Rode Hall Gardens
Free RHS Member days
11am–4pm, Wednesday and Bank Holiday Mondays, April–September (except Snowdrop and Bluebell Walks)
About the garden
Rode Hall & Gardens is set in a beautiful landscape designed by Humphry Repton in 1790. The extensive grounds include a formal rose garden designed by Nesfield in 1860, a terraced rock garden, a woodland garden and a two-acre walled kitchen garden.
The season starts with the Snowdrop Walks – a beautiful end-of-winter, mile-long walk for all the family with a wonderfully diverse landscape and more than 70 varieties of snowdrops. Spring boasts a large variety of rhododendrons and azaleas, which are followed by a delightful display of ancient bluebells in May. The Bluebell Walk has become more extensive due to the recent discovery and restoration of an old path through the Old Wood, previously used by villagers walking to the house in the 1800s.
The kitchen garden comes into its own in summer. It provides all the fruit and vegetables for the tearooms and monthly farmers' market and is home to world record-breaking gooseberries.
Facilities
- Dogs welcome
- Parking
- Plant sales
- Refreshments
- Toilets
Key features
- Woodland
- Pond or lake
- Cottage planting
Get involved
The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.