Things to Do: National Garden Scheme

The National Garden Scheme Open Gardens season is underway, and we are pleased to highlight some of the gardens local to us.

 

St Paul’s Walden Bury
Sun 10th May 2-6pm
Spectacular formal woodland garden, Grade I listed, laid out 1720, covering over 50 acres.
St Paul’s Walden Bury, Hitchin SG4 8BP

White Horse Cottage, Reed End
Sun 31st May 10am-4pm
Romantic cottage garden of under an acre surrounding a C16 listed thatched cottage.
Reed End, Therfield, SG8 9RL

Mill House, Bassingbourn
Sun 7th Jun 11am-5pm
Four acre traditional English garden with different areas of interest.
Mill House, Bassingbourn, SG8 5NS

Duxford Gardens
Sun 7th Jun 2-6pm
Seven gardens of different sizes and character. Duxford Gardens, Duxford, CB22

Kirtling Tower
Sun 14th Jun 11am-4pm
Large formal gardens incl. moat, ornamental Walled Garden, Cloisters Rose Garden, Cutting and Vegetable Garden. Secret Gardens.
Kirtling, nr Newmarket CB8 9PA

Burloes Hall
Sun 14th Jun & Sun 6th Sept 11am-5pm
Formal gardens with deep colourful mixed herbaceous borders.
Burloes Hall, Royston SG8 9NE

Audley End House
Thu 18th Jun 5.30-7.30pm
A landscape designed and influenced by Capability Brown, later enhanced by William Sawry Gilpin.
Audley End House, nr Saffron Walden CB11

Dovehouse Shott, Barley
Sun 21st Jun 11am-5pm
A lovely cottage garden with quirky features owned by the producer of Pinkster Gin and Blooming Natural.
Smiths End Ln, Barley, SG8 8LL

King’s College Fellows’ Garden and Provost’s Garden
Sun 28th Jun 10am-4.30pm
A Victorian garden with rare specimen trees, small woodland walk, herbaceous and sub-tropical borders, rose pergola, kitchen garden and orchard.
Queen’s Road, Cambridge CB3 9DW

For all booking and ticket information, and the full list of open gardens, visit: www.ngs.org.uk – FB @NationalGardenScheme