THe Beauty of English Gardens

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Best English Gardens to Visit

The English garden presented an idealized view of nature, often inspired by paintings of landscapes by Claude Lorraine and Nicolas Poussin. It usually included a lake, sweeps of gently rolling lawns set against groves of trees, and recreations of classical temples, Gothic ruins, bridges, and other picturesque architecture, designed to recreate an idyllic pastoral landscape.

1. Hidcote Manor Garden

Hidcote Manor is an Arts & Crafts masterpiece hidden down a series of twisting country lanes in the Cotswolds. It was designed and developed by Maj. Lawrence Johnston, a wealthy and well educated American, scion of a Baltimore stockbroking family, who became a naturalised British subject and fought with the British Army in the Boer and First World Wars. Johnston was an avid plant collector and horticulturalist who sponsored and participated in plant hunting expeditions around the world to secure rare and exotic species for this extremely pretty garden.

2. RHS Garden Wisley

britainonview.com/Martin BrentThe Royal Horticultural Society's Wisley Garden is where keen English gardeners go to be inspired to create their own gardens. Its world famous collection of plants has been developing for more than 100 years and there is always something new to see, any time of year.
Spread out over 240 acres in Woking, Surrey, about an hour's drive from Central London, Wisley is open every day of the year and full of practical garden design ideas and cultivation techniques. Visitors interested in the latest and the best in gardenening should make a beeline for Wisley.

3. Sissinghurst Castle Garden

Sissinghurst is one of the most romantic of English country gardens. Created by 1920s writer Vita Sackville-West and her husband Sir Harold Nicolson, it is divided into intimate garden "rooms" that offer an array of color all year round. The White Garden is world famous. Sissinghurst Castle Garden is the most visited garden in England. Plan your visit in the afternoon when it is quieter. What you will see is a series of enclosed spaces or garden rooms each styled and planted in a different way but all giving an overwhelming impression of abundance and romanticism. Rare plants mingle with traditional English cottage garden flowers. Surprising views of small hidden spaces and long vistas open up at every turn.