From our guide to Bed & Breakfast for Garden Lovers
The House: A large, airy and comfortable flat on the promenade level of this gracious Georgian terrace, reputed to be the longest in Europe - a perfect launch pad for all that the city has to offer...
The Garden: Susan’s former town garden was regularly open to the public under the National Gardens Scheme; several years ago, armed only with her beautiful sculptures and one or two other things...
The House: The 18th-century wagoners would be amazed if they could see the house today. Spotless bedrooms upstairs in what used to be the joiner's workshop, and, where the wagons rolled in...
The Garden: As the Wagon House lies in the centre of Heligan Gardens (just over the wall from the Sundial Garden), Charles and Mally Francis would be the first to admit that most people are here to visit their neighbour’s garden...
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 »
