he tour starts with a visit to and its 24-acre garden, comprising yew hedging, rose garden and woodland with conifers from around the world. We travel on to on the southern shore of lake Windermere, our base for which has the most famous topiary garden in England, installed between 1689 and 1712 by the Frenchman Guillaume Beaumont, gardener to King James II. There will be lots to see in the garden at overlooking Morecambe Bay, which has a walled kitchen garden, an Italian garden, gravel garden and sculpture garden, and we will also take a look at Dan Pearson’s recent project at where his design has reinterpreted the historic gardens. We visit the fell-side garden at on the lower slopes of Raven Crag, as well as on a stunning site adjacent to Halecat House on the Witherslack Estate. The tour concludes with where designer Arabella Lennox-Boyd has created an exciting garden, beautifully marrying the best of her native Italian style with British plantsmanship.
