Christmas Light Up in December 2022 was an amazing evening, our first visit to the garden and this was so much better than we expected. Everything was well organised including a very good selection of places to eat and drink half way round. The gardens looked so good lit up, we were mesmerized by the lights and music over the water, we spent so much time at this part. We'll go back again this year, even though we're not that local. Highly recommended for anyone planning to visit.
The gardens are extensive and you can easily spend a day taking it all in. The site map leads you to approx areas, leaving you to work out your exact location. Plenty of champion, original collection, newly planted and magnificent trees here, as well as the various borders. This weekend, the colour was in the long border and the hydrangea walks, but our favourite areas were at the estate edges, where plant names required investigation. We enjoyed the unexpected pigs too.
I'm not a botanist, nor do I have a green thumb, but I greatly enjoyed the Gardens and the variety of trees and other plants from all over the world. If you're only there for a little while, take the trolley to see many trails in just a few minutes. The canteen had excellent chicken and bacon pie, and we even had a visitor at the table!
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