Gardens in the Cotswolds
Batsford Aboretum
Batsford Arboretum is full of colour. A great place to walk and see the changing flora and forna. As well as the wonderful arboretum there is a cafe, garden centre and shopping.
The Arboretum is a 55-acre arboretum and botanical garden near Batsford in Gloucestershire, about 1½ miles north-west of Moreton-in-Marsh.
Hidcote Manor & Kiftsgate Gardens
Hidcote Manor, only a stone’s throw from Stratford-Upon-Avon, is one of the best known Arts and Crafts gardens in Britain.
Designed by Lawrence Johnston, it is now a National Trust property and is open to public (more information about opening times and prices here). The gardens are very colourful and full of surprises; take time to discover the maze of narrow pathways and the secret gardens. This is a must-see during your holidays and it will be a perfect day out for garden lovers and a good spot to observe the wildlife of the North Cotswolds.
Highgrove Gardens
Highgrove is the private residence of TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, near Tetbury in Gloucestershire. His Royal Highness has devoted much energy to transforming the gardens around the house, which are now renowned as some of the most inspiring and innovative in the United Kingdom.
The gardens are open to the public on selected days between April – October each year.
Rousham Gardens
Rousham represents the first phase of English landscape design and remains almost as Kent left it, one of the few gardens of this date to have escaped alteration, with many features which delighted eighteenth century visitors to Rousham still in situ.
When you visit Rousham you will find it uncommercial and unspoilt with no tea room and no shop, although you are more than welcome to take along a picnic with you.
Snowshill Manor and Garden
The garden is the perfect place to unwind and explore hidden vistas, quiet corners and unexpected delights including Charles Wade’s uncomplicated home, the Priest’s House.
Sezincote House and Gardens
At the heart of a traditional, family-run estate covering 4,500 acres of rolling Cotswold countryside stands a 200-year-old Mogul Indian palace, set in a romantic landscape of temples, grottoes, waterfalls and canals reminiscent of the Taj Mahal.
Visitors are welcomed to the house and garden at the set opening times, and a very few special weddings are hosted every summer.
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Visit the inspiring herbaceous borders, glasshouses that take you around the World or simply relax in the oldest Botanic Garden in Britain. The Botanic Garden was founded in 1621 and is the most compact, yet most diverse collection of plants in the World right in the heart of the city centre and is open throughout the year for you to visit and enjoy.
