Delightful family garden
A beautiful rose by the front door gives you a hint of what is hidden behind this Victorian house. A large kiwi vine shelters the small terrace with pots at the back of the house, and a step takes you onto a winding brick path, leading you up the long, narrow, gently sloping garden past curving borders filled with perennials, roses and shrubs.

Archways covered in jasmine, wisteria and roses cleverly divide the garden into separate areas which open up as you follow the path, ending in a seating area and a characterful garden shed, built from recycled wood, doors and windows.

The garden is family friendly – there is space for all the family, plus chickens.

A country garden in the centre of town
This tiny postage stamp garden reflects the owner growing up in Kent – 'The Garden of England'. It is a secret garden hideaway from urban life, as she is very much a country girl at heart stuck in the centre of town.

She has tried to keep it as a cottage garden and some family themes certainly run through it, but it has a Ukrainian 🇺🇦 peace flower bed of mostly blue and yellow flowers which came about from her work with the Sunflower Sisters, and is in remembrance of the amazing Ukrainian women who she has been very fortunate to work with.

​The 'Macron' lavender bed on the terrace wall represents the sea between Kent and France, and the herb hub with avocado, fig, nectarine and peach trees and hibiscus bushes represent her travels overseas. Roses, hydrangeas, sweet peas and tomatoes surround and hold her life and her little cottage garden together.
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In the front of the house are climbing roses, peonies, allium, hollyhocks and an experimental hibiscus hedge to replace the moth ridden box hedge, with blue borage popping up here and there (as her grandmother always said "Pimms isn’t Pimms without it"!).

A plantswoman's garden
46 Wavell Road has all year interest, and is wildlife friendly. It has many small trees and flowering shrubs, and deep curving borders packed with herbaceous perennials and bulbs.

Classic English country garden
​This large house and garden sit in an enviable position on high ground overlooking surrounding fields, with distant views to the South.

Climbing and rambling roses are growing up into many of the large and old trees in the garden, and there are also shrub roses, a rose hedge, and clematis (all of which should be in flower).

A sunken garden and rockery is home to a pond with tadpoles, there is a productive vegetable and fruit garden, and the borders are full of perennials and unusual shrubs.

Wander round the garden and find somewhere to sit to picnic or just to enjoy the peace and quiet – so close to main roads, motorways and towns, but you wouldn't know it.

Open only on Sunday 14th June

​Tropical courtyard garden
This secluded gem of a courtyard garden is hidden away in the middle of Bray. Accessed from a path at the back of the garden, this mini tropical paradise is suddenly revealed.

This green garden is all about foliage – contrasts in shape, size, tone and height, with occasional spots of colour.

​Many of the plants here would not survive the winter, but some are protected, and the sheltered micro-climate enables them to thrive.