Last updated on 10 March 10
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Hergest Croft Gardens

4.0/5 (2 ratings)

Kitchen Garden. Photograph © Hergest Croft Gardens
Photograph © Hergest Croft Gardens

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A late-nineteenth century house (1896) with a colourful garden. The design of the garden shows an influence from William Robinson and Gertrude Jekyll. There is an old fashioned kitchen garden, a fine woodland garden, rose garden and spring and summer borders. The herbaceous planting near the house is good.

Address - Kington, Herefordshire, England, HR5 3EG
Opening times - Weekends in March. Daily from 21st March 2008 to 2nd November 2008. Open 12pm to 5:30pm.
Admission - Adult £5.50, Child under 16 Free
Website - Visit the Hergest Croft Gardens website

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Reviews and Comments

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about 2 years ago Anonymous said
Outstandingly beautiful and tranquil. A wonderful place. Well worth a visit for the amateur and expert alike.

(5.0/5)
almost 4 years ago Patrick and Sarah said
Hergest Croft has some fine late 19th century (?) trees in the area immediately near the house. The problem for any garden designer would be how to compensate for the sheer ugliness of the house, a very undistinguished Edwardian (c. 1906) edifice. Of the designed area near the house, it has to be said that the parterre formed of slate beds, a sub-Andy Goldsworthy structure in the middle, and some topiary covered with wire, is a real mistake, for two reasons. Firstly, the parterre is rather isolated at the side of the house, whereas surely some of a parterre should form an important part of the main axis; secondly, the materials jar in the context of an otherwise rather lush well-planted garden.

(3.0/5)

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