Garden walks to fall in love with
Garden walks to fall in love with
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In late winter, the garden may not seem as romantic as its summer successor, yet you can fall in love with dazzling water features, woodland walks, frost-covered borders, emerging bulbs and glasshouse wonders in February and beyond. Here are just are a few walks which spell romance at this time of year.
This beautiful garden has proved popular for marriage proposals, with its 154 acres of historic landscape. Explore the stunning Worsley Welcome Garden with its golden grasses and clipped hedges, or the eye-catching Middle Wood with its towering collection of trees. Historic vistas, soothing water features and even the Paradise Garden, a popular site for proposals, make for a romantic setting.
What could be more romantic than a walk through a haven of exquisite magnolias, some with saucer-sized flowers, other bearing daintier white blooms, although many may be at their finest closer to spring and even into early summer?. With more than 180 varieties, Borde Hill is hailed as a ‘mecca for magnolia lovers’ and celebrates the vast diversity and beauty of these much-loved trees. A self-guided magnolia trail, available from February 15 to mid-April, allows visitors to take a stroll through nature’s beauty, showcasing an array of early-spring specimens.
Winter highlights of this National Trust garden include the sweet smell of winter flowering honeysuckle along the herbaceous border, and it’s the only time of year to admire the skeletons of the acers and the bare bones of the rock garden. Yet there are many different areas which are interlinked and together chart the story of the garden, developed over nearly 800 years, including the stumpery and orchard, home to four collections of hardy ferns, plus the Dutch garden and kitchen garden. The estate also offers dramatic views of the Lakeland Fells, the Pennines and Morecambe Bay.
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