Abbey House Gardens

If your visit is to only one garden in the area, then you will have to make it this one. Abbey House Gardens is an enchanting garden which has been lovingly restored by Barbara and Ian Pollard. On a visit to Abbey House, BBC gardening guru, Alan Titchmarsh says of the garden, "The WOW! factor is here in abundence".

Visitors can enjoy the experience, smells of the scented roses as their aroma fills the early summer air, marvel or relax and, if you're a gardener, to be be inspired. In its creation at the the end of the twentieth century and at start of the millenium over 2000 different roses were planted, the first of many thrilling surprises that the designers have created.

Growing here is one of the largest private collection of 4000 herb and plant species, all laid out personally by the owners and keeping within the bounds of the site's history, with Malmesbury Abbey, the stunning backdrop and the sixteenth century house surrounded by the gardens.The formal layout is designed with a "Celtic cross" knot garden, a 'mediaeval' herb garden encompassed by fruit cordons, herbaceous borders, foliage and bog gardens. The recently restored woodland walks with banks of heather and ferns, carpeted in the spring with bulbs lead down to the River Avon and the monastic fish ponds.

Part of the gardens are on a sloping hillside leading to the river gardens and because of this a discount on admission is available for visitors who use wheelchairs and unable to reach those parts of the garden.

Refreshments are available in the tea room. There are toilet facilities within the garden.

Visitor Information

Please visit the Abbey Gardens website for current opening times and admission charges.

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