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Hidcote Manor Garden

  4.4/5 (7 ratings)

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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

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This garden has been designed and influenced by Lawrence Johnston

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Recent Reviews

  • 5 days ago Bruce Rawlings said

    I have been visiting Hidcote for over 3 years to make a video of this fantastic garden. The more you visit it the more you can appreciate Lawrence Johnstone's inspirational design and love of plants.

    There is now a DVD available about Hidcote Manor Garden and its creator that is now part of a fundraising project. The programme is available from the garden shop or from my website.

    Having caught the 'Johnston' bug I am now producing a DVD that looks at Serre de la Madone Lawrence Johnston's garden in the South of France. This will be available in early 2010 and again this will be used as part of the fundraising activities.

    (5.0/5)
  • about 1 month ago Anonymous said

    My em pmole48@hotmail.com

    Sorry this isnt a review BUT can anyone tell me when the white garden at Hidcote was planted up? Hope someone can help! peter

    (4.0/5)
  • 2 months ago Pete said

    Hidcote is one of those gardens my garden loving friends tell me is a masterpiece.

    Now reading the reviews from Adam Hodge and John Martin I can see both points.

    I love the rooms, I love the cottagey feel. I've spent many hours sitting in the orchard enjoying a good book. In many respects its perfect.

    So why only 4 stars? well I too feel a bit claustrophpbic. And you know what the damn place is too popular, the number of times in some of the rooms i've had to say "excuse me" "excuse me".

    Its a lovely garden but I just wish less people visited it.

    (4.0/5)
  • about 1 year 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)
  • about 1 year 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)

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