NOTE the estimated hours from London needed to reach a garden are shown in brackets Barrington Court Ilminster, Somerset (3). Formal garden, created in the 1920s by Col Arthur Lyle from derelict farmland; influenced by Gertrude Jekyll, it is laid out in a series of walled sections, including the White, Rose, Lily and Iris Gardens. |
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Castle Drogo
Moretonhamstead, Devon (4). A spectacular castle designed by Lutyens on a high moorland spur with views over Dartmoor; Jekyll influence in the garden. |
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Combe End Elkstone, Gloucestershire (2). Restored Jekyll border. |
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Compton Scorpion Farm Ilmington, Warwickshire (3). Modern garden, created by the owners in the style of Gertrude Jekyll. |
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Durmast House Burley, Hampshire (2). Designed by Gertrude Jekyll, now being restored by the owners. |
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Gravetye Manor
East Grinstead, Sussex (2). The home of William Robinson, with whom Gertrude Jekyll collaborated on plants and writings. Gravetye is part of the Relais & Chateaux family of private hotels, with an excellent restaurant. | |
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Greywalls
East Lothian, Scotland (5 to 6). A Lutyens house, with Jekyll influence on garden. Hotel/restaurant, overlooking Muirfield Golf Course, near Edinburgh. |
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Taunton, Somerset (3). Jekyll and Lutyens garden. House now owned by the Somerset Fire Brigade. |
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King Edward Vll Sanatorium
Midhurst, Sussex (2). |
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Lindisfarne
Northumberland (4 to 5) Lutyens castle restoration; small Jekyll garden. |
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Renishaw Hall Derbyshire (3). Sitwell family home, where Lutyens did a lot of work, while Gertrude Jekyll 'issued her decrees on the garden beds'. |
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Sissinghurst Castle Garden Kent (2). Created by Vita Sackville-West, who called Gertrude Jekyll 'that grand gardener to whom we owe so much'. |
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The Patched Gloves Rye, Sussex (2). Garden of contrasting areas, including herbaceous borders in the Jekyll style. |
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The Salutation Sandwich, Kent (2). Lutyens house, with Tea Room; garden designed (or influenced) by Gertrude Jekyll, with modern animal statues. | | Tylney Hall HotelHook, Hampshire (2). Hotel/restaurant. |
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Yalding Organic Gardens Maidstone, Kent (2). 14 individual gardens to demonstrate gardening through the ages, including a Jekyll border. |
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West Dean College Chichester, Sussex (2) Adult education college, specialising in restoration, conservation, arts & crafts. Gertrude Jekyll advice on garden. |
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