Rust Garden

The rust garden was designed as a warm and intimate space, inspired by various old, rusted objects found in the original plot.

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Carpet Garden

This recent addition to the Dipley Mill gardens takes the patterns, shapes and features of a traditional oriental carpet and turns it into a three dimensional floral spectacle.

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Indian Pool Garden

Where you’d once have found a cracked, empty pool in a plain walled garden, you now discover our very own homage to colonial-era India.

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Cream and Green Garden

The Cream and Green Garden uses drift planting to create a floral canvas with multiple textures.

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Drove Road Garden

Where there was once a straight, uninspiring path with a flat track and a solitary flower bed, you’ll now find our winding Drove Road.

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Pill Box Garden

Discover the functional made magical in our Pill Box Garden, where a wartime pillbox has been converted into a plant-covered cavern on the edge of the river.

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Water Meadow

Our beautiful Water Meadow is flanked by a variety of specimen trees including the wonderfully fragranced balsam poplar and the aromatic Katsura

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Herb Garden

As you head through to the traditional Herb Garden, you’ll pass our dovecote which boasts a variety of rare English dove varieties including tumbling and crested doves.

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Vesta’s Garden

Vesta’s Garden is named after the virginal Roman goddess of the hearth – a statue of her can be seen at the end of our rose arch.

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Gunnera Collection

This array of plants ranges from tiny gunnera magellanica that forms a fresh, vibrant carpet of green, through to the gigantic gunnera manicata.

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Herbaceous Border

The classic herbaceous borders were designed to be a riot of colours, and ours is certainly no different.

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