Gardens to Visit in Wiltshire
Once the site of the Abbot of Malmesbury Abbey's garden, the garden today covers 5 acres, and is located directly beside the historic ruins of the Abbey. The gardens are built about a 16th century house, and offer richly colourful garden walks throughout the spring, summer, and fall.
The Abbey House, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, SN16 9AS
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Heritage Highlight: Located beside medieval Malmesbury Abbey, and once the site of the Abbot's garden
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Garden: The 2000-acre estate surrounding the Georgian mansion of Bowood was landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown over the years 1762-68. The grounds include formal gardens near the house, plus a pinetum and arboretum, and a lovely 2-mile long Rhododendron Walk open for six weeks during May and June.
Derry Hill, Calne, Wiltshire, England, SN11 0LZ
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The 17th-century manor at Heale sheltered Charles II in 1651. Surrounding the house are award-winning gardens that start the year off with fantastic displays of snowdrops and aconites; in June the roses come into their own. Other features include a Japanese tea house, water garden, and a walled kitchen garden.
Heale House, Middle Woodford, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, SP4 6NT
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Taking their name from a famous tree on the ancient boundary between Dorset and Wiltshire, the Larmer Tree Gardens were the 1880 creation of General Pitt Rivers and are perhaps the first privately created garden intended from the start for public enjoyment.
Tollard Royal, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, SP5 5PT
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Heritage Highlight: Victorian follies and garden buildings
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Peto Gardens are an award-winning Grade I early 20th-century hillside garden set beside the historic house of Ilford Manor, looking down on the River Frome. Statuary, Italianate colonnades, formal terraces and a cloister set the tone for this beautiful terraced garden, with its stunning views out over the Wiltshire countryside.
Ilford Manor, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, BA15 2BA
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Heritage Highlight: An influential Edwardian garden design
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One of the great gardens in England, if not the world, Stourhead is perhaps the most influential English landscape garden. The garden, if one can truly call this astonishing creation a 'garden', is an Arcadian paradise devised by Henry Hoare in 1741. Hoare designed an extraodrinarily landscape of lakes, sinuous paths, and neo-classical follies to surround his mansion of Stourhead House.
Stourton, Warminster, Wiltshire, England, BA12 6QF
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Here is a delightful seven-acre English garden, not to be missed. Irises and lilies grace the water gardens, spring bulbs accent the arboretum, and topiary and herbaceous borders lend a stateliness without being overly formal.
B3107, Holt, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, BA14 6RR
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