I have been longing to go back to this gardens since after visiting it at a school trip. It is free to enter and look around, looking at all the scenery and different plants and flowers. It also has a wonderful pond which you can sit by on benches and just admire the peaceful and very well maintained garden. It too has a wonderful cafe and a seating area where you can have a beverage. There is a car park which you have to pay, however you cannot fault them for doing this and you can spend an endless amount of time here without spending a penny to get in. Will be looking forward to going again just too silly not to return.
These gardens, created by E. A. Bowles, himself a gardener, are a delight to look around, the more so, if one is booked on one of the guided tours at £3 per head. The gardens are quite extensive, and there are some interesting little quirks. There is also a small museum. Quite a good on-site café serves coffee, tea and cakes and light lunches, eg jacket potatoes and home-made soup. Though a word of warning, particularly if one is in a group - get their first! There is ample on-site fee-paying parking - £2 for up to two hours or £3 per day. The House itself is only open one day per annum and that is during the Heritage Open House weekend. Worth spending a couple of hours or so there, and then perhaps taking in Capel Manor Gardens, and time permitting, Forty Hill House to make a good day out.
Had a great trip around the gardens here on a nice sunny day. It's completely free too which is always a bonus. It has a great cafe onsite too.
From 1st Aug 2014 they now charge £2 for the first hour of parking !Used to be a lovely place to drop in for good cuppa and cakes and a roam round the garden but no longer! I was a regular visitor but adding £2 to the cost of a cup of tea is plain extortionate. They've seen the You don't even get free parking if you spend money in the café.If you don't mind the parking cost it's still a pleasant garden to visit.
The gardens were created by plantsman E.A. Bowles, the small museum-type room details his life and status, the gardens are constantly being worked on to return them to their original design. There is a cafe on site & plenty of parking. On occasions the groundsman is availble to answer questions from visitors.
Very very cold when I visited today with an old friend, but the tea and cake in the from the tea room was lovely sitting in the winter sunshine and made up for the cold! The history of this garden is interesting and I am sure it will look fantastic as the spring bulbs all come up. It was a snowdrop sale today so a bonus of free parking. The gardens are free to enter and it is usually a pay and display car park. Both my friend and I have some horticultural training and we both found this a good couple of hours. Different seasons will bring different delights! The house was closed today so I cannot comment on it.
Worth a visit but there isn't really very much there. Need to have some work done on it to make it a better local attraction
We chanced upon this attraction after getting a little lost on a long walk. We were cold and peckish. The service was so friendly and efficient and the food was amazing. Would certainly recommend their toasted teacake and hot chocolate!
This place is beautiful - such nice scenery and so well looked after. Good for a nice little stroll and there is also a little cafè to grab a drink from if you need one.
Thank you for your recent review of Myddelton House Gardens. Please do come again and see how the garden changes though the seasons, our snowdrop display should be in full glory by the middle of February.