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Hidcote Manor Garden

  4.5/5 (4 ratings)
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Gardenvisit Editorial

A famous Arts and Crafts garden, made c1905. Lawrence Johnston was a keen plantsman with a strong sense of artistic composition. Yew, holly and beech hedges are used to define a series of garden rooms. One room is occupied only by a circular raised pool. Others have a character deriving from their inspired planting. The standard of building craftsmanship is high and the number of plants which have the name 'Hidcote' point to Johnston's expertise. Were it nearer London, the garden would be as famous as Sissinghurst.
Address Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England, GL55 6LR
Opening times Late March to early November. Daily except Thursday and Fridays (but open Fridays in July and August). Open 10am to 6pm (5pm October and November). Liable to overcrowding on Bank Holiday Mondays and Sundays
Admission Adult £8.00 (includes voluntary gift aid donation)
Website Visit the Hidcote Manor Garden website

Designers and Influences

This garden has been designed and influenced by Lawrence Johnston

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Recent Reviews

  • 4 months ago Adam Hodge said

    I heartily respect Mr Martin's opinion about Hidcote, and his analysis of its style is most helpful.
    Permit me to admit my failure to appreciate the garden, compared to say Kiftsgate just round the corner, which definitely does it for me !

    (4.0/5)
  • 5 months ago John Martin said

    Nobody should be deterred from visiting Hidcote by the extraordinary review by Mr.Hodge. This is one of the finest gardens in England, the more so because it is cared for by the National Trust in a manner Major Lawrence Johnson would have approved. The style is an elaboration of the English Cottage Garden which is small scale, but the central axis allows a dramatic transition from the tightly planted 'rooms' to a broad vista over farmland to the Vale of Evesham. Wonderful.

    (5.0/5)
  • 7 months ago Adam Hodge said

    I'm not quite sure why this place didnt agree with me..the design is, without doubt, busy with lots of 'rooms', each with its own character and lovely plantings , but I couldnt wait to get out. It was all so contained and..intense...no sense of space or openness
    I'm sure this will illicit lots of scorn, which is fair game !

    (4.0/5)
  • 8 months ago Anonymous said

    Wonderful!

    (5.0/5)

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