Gardens in the Cotswolds

Stay at Fountain View luxury Cotswolds lakeside 3 bedroom self catering holiday cottage to visit the wonderful gardens. The Cotswolds is an ideal venue for a holiday break every season of the year.

From aconites in January, tulips in April, roses in July, to the splendour of the trees with their autumnal hues in October every season brings its own pageant of varying varieties of blooms and colours.

Painswick Rococo Garden this garden takes you back to the sensual early 1700’s. Gardens were then places to entertain your guests in almost theatrical settings. There is informal planting, woodland walks, a large kitchen garden and an unusual maze.

These gardens are perhaps most famous for the swathes of snowdrops forming an enchanting white blanket through the woods.

Kiftsgate Court Garden reflects gardening throughout C20. The original gardens are colour themed.

The lower gardens were created to offer a Mediterranean feel. The latest addition is a contemporary water garden

Cerney House Gardens

The walled garden is surrounded by trees giving a feeling of seclusion. You will also find a working kitchen garden, herb garden and a wildflower meadow.

Bourton House Garden is an exciting formal garden positively buzzing with ideas. It features flamboyant herbaceous borders, exotic plants, oodles of magically planted pots and imaginative topiary. The gardens are open this year from 2 June 2010 from Wednesday to Friday. A C16 tithe barn houses a gallery of contemporary art, craft and design.

Mill Dene Garden captures the spirit of the Cotswolds with its peace and tranquillity. It is innovative and fun with the air full of the scented flowers and the relaxing sound of water.

The garden has been designed to build anticipation and full of surprises.

Hidcote Manor Garden is one of the most inventive and influential gardens of C20. Nestled in the Cotswolds with wonderful views it is designed as a series of outdoor rooms each with their own special character.

It is a garden of international renown.

Westonbirt Arboretum is one of the most spectacular tree gardens in the world. With such delights as rhododendrons, magnolias azaleas and flowers in the wood in spring followed by hydrangeas, the magnificent autumn colours and the magical vision in the winter after a frost or snow

Batsford Arboretum boasts to have one of the largest private collections of trees and shrubs in the country. It is home to treasure of rare and unusual plants and trees in a beautiful setting.

Please don't forget to check the opening times

Cotswolds gardens resources
Gardens guide gardens around the country
Garden Visit all about gardens
Great British gardens map of Cotswolds gardens

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