# Cotswold Gardens Open to Visitors - Famous Gardens > Famous Cotswold gardens open to visitors, including Hidcote Manor, Kiftsgate Court, Barnsley House, Westonbirt Arboretum and Westbury Court water garden. URL: https://cotswolds.info/gardens.shtml Section: Gardens Last updated: 2006-05-28 Barnsley House Batsford Arboretum Bourton House Cerney House Hidcote Manor Kiftsgate Court Lydney Park Painswick Rococo Rodmarton Manor Rousham House Snowshill Manor Spetchley Park Gardens Stanway House Sudeley Castle Westbury Court Westonbirt Arboretum Rodmarton Manor Sezincote Garden lovers will be sure to find something to delight them in the famous gardens of the Cotswolds. You can stroll around a garden attached to an old manor house and soak up the atmosphere or admire the formality and manicured gardens elsewhere. The National Trust owns the world-renowned Hidcote Manor gardens, while the nearby Kiftsgate Court garden is famous world-wide for the Kiftsgate climbing rose. Rodmarton Manor and Barnsley House gardens are both fine examples of traditional English country gardens while Westbury Court garden is the earliest formal Dutch water garden remaining in the country. There are many to explore. - For - 2006 Calendar of Horticultural Events in Worcestershire - For - Information and advice for gardeners - For - Cotswold Gardens Open to the public under the National Gardens Scheme BARNSLEY HOUSE BATSFORD ARBORETUM BOURTON HOUSE ![Barnsley House Gardens](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/barnsley3.jpg) ![Batsford Arboretum](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/barnsley51.jpg) ![Bourton House Gardens](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/bourton_house_gardens.jpg) **Garden Type -** Mature Soil **Soil Type -** Light Alkaline **Garden Type -** Arboretum **Soil Type -** Cotswold Sand and clay **Garden Type -** Formal / herbaceous **Soil Type -** Alkaline / Lime Family garden created since 1952 by the well known writer and gardener Rosemary Verey and is now run by her son Charles. A wonderful mixture of planting and features. Located in the village of Barnsley, near Bibury. 55 acres of Parkland overlooking the Evenlode Valley containing over 1500 species of trees. In spring displays of flowering bulbs, wild flowers, and magnolias. Located on the outskirts of the village of Batsford near Moreton-in-Marsh Surrounding a delightful 18th century Cotswold Manor House (not open) and 16th century tithe barn, this exciting 3 acre garden brims with ideas. Located in the village of Bourton-on-the-Hill near Moreton-in-Marsh. Available to walk round if you dine or have afternoon tea. **Open all year. **batsarb.co.uk 25 May to 31 August: Every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.September and October: Thursdays and Fridays only. Also Bank Holiday Sundays and Mondays at the end of May and August. Tel. 01386 700121 www.bourtonhouse.com BACK TO TOP CERNEY HOUSE GARDENS HIDCOTE MANOR GARDENS KIFTSGATE COURT ![Cerney House Gardens](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/CerneyHouseGardens.jpg) ![Hidcote Manor Garden](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/hidcote_manor_garden.jpg) ![Kiftsgate Court Gardens](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/barnsley2.jpg) **Garden Type -** Romantic **Soil Type -** Alkaline - Neutral **Garden Type -** Outdoor Rooms **Soil Type -** Alkaline **Garden Type -** Early 20th Century **Soil Type -**Neutral Secret Cotswold garden with typical Victorian features. Working kitchen garden in walled area with large herbaceous borders, plant collection, and parkland setting. Located in the village of North Cerney, not far from Cirencester. This garden is internationally renowned and is a series of smaller gardens each with it's own theme. One of the most inventive and influential gardens of the 20th century. Located near the village of Hidcote Bartrim not far from Chipping Campden. Perched on the edge of the Cotswolds with wonderful views to the west, the gardens of Kiftsgate reflect gardening through the 20th century. The original gardens around the house are planted in colour themes separated by yew hedges. Located opposite to Hidcote Manor Gardens. **Open April to July.** www.cerneygardens.com **Open April to October. Tel. 01386 438333** **Open April to September. Tel. 01386 438777** BACK TO TOP LYDNEY PARK PAINSWICK ROCOCO ![Lydney Park Gardens](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/barnsley4.jpg) ![Painswick Rococo Gardens](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/barnsley6.jpg) **Garden Type -** Woodland **Soil Type -** Magnesium enhanced limestone **Garden Type -** Historical **Soil Type -** Lime The home of Viscount Bledisloe and is set in beautiful countryside. The spring gardens are in an enchanting secluded wooded valley with lakes and Rhododendrons, Roman temple site museum and New Zealand Museum. Located at Lydney in Gloucestershire on the edge of the Forrest of Dean and the River Seven estuary. Situated in a hidden 6 acre Cotswold valley, the Rococo garden is the only compete survivor from the brief early 18th century period of English Rococo Garden design. It combines formality and informality in a magical experience at any time of the year. Located on the outskirts of the market town of Painswick. **Open 25 March to 3 June. Tel 01594 842027** **Open January to November**. www.rococogarden.org.uk BACK TO TOP ROUSHAM HOUSE GARDENS RODMARTON MANOR ![Rousham house](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/rousham_house.jpg) ![Rodmarton Gardens](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/rodmarton2.jpg) **Garden Type -** Mixed **Soil Type -** Mixed **Garden Type** - Arts and Crafts **Soil Type** - Brash Rousham and its landscape garden should be a place of pilgrimage for students of the work of William Kent (1685-1748). 