 June 08
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Hever Castle Garden

3.0/5 (1 ratings)

Italian Garden. Photograph © GardenVisit.com
Pompeiian Wall. Photograph © GardenVisit.com
Rose Garden. Photograph © GardenVisit.com
Chess Garden. Photograph © GardenVisit.com
Half-Moon Pond. Photograph © GardenVisit.com
Aerial View. Photograph © Hever Castle Ltd
Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge
Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge
Photograph © Oxford Botanica/Adam Hodge

Gardenvisit Editorial

A moated Tudor castle with a twentieth century garden. The garden was made, after 1903, for William Waldorf Astor, with 1,000 men employed. Its style is Italian/Arts and Crafts and still contains the large collection of Italian sculpture which Astor assembled when American Ambassador in Rome. The gardens were designed by an architect (F L Pearson) and a nurseryman (J Cheale). A 38 acre lake was also made, dug by 800 workers over 2 years. The garden has topiary chessmen clipped from golden yew, a Pompeiian Wall, a great pergola, a loggia, a rose garden and a fountain inspired by the Villa d'Este.

Address - Hever, Edenbridge, Kent, England, TN8 7NG
Opening times - Easter to October. Daily. Gardens open 10:45am to 6pm. Also open Thursday to Sunday in November.
Admission - Adult Castle & Garden £11.50, Garden only £9.30
Website - Visit the Hever Castle Garden website

Designers and Influences

This garden has been designed and influenced by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe

Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe

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Recent Reviews

5 months ago Adam Hodge said
An extraordinary place! SO many different styles and yet the most bizarre is the Italian Garden. On can imagine Edwardian ladies and Gentleman promenading along the paths. Many aspects reflect the fabulous wealth of Mr Astor. Many of the little planted gardens to your left as one advances to the lake are so naff its unbelievable, and yet in the middle is a very pleasantly planted garden surronded by a Yew Hedge.
Why have all the statues or pots been removed from the end balustrading that looks out onto the lake- their absence makes the place bleak !
The colours of roses in the Rose garden are too noisy for me- the perimeter of Rose Iceberg with all the crashing colours of the central beds make for a crude visual riot !
The loveliest parts I think are the rose gardens near the Castle..the utter surprise as one enters the Ballerina garden and the spacious rolling lawns with gorgeous well chosen and spaced mature trees creating a Reptonian landscape with added richness from a broader choice of trees.
The place is generally well maintained, with a rich collection of interesting plants. It is just littered with some occasional querky planting additions that are just plain wrong !!

(3.0/5)

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