Gardens

  • Mapperton House and Gardens

    Mapperton House

    A romantic valley garden surrounding an Elizabethan manor house with church, stable block, coach house, dovecote and courtyard. The Garden and Church are open for visitors from March - October and the House is open in June and August.

  • Red House Museum and Gardens

    Red House Museum - Christchurch

    Housed in a former Georgian workhouse the museum now features collections including local history, costume, geology, natural history and archaeology

  • Bennetts Water Gardens

    Bennetts Water Gardens

    An 8 acre site of ponds & lakes, plants, native trees, wild plants and flowers. Attractions include The Museum, Tropical House, Extensive Plant Centre and Monet Tearooms.

  • Compton Acres

    Compton Acres - Poole, Dorset

    Ten acres of beautiful gardens, shops, restaurants, a delicatessen and regular events. Open 7 days a week.

  • Knoll Gardens

    Knoll Gardens

    Located in East Dorset is Knoll Gardens, a year round tourist attraction that is attached to a nursery and is home to over 5,000 plant species including many rare varieties.

  • Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens

    Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens

    Originally founded in 1765 as a kitchen garden, the site now occupies 20 acres and is stocked with a range of exotic plants many of which were newly-discovered species at the time

  • Poole Park

    Poole Park sunset

    Large public park adjacent to Poole harbour. Contains several man made lakes and is a conservation area