Gloucestershire Parks & Gardens

Batsford Arboretum

50 acre arboretum and wild garden containing over 1500 trees. Established in the 1880s, it is one of the largest privately owned collections of trees in the British Isles. Original bronze statues. Parking.

Batsford Park, Moreton-in-Marsh,  GL56 9QB Tel: 01386 701441   Email

Birdland - Park & Gardens

Birdland is a natural setting of woodland, river and gardens. Over 500 birds; penguins to flamingos and parrots to hornbills. Tropical, Desert and Toucan Houses. Large Play Area, Penguin Café, Picnic Areas, Gift Shop, Adoptions, Season & Family tickets.

Rissington Road  Bourton-on-the-Water  GL54 2BN  Tel: 01451 820480   Email

Bourton House Garden

A recently re-established 3 acre garden in a fine Cotswold setting. Includes a tithe barn, knot garden, pond, topiary, imaginatively planted containers & exuberant borders. Teas. Groups by arrangement.

Bourton-on-the-Hill   GL56 9AE  Tel: 01386 700754   Email

Cerney House Gardens

A romantic walled garden, filled with old-fashioned roses & herbaceous borders. It has a working kitchen garden, a scented garden & a well labelled herb garden. Wild flower bank, the Bothy Pottery, shop and teas.

Cerney Lodge  North Cerney  Cirencester  GL7 7BX Tel: 01285 831300   Email

Hidcote Manor Gardens

A delightful garden created early last century by the horticulturist Major Lawrence Johnston. A series of small gardens separated by walls and hedges of different species. Restaurant, gift shop & plant sales. Parking.

Hidcote Bartrim  nr Chipping Campden  GL55 6LR Tel: 01386 438333   Email

Kiftsgate Court Garden

Garden set on the Cotswold escarpment containing many unusual shrubs & plants including a collection of roses and the famous Kiftsgate Rose. Nursery. Teas from June - Aug. Nursery. Also open on Saturday afternoons in June/July. Parking.

Chipping Campden, GL55 6LN   Tel: 01386 438777   Email

Lydney Park Spring Gardens

Extensive woodland garden with rhododendrons & azaleas. Picnics in the Deer Park. Roman temple site & museum. Museum Sales outlet. Plants for sale.

Lydney Park,  GL15 6BU  Tel: 01594 842844   Email

Mill Dene Garden

Beautiful Cotswold stone water-mill dating back to Norman times. 2.5 acre award-winning garden with mill pool, stream, grotto & rose walk. Limited parking.

Blockley, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9HU  Tel: 01386 700457  Email

Misarden Park Gardens

Country house garden developed over 300 years with spring bulbs, roses, herbaceous borders, shrubs, ornamental trees, yew walk & walled garden. Garden nurseries. Rill & summerhouse. And new Parterre

Miserden, Stroud, GL6 7JA   Tel: 01285 821303

Sezincote

Attractive gardens surrounding an original and fascinating Regency manor house in Indian style. No children allowed in the house. Contact by writing only.

Moreton-in-Marsh  GL56 9AW  Tel: 01386 700444

Painswick Rococo Gardens

An 18th Century garden combining contemporary garden structures with woodland walks and magnificent views of the surrounding countryside. Banks of snowdrops early in the year. Newly planted anniversary maze. Gift shop & restaurant. Parking.

Painswick, GL6 6TH  Tel: 01452 813204   Email

Westbury Court Garden

A formal water garden with canals & yew hedges, laid out between 1696-1705. The earliest of its kind remaining in England. Restored in 1971 & planted with fruit trees dating from pre 1700. Parking.

Westbury on Severn,  GL14 1PD  Tel: 01452 760461   Email

Westonbirt Arboretum

600 acre arboretum with one of the finest collections of temperate trees & shrubs in the world. Azaleas & rhododendrons in the spring & brilliant hues in the autumn. Visitor centre, cafe, shop & plant centre. Parking.

Tetbury   GL8 8QS  Tel: 01666 881213     Email

Ewen Manor Gardens

An unspoiled English country garden with spring bulbs, sunken beds, a lily pool, cedars & traditional borders. Groups by previous arrangement, individuals by telephone appointment.

Drakes Island, Ewen, Cirencester  GL7 6BY  Tel: 01285 770206