A selection of Norfolk gardens opening for the National Garden Scheme in July 2024
BRACONDALE GARDENS, NORWICH
14 Conesford Drive, NR1 2BB
18 Conesford Drive, NR1 2BB
1 Woodside Cottages, NR1 2AY
Compact town gardens a short walk apart near Norwich city centre, each with a different character. Lush planting of fruit vegetables and flowers welcome you at the side of 14 Conesford Drive, a 1960s modernist house, leading to a densely planted cottage garden of carefully selected perennials and climbers. 18 Conesford Drive is a professionally designed and planted garden with restrained plantings of herbaceous flowers, climbers and small shrubs which gives the garden a Japanese feel. A small pond contains white waterlilies. 1 Woodside Cottages is a small cottage garden packed with colourful plants both perennial and annual as well as ornamental and edible.
Sunday, July 21, 10.30am-4.30pm
Combined admission £7, children free
CASTLE ACRE GARDENS, KING’S LYNN, PE32 2AN
Egerton House, Back Lane
Highfield House, Back Lane
Ormonde House, Stocks Green
Tudor Lodgings, Pales Green
Castle Acre is a historic conservation village with a castle, priory and river walk.Park at Tudor Lodgings and explore the two acres that fronts a 15th century house and incorporates Norman earthworks. Includes awns, topiary, perennials, hot border, cutting garden and wild area around a pond. Walk up the road and slip through the back garden of Ormonde House, which is south facing and planted with mixed shrubs, perennials and annuals. Within walking distance is Highfield House where three quarters of an acre has evolved over 30 years and is well planted with herbaceous borders, a wild meadow and pond, and a neat vegetable area. Nearby is Egerton House, which is opening for the first time, and has a good mix of sun and shade loving plants, a patio with pots, a small pond and a very productive vegetable area. Walk back down to Tudor Lodgings for delicious teas on the lawn.
Sunday, July 21, 10.30am-4.30pm,
£10 combined admission
DUNBHEAGAN, DEREHAM RD, WESTFIELD, NR19 1QF
Rare and unusual plants grow with the more recognisable here. Explore the many paths through densely planted borders which make a riot of colour.
Sunday, July 21, 1-5pm
£5, children free
NORTH LODGE, 51 BOWTHORPE ROAD, NORWICH, NR2 3TN
A magical town garden surrounding a Victorian Gothic cemetery lodge. It includes a classical temple, oriental water garden, formal ponds and winding pathways with a surprise around every corner! As well as herbaceous planting there's a carnivorous and succulent plant collection in a hand-built conservatory.
Sunday, July 21 and Sunday, July 28, 11am-5pm
£5, children free
TITTLESHALL GARDENS, KING'S LYNN, PE32 2RQ
Cokesford Farm, PE32 2RQ
Woodford Lodge, PE32 2PF
Cokesford Farm boasts a two-acre farmhouse garden, with well planted mixed borders, lawn and a ha-ha, plus a parterre, vegetable garden, orchard and short woodland walk. Woodford Lodge has an acre garden comprising 10 different areas, including an 80ft rose walk, labyrinth, herb parterre, rill, walled pool, pots and raised vegetable beds. There's a variety of colourful planting combining leaf colour and texture to create contrast.
Sunday, July 28, 2-5pm
£6.50 combined admission, children free
DALE FARM, SANDY LANE, DEREHAM, NR19 2EA
A two-acre plant lovers' garden surrounding a large spring-fed pond. Exuberantly planted borders feature more than 1,000 plant varieties including 100 varieties of hydrangea. There will be music during the day and a wide choice of plants for sale.
Sunday, July 28, 10.30am-5pm
£6, children free
FERNDALE, 14 PORINGLAND ROAD, UPPER STOKE HOLY CROSS, NR14 8NL
Seating areas, arches, flower borders, pond, vegetable plots and a greenhouse all make up this third of an acre, which is packed with colour. There will be a craft stall and accordionist.
Sunday, July 28, 11am-5pm
£4, children free
THE LONG BARN, FLORDON ROAD, NEWTON FLOTMAN, NR15 1QX
An informal garden with Mediterranean influences such as gnarled olive trees, figs and vines, plus herbaceous borders. There's plenty of seating in paved courtyard under pollarded plane trees and views over a ha-ha to ancient parkland.
Sunday, July 28, 10.30am-4.30pm
£6, children free
10.30 – 4.30 adm £6 chd free. Home-made teas. Partial wheelchair access
For more details see ngs.org.uk