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, such as the ponds and cascades in Venus' Vale, the Cold Bath, and seven arched Praeneste, Townsend's Building, the Temple of the Mill, and, on the skyline, a sham ruin known as the 'Eyecatcher'. The Gardens consist of a number of different rooms each with its own character. The Manor House was completed in 1920, the last manor-house to be built in England. Located near Cirencester. **Open all year**. www.rousham.org **Open 9 May to 29 August** www.rodmarton-manor.co.uk BACK TO TOP SNOWSHILL MANOR STANWAY HOUSE SUDELEY CASTLE ![Snowshill Manor Gardens](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/snowshill_manor_gardens.jpg) ![Stanway House Gardens](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/barnsley9.jpg) ![sudeley Castle Gardens](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/barnsley11.jpg) **Garden Type -** Organic Cottage Garden **Soil Type -** Neutral Loam **Garden Type -**Landscape **Soil Type -** Medium Loam / Clay **Garden Type -** Historic House **Soil Type -** Stoney Alkaline Snowshill Manor is full to the brim of Charles Wade's collection from all over the world. The charming cottage style garden is set in 2.5 acres and is organically run. The garden has stunning views. Located at the village of Snowshill, 5 minutes by car from Broadway. Fodor's Great Britain Guide describes Stanway House 'as perfect and pretty a Cotswold manor house as anyone is likely to see'. The house and gardens are a jewel surrounded by beautiful landscaped parkland and villages. There are two wonderful water features. Located near the village of Stanton. Sudeley Castle is set against the backdrop of the Cotswold hills and is steeped in history. Surrounding the castle are ten enchanting gardens and a wild flower walk to the tithe barn and heritage seed library with it's rare vegetables. Located at Winchcombe. **Open April to 4 November. Tel 01386 852410** **Open August and September. Tel 01386 584469** **Open 1st w/e in Mar to last in Oct. www.stratford.co.uk/sudeley** BACK TO TOP WESTBURY COURT WESTONBIRT ![Westbury Court Gardens 9 miles from Gloucester](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/westbury_court_gardens.jpg) ![Barnsley](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/barnsley14.jpg) **Garden Type -** Formal Water Garden **Soil Type -** Clay / Silt Loam PH7 **Garden Type -** Arboretum **Soil Type -** Mixed A fully restored Dutch style formal water garden dating originally from 1700. The garden includes topiary, yew hedges, a 400 year old evergreen oak and a relaxing tranquil atmosphere. Located at Westbury-on-Severn approx. 9 miles from Gloucester. Contains one of the finest collection of trees and shrubs in Europe. There are 18000 of them spread throughout 600 acres of glorious Cotswold countryside. Also displays of rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias, and the wild flowers of silk wood. Located at the village of Westonbirt, not far from Tetbury. **Open Marsh to October. **www.nationaltrust.org.uk **Open all year**. www.forestryengland.uk **Open 9 May to 29 August** www.rodmarton-manor.co.uk BACK TO TOP MALMESBURY ABBEY SPETCHLEY PARK SEZINCOTE ![Malmesbury Abbey Gardens](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/malmesbury.jpg) ![Spetchley Gardens](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/spetchley.jpg) ![Sezincote Gardens](https://cotswolds.info/images/gardens/sezincote.jpg) **Garden type - Diversified** **Garden type - Diversified** Garden type - Diversified 5 acres of magnificent garden located adjacent to Malmebury Abbey. There is a huge variety of planting through double herbaceous borders, foloiage garden, wooded and laburnum walks. Along the sloping pathways collections of hellebore, hydrangea, camellia, rhodoendon and azalea. There is a collection of 2000 roses and 2000 herbal plants. See Malmesbury Abbey details. 30 acres of lake, landscaping, and walled garden loved by laymen and plantsmen alike. Spetchley House and gardens are owned by the Berkeley family - the owners of Berkeley Castle. The House is not open to the public. In spring the banks of the lake are covered in daffodils and makes a wonderful sight. Located 3 miles east of Worcester on the A422 towards Evesham. Tel. 01905 345213 This garden at Sezincote surrounds a fine house built to encompass Indian character in 1810. The Indian influence is seen in the garden and the drive goes over an Indian Bridge with statues of bulls. Water features include a temple pool, Canal, stream bordered with bog loving plants. Fine trees include copper beeches, cedars, limes and yews with many unusual shrubs. In Autumn the tints are marvellous. Located on A44 1.5 miles from Moreton-in-Marsh towards Broadway. Tel. 01386 700444 Open Daily - March 31 to October 31. www.abbeyhousemanor.com Open April to September, Tuesday to Friday 11-5, Sundays 2-5 www.spetchleyparkestate.co.uk Open - Thurs, Fri and BHs 2 - 6 except Dec. House open May, Jun, Jul, Sept, Thur and Fri, 2 30 - 6 00 (no children in house). BACK TO TOP BACK TO TOP This page last modified Sunday, 28-May-2006 20:00:22 BST