Hidcote Manor Garden is one of those gardens which can only be found in England! Created by keen horticulturist, Major Lawrence Johnston, on a Cotswold property bought for him by his mother, it is a series of garden rooms with pavilions, clipped hedges, paved paths, topiary and green “doorways” framing one beautiful sight after another.
Divided into small manageable outdoor rooms, each with their individual character and theme, the gardens are filled with established rare shrubs and exotic flowering trees. The herbaceous borders, a typical English country garden feature, are quite magnificent.
Hidcote Manor Garden is somewhere to enjoy in every season. The vibrant primary colours of the spring bulbs give way to azaleas, rhododendrons and magnolias. After the glorious colours of the summer borders have faded, autumn is celebrated in the glorious Red Border.
My previous post on Hidcote can be found here.
This concludes my ‘Winchester Vacation’ travels. I wonder where I will take you next…
A very creative ‘garden room’ scheme.
Take us away with you on your travels !
It is a nice garden
You will have to wait to see where I take you next
But the places I visited in Oxford are coming soon 
A welcome touch of summer today, Cherie. We forget how dull England can be without flowers in the winter
Looking at flower photos is a good reminder that spring is just around the corner
No one does the gardens better than you English, Cherry…hands down!
There is a certain something about them
Also wonderful in summer!
Sigrun
I have yet to visit in Summer but I am really enjoying your photographs of Hidcote in Summer
So colourful!
Beautiful. Very representative of Old Blighty.
A very English garden