From our guide to Bed & Breakfast for Garden Lovers
The House: A lofty, mullioned, low-windowed home - light, bright, and devoid of Victorian gloom. Holly and her daughter Mary Ellen have filled it with a fine collection of antiques and every bedroom has a talking point...
The Garden: Holly says 'Beryl' means a meeting of hills; it is also a precious gem in a perfect setting. Beryl is a small, early-Victorian mansion with south-facing grounds...
The House: It is a pleasure to stay here, in a pretty thatched house with an owner who has a talent for both gardening and interior design. The sitting room, decorated in terracotta...
The Garden: Some people just seem to have the knack for creating exciting surroundings outside as well as in. Diana moved to Broomsgrove Lodge in 1996 after six months in Hong Kong...
Simple farmhouses, Palladian mansions, cottages, modern timber A-frames, 60s brick-built and many manor houses, so you've masses of choice. And that's just the houses. A special garden is part of the package – but not just a garden that is perfect and cared for by a team of gardeners: the owners must be garden lovers. There are huge estates, parklands, policies, tiny courtyards and town gardens in the book; there are alpine gardens, clematis gardens, bog gardens and no end of herbaceousness – many of which are good enough to open for the National Gardens Scheme. Our criteria for choosing them have been that the owners love them, are knowledgeable about them and want to share that joy with guests.
All Special Places from our Bed & Breakfast for Garden Lovers selection »
