A living collection on the river bend
A botanical garden on the old millrace: woodland and glasshouse, a rose terrace and a wild riverbank meadow, tended by hand and open to everyone. Come for the blooms, stay for the quiet.
Open daily · 9 to 5
Everything you need before you come.
What is flowering this week.The garden changes every fortnight. This is what our head gardener has flagged as at or near its peak right now, and where to find it.
Woodland walk
Magnolia Leonard Messel
Peak now to Apr
Rose terrace
Tulip terraces mixed
Now to late Apr
Riverbank meadow
Bluebell drift native
Two weeks left
Glasshouse two
Camellia japonica
Fading soon
Shade border
Hellebore winter rose
Last of the season
15
Acres
2,400
Plant species
4
Glasshouses
1912
Founded
01
Shade planting under old oaks: magnolia, fern, and a carpet of spring bulbs.
15 min loop
02
Four climate houses, from cloud forest to desert, kept warm year round.
Open all seasons
03
Formal beds stepping down to the water, best in the long light of June.
Peak in summer
04
Left deliberately wild: native grasses, bees, and a slow bend of the river.
Bring boots
05
Heritage vegetables and cutting flowers, worked by our volunteers.
Produce stall Sat
06
Water lilies and marginal planting around the old mill pond and sluice.
Quietest at dusk
The kind of place you visit for twenty minutes and leave two hours later.
Featured in The Riverside Review
Support the garden
Membership keeps the glasshouses warm and the meadow wild. Unlimited entry, seed swaps, early access to the spring plant sale, and ten percent off in the cafe and shop.
Join from 45 a year