Gardens one hour or more from London
NOTE estimated hours from London shown in brackets
Barrington Court
Ilminster, Somerset (3). Formal garden, created in the 1920s by Col Arthur Lyle from derelict farmland; influenced by Gertrude Jekyll, it is laid out in a series of walled sections, including the White, Rose, Lily and Iris Gardens.
Castle Drogo
Moretonhamstead, Devon (4). A spectacular castle designed by Lutyens on a high moorland spur with views over Dartmoor; Jekyll influence in the garden.
Combe End
Elkstone, Gloucestershire (2). Private property. Restored Jekyll border.
Compton Scorpion Farm
Ilmington, Warwickshire (3). Modern garden, created by the owners in the style of Gertrude Jekyll.
Durmast House
Burley, Hampshire (2). Designed by Gertrude Jekyll, now being restored by the owners.
Gravetye Manor
East Grinstead, Sussex (2). William Robinson’s home, with whom Gertrude Jekyll collaborated on plants and writings. Now an excellent hotel and restaurant, part of the Relais & Chateux association.
East Lothian, Scotland (5 to 6). A Lutyens house, with Jekyll influence on garden. Hotel/restaurant, overlooking Muirfield Golf Course, near Edinburgh.
Hestercombe
Taunton, Somerset (3). Jekyll and Lutyens garden. House now owned by the Somerset Fire Brigade.
King Edward Vll Sanatorium
Midhurst, Sussex (2).
Lindisfarne
Northumberland (4 to 5) Lutyens castle restoration; small Jekyll garden.
Renishaw Hall
Derbyshire (3). Sitwell family home, where Lutyens did a lot of work, while Gertrude Jekyll ‘issued her decrees on the garden beds’.
Sissinghurst Castle Garden
Kent (2). Created by Vita Sackville-West, who called Gertrude Jekyll ‘that grand gardener to whom we owe so much’.
The Patched Gloves
Rye, Sussex (2). Garden of contrasting areas, including herbaceous borders in the Jekyll style.
The Salutation
Sandwich, Kent (2). Lutyens house, with Tea Room; garden designed (or influenced) by Gertrude Jekyll, with modern animal statues.
Townhill Park House
Townhill Park House and Gardens, near Southampton. The Grade II listed building, now a school, dates from around 1790 and was extended and re-designed in 1911 for Louis Montagu, second Baron Swaythling. The gardens were planned by Gertrude Jekyll. It is open four days in the year.
Tylney Hall Hotel
Hook, Hampshire (2). Hotel/restaurant.
Yalding Organic Gardens
Maidstone, Kent (2). 14 individual gardens to demonstrate gardening through the ages, including a Jekyll border.
West Dean College
Chichester, Sussex (2) Adult education college, specialising in restoration, conservation, arts & crafts. Gertrude Jekyll advice on garden.