![Emmetts Garden](/images/attractions/editor/Emmetts-1358-s.jpg)
Emmetts was created between 1890-1927 by an Edwardian gentleman named Frederick Lubbock as a weekend retreat for his family. Lubbock was a friend of influential garden writer William Robinson and shared Robinson's enthusiasm for new and unusual plants. At Emmetts he decided to create a garden featuring exotic plants in a natural landscape.
Much of Emmetts is laid out on a sloping hillside, with views across the Kentish Weald and the North Downs. On a wooded slope you can walk through a small pinetum, an Alpine garden, and a south garden with exotic shrubs.
There are woodland walks through hillsides covered in bluebells in spring, and a longer walk brings you to the nearby National Trust property of Toy's Hill, one of the first Trust purchases. One of the prize trees at Emmetts is a giant Wellingtonia which is thought to be the tallest tree in Kent.
![The Alpine rock garden](/images/attractions/editor2/Emmetts-1339.jpg)
![Summer ferns](/images/attractions/editor2/Emmetts-1354.jpg)
![Amusing wicker sculptures dot the garden](/images/attractions/editor2/Emmetts-1349.jpg)
![Emmetts House](/images/attractions/editor2/Emmetts-1340.jpg)
(not open to the public)
![A garden fountain](/images/attractions/editor2/Emmetts-1345.jpg)
![A shaded walk at the top of the garden](/images/attractions/editor2/Emmetts-1346.jpg)
top of the garden