Stories

One of the most famous and iconically English gardens in Britain is the famed Arts & Crafts garden, Hidcote located in Gloucestershire. Designed by the American horticulturalist, Major Lawrence Johnston, Hidcote would come to influence countless gardeners both in Britain and around the world. Among its admirers were Graham Stuart Thomas, Vita Sackville-West and Norah Lindsay.

Home of the Stewart family, Mount Stewart has delighted visitors for over two centuries, but it is for the beautiful gardens created by Edith, Marchioness of Londonderry that the house is best-known today, attracting visitors from around the world.

Nymans was the home of the talented and creative Messel family. Today it is one of England's most inspiring gardens. Exuberant floral displays, captivating views and stunning plant collections are designed to impress, while its rooms, corners and archways offer intimate and secret places in which to relax

Some of our favorite shows and movies imported from the UK are filmed at National Trust properties.

Who doesn’t love a great topiary garden? It just brings a smile to your face—well at least it does to ours. However, not everyone feels the same way: as some anonymous wag once described a topiary garden in England: “The monstrosities doth multiply…” Given the range of reaction it inspires, topiary has gone in and out of fashion over the centuries. We think it’s all good fun.