Lake District

Levens Hall Garden » The finest topiary garden in Britain was laid out by a Frenchman, Guillaume Beaumont, in 1690. The ha-ha dates from 1694 and is one of the earliest in Britain. The topiary was re-cut c1815. An undulating avenue of oak trees leads into the parkland. A campaign, in 1970, saved the avenue from being severed by a spur of the M6 motoway. The head gardener, in 2003, advised those who use shears to keep them wet (he uses a spray). Read more on Levens Hall Garden »

Graythwaite Hall Garden » An extensively changed Tudor house with one of Thomas Mawson's earliest large garden designs. The sundial, designed by Dan Gibson, was used on the covers of the third to fifth editions of Art and Craft of Garden Making and Graythwaite is a key example of his work. The Arts and Crafts Style can be seen in the rose garden, the Dutch garden, the yew hedges and the terraces. Read more on Graythwaite Hall Garden »

Holker Hall Garden » A Victorian garden was made when a large wing of the house was rebuilt after a fire in the nineteenth century. It is a 'stately home' with parkland, terraces, lawns and a rose garden designed by Thomas Mawson. Read more on Holker Hall Garden »