Gardens Open To The Public
The following gardens are open to the public. Please contact them for more details.
Arley Arboretum is one of the oldest in the UK having been first planted in 1820. Now over 300 species can be seen including some of the finest specimen trees in the country.
01630 647 237
Dorothy Clive Garden
Woodland plantings in old gravel quarry. Spectacular waterfall cascades between rhododendrons, azaleas and woodland plants. A south facing hillside has scree garden, water features and island beds.
Late Victorian gentleman's villa which has survived largely unaltered. The grounds are a mini estate with pigsties, stables, kitchen garden, orchards, conservatory, flower garden and superb Wellingtonia avenue.
01746 714407
The Dower House Garden
1.5 acre site has been designed by Katherine Swift, the garden historian and writer, to tell the story of English gardening in a sequence of separate gardens designed in the style of different historical periods
01630 685760
Wollerton Old Hall
Three acre formal gardens located near Market Drayton. Plants are available for sale in the Nursery and delicious home-made snacks are available in the Tea Room.
The following gardens are occasionally open to the public under the National Gardens Scheme.
Please visit the National Garden Scheme website for more details.
5 acres of grounds and gardens. A large well ordered kitchen garden with raised beds and herbal walkway covers over a third of an acre. Double tiered herbaceous border against a south facing wall. Award winning oak framed pavilion.
3 acre garden which includes wildlife pond., mixed island beds, lime avenue, large kitchen garden, parterre, stream and woodland. All season colour is provided by a rose garden and ornamental trees, large range attractive rabge of perennials and shrubs.
6 acre garden on site of Cluniac monastery. Norman Shaw mansion. Kitchen, water and wild gardens. Fine trees in park, woodland walks. Developed over the past thirty years.
Shropshire Parks & Gardens Trust
24 Greenacre Road
Shrewsbury
SY3 8LR