GARDENS OPEN IN 2009
Look under events for diary dates for each garden 
Gardens open (2009) weekends only until 28th March, then daily until 1st November 10.30 to 6. Admission to garden £7.00, child £5.00. No dogs, wheelchair access.
10 acres of garden dating
back to 14 century. Garden divided into a series of rooms. All year interest.
Teas and light refreshments.
Abbotsmerry Barn Salmans Lane , Penshurst. Admission £4 adults. children free. No dogs.
Margaret and Keith Wallis welcome visitors by prior arrangement. Please telephone 01892 870900
7.5 acre garden on undulating S-facing slope. Perennial plants are of particular interest. Featured in ‘The English Garden 2002’ . Email abbotsmerry@aol.com
Leydens
1m S of Edenbridge on B2026 towards Hartfield. Open 12 - 5 Sunday 9th August only. Admission £3.50 children free. Private garden of garden designer, nursery owner and gardener who won Gold & Best in Show at Chelsea in 2002 with the NGS garden. Plenty of planting ideas several water features, plants clearly labelled and fact sheet available
Hall Place, Leigh
On B2027 From Hildenborough to Leigh. Admission £5.00. Child £2.00. Open Sundays 24th May, 21st June, 2 to 6.
Large outstanding garden with 11 acre lake and picturesque bridges. Many rare trees and shrubs. Wheelchair access to the main parts. Home made teas served.
Old Buckhurst, Mark Beech
Leave Leicester Arms, Penshurst on left. Proceed on B2188. Turn right into Grove Road,at T junction turn right. Old Buckhurst is 1.5 miles on left.
Not suitable for wheelchairs. No dogs. Admission £3.00, children free. Open 11 – 5. Groups welcome by arrangement.
See 'Events' for diary dates.
Tel. 01342 850825
Described by a visitor as a 'quintessentially english cottage garden'. The 1 acre partly walled cottage garden surrounds the C15th Grade 11 listed farmhouse (not open) . Featured in ‘Good Garden Guide’ 2003/4/5/6, Meridian TV, 2004, UK Style TV 2005 and English Garden magazine.
Stonewall Park, Chiddingstone Hoath
B2026 from Penshurst,
half way to Mark Beech on right. Admission £4.00, children free. Car with 4 adults £14.
Open Sundays 29th March, 3rd May, 1.30 to 5.
Large Victorian walled garden with herbaceous borders and vegetable garden with 100 year old espalier pear trees. 12 acres of woodland garden with rhododendrons, magnolias, azaleas, interesting trees and shrubs, wandering paths and lakes. Home made teas. Sea of wild daffodils in March.
Edenbridge House, Edenbridge
1.1/5 miles north of Edenbridge
on B2026. Wheelchair access. Admission £3.50, children free. Open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays,
April until September ( 2 to 5). For NGS see diary dates under 'Events'.
5 acre garden laid out in 1930s as a series of rooms.
Burrswood, Groombridge
B2110, signed on village green. Admission £3, children free. Light refreshments and teas. See 'Events' for diary dates.
House is a Christian hospital
and place of healing (not open). Wheelchair access.
There are 220 acres with outstanding views, Victorian and Edwardian
terraced gardens, park, ponds and pools, woodland and farmland.
Yew Tree Cottage, Penshurst
1 mile from Penshurst on the Bidborough Road. Restricted parking. Open 10 to 5. Admission £2.00, children free. No dogs. Unsuitable for coaches.
Small English country cottage hillside garden, full of unusual plants. Lots of seats and secret corners. Something to see in all seasons. Teas served. See 'Events' for diary dates. Also open by appointment.
Upper Pryors, Cowden
4.1/5 miles SE of Edenbridge. From B2026 Edenbridge-Hartfield, turn R at Cowden Xrds and take 1st drive on R. Admission £3.50, children free. Open Wednesday 17th June, Day, 1 to 6 (£3.50), Evening, 6 to 9 (£4.50, wine), and Wednesday 29th July.
Ten acres of country garden surround a 16th century house. There are magnificent lawns, herbaceous colour, water gardens, a wood and field. Homemade teas will be available, but no dogs are allowed.
Proceeds to Hospice in the Weald. For further info please call Ruth Fahie 01892 820508
The Fold, Langton Green
Open Saturday 27th June.
From a building site to mature garden in 37 years, there is an area of deciduous woodland with paths and sitting areas and a sanctuary area of peace, scent and beauty - which was the late owners’s vegetable plot and is dedicated to him.
Proceeds to Hospice in the Weald. For further info please call Ruth Fahie 01892 820508
54 Greenview Crescent, Hildenborough
Open Sunday 19th July, 12 to 4.30. Sorry, no dogs.
One-acre plot featuring shrubs and trees which include Rhododendrons, May, Laburnums and Pineapple trees. There is a stream with a bridge and a vegetable garden. The whole is arranged in a series of enclosures that surprise at every corner. Plenty of seating is available. For further info please call Ruth Fahie 01892 820508
Hever Castle
Gardens open daily 1st April to 31st October. See 'Events' for diary dates.
www.hevercastle.co.uk
Groombridge Place
Voted the best garden attraction in the UK (Good Britain Guide 2003), Groombridge
Place Gardens and the Enchanted Forest, near Royal Tunbridge Wells, is a fabulous
mix of quintessentially English formal gardens and informal woodland gardens. See 'Events' for diary dates.
