The gardens listed below are only examples of many that exist within easy travelling distances from Slatters Cottage.
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Batsford Arboretum
A Victorian arboretum with a stream and plantings of shrubs and bamboos, one of the largest private collections of trees and shrubs in the country. |
Bourton Manor House
An eighteenth century house (not open to public), only two mins from Slatters Cottage, with a developing garden with lawns, fountains, walks, topiary,
a knot garden and herbaceous borders. |
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Hidcote Manor Gardens
Hidcote Manor Garden, with its structure of outdoor 'rooms', linked by vistas and furnished with all sorts of topiary, recalls both the English garden style and the European connections of its creator Major Johnston. |
Kiftsgate
A series of interconnecting gardens each with its distinct character and secrets. The upper gardens are planted to give harmonious colour schemes, whilst the sheltered lower recreate the atmosphere of the Mediterranean. |
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Mill Dene
A 2 1/2 acre Cotswold water-mill garden located only 5 mins away in Blockley with steep terraces rising from the mill-pool, stream and grotto. Cricket lawn, potager and fantasy fruit garden. |
Snowshill Manor
An Arts & Crafts-style garden designed to complement a handsome Cotswold manor house. A mix of ornaments and architectural features, bright colours and delightful scents. |
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Sezincote
Sezincote is an extraordinary mixture of Indian and English styles.
The 'picturesque' building represents the high point of Indian influence on English country house architecture. |
Stanway House & Fountain
A Jacobean house with remnants of an early 18th century garden. The glory of the Stanway watergarden is the single-jet fountain which rises magnificently to over 300 feet - the tallest fountain in Britain. |
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Sudeley Castle
Set in 14 acres, includes the Queen's Garden, with its topiary and old-fashioned roses, the semi-Mediterranean planting of the Secret Garden, the Tudor Knot Garden and the dramatic 15th century Tithe Barn ruins. |
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