Garden Finder Archive - Page 14 of 16 - Walled Kitchen Gardens Network

Stratford Mansion ( The Museum in the Park )

Stratford Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 4AF
T: 01453763394| www.museuminthepark.org.uk

A Grade 2 listed Mansion with a modern extension, courtyard to the front and with an attached plunge pool. There is an attached walled garden to the rear of the premises. The plaque on the Mansion has a date of 1674. A former merchant’s house which sits within it’s arboretum, gardens and parkland, now houses the Local Authority Museum in the Park. The two storied mansion has an attached walled garden with an elaborate 18th century gate. To the side of the mansion sits a courtyard with a modern extension. This courtyard serves as the entrance to the Museum. The walled garden has recently been transformed from a derelict site… Read more »

Sugnall Walled Kitchen Garden

Sugnall, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST21 6NF
T: 01785-850820| www.sugnall.co.uk

This 2 acre walled garden was constructed in 1737-8. It was revived 2006-11 with 200 new dwarf pyramids and 50 wall fruit. It has a vinery, and Victorian and Edwardian glasshouses. Most is now under cultivation, but Easter to September events take place in an Indian pavilion. Produce is sold in the farmers market and jams and chutneys through a tearoom and shop, also open Easter to September. Leaflets available.

Swillington Walled Garden

Swillington Organic Farm, Garden Cottage, Coach Rd, Swillington, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS26 8QA
T: 01132 869129 or 07974 826 876| swillingtonorganicfarm.co.uk

Not yet fully restored, but a productive and working kitchen garden, run on Community Supported Agriculture principles. Open on Fridays and Saturdays 10am-4pm. No admission charge but donations welcome, as are volunteers.

Tatton Park, (NT)

Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 6QN
T: 01625 374400| www.tattonpark.org.uk

Two of the 3 walled gardens have been restored, one for fruit, the other for vegetables, with produce grown from the Edwardian era. There are heated walls and restored glasshouses, with a recently restored Pinery Vinery designed by Samuel Wyatt.

Teasses Gardens

nr Ceres, Fife, KY8 5PG
T: Sir Fraser & Lady Morrison, tel: 01334 828048| www.gardensofscotland.org/garden.aspx?id=b9f4ac2a-a893-4e4c-b016-9f5600aa8ac5

Privately owned 2 acre oval walled garden, restored after many years neglect, with traditional fruit, vegetables, cut flowers and a large greenhouse. The walled garden is part of a 50 acre garden which can be visited all the year round by groups and individuals by appointment. Tours with a member of the gardening staff available. All proceeds to Scotland’s Gardening Scheme charities, email joanie@teasses.com

The Medicine Garden

Downside Rd, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 3LU
T: 01932 589536| www.themedicinegarden.com

The two acre 19th century walled garden offers a space ‘to relax or play’. Outside the garden, the Courtyard Community is a collection of small businesses offering a range of opportunities from shopping to landscape design. Also a garden shop, treatment rooms and the Hothouse café.

The Vyne (NT)

Sherborne St. John, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 9HL
T: 01256 883858| www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-thevyne

18th Century Walled Garden, rhomboidal in shape and 1.5 acres in area. Around half is under cultivation with a mixture of cut flower beds, vegetables, and herb garden. A three-quarter span Alitex glasshouse is used for propagation. There is a central avenue of mature heritage apple trees. A partnership with the horticultural therapy charity Thrive helps to care for the space. Tearoom.

The Walled Garden

Shenley Park, Radlett Lane, Shenley, Hertfordshire, WD7 9DW
T: 01923 852629| www.shenleypark.co.uk

The walled garden is situated in a 45 acre park in the care of the Shenley Park Trust. An unusual octagonal shape, it has been terraced to create an ornamental amphitheatre which can be used for a variety purposes. Pear trees are grown and old apple tree cordons remain.

The Walled Garden at Cowdray, (Room in the Garden)

Cowdray Park, Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9AL
T: 01730 816 881| www.walledgardencowdray.co.uk

As this kitchen garden is adjacent to Cowdray’s ruined medieval mansion, it doubles as a reconstructed Tudor garden and a show place for the rusted iron artefacts, arbours, trellises and plant supports made by the local company ‘Room in the Garden’.

The Walled Garden at Scampston

Malton, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, YO17 8NG
T: 01944 759111| www.scampston.co.uk/metadot/index.pl

Described as ‘an exciting contemporary garden’, the 41⁄2 acre walled garden has been recently landscaped and planted (2004) to a modern design by Piet Oudolf. Interesting to visit for it is an elegant, though non- productive, alternative use for an old kitchen garden.