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Hotels with Beautiful Gardens – 10 of The Best Offering Member Dining Benefits
We are so lucky to live in such a lush and beautiful country. Even though the weather isn’t always what we want it to be – the up shot is that our countryside and gardens remain vivid and stunning all summer long.
When you put together a Country House Hotel with a renowned garden architect and passionate team of gardeners the results are sublime. Here we have our own favourites from the lovely properties we recommend – all of which offer our members benefits when dining.
1. Great Fosters, Egham, Surrey
The exquisite gardens of Great Fosters feature a Saxon moat with wisteria draped Japanese bridge leading to a sunken circular rose garden, grassed amphitheatre, four secret gardens and a lake.
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2. Gravetye Manor, Sussex
The gardens at Gravetye Manor are a very special place and can be considered amongst the most influential in English gardening history.
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3. Luton Hoo, Luton, Bedfordshire
The famous landscape designer, Capability Brown, was engaged to redesign the surrounding parkland and gardens which now extend to 1,065 acres.
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4. Cliveden House, Taplow
Discover a garden that delights through the seasons with colourful planting schemes, miles of walks and breathtaking views as well as a giant maze that will entertain all ages.
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5. Danesfield House, Marlow
The grounds around Danesfield House have been completely restored and renovated over the period of time from the middle of 1989 until the present day.
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6. Coworth Park, Ascot
Coworth Park’s stunning wild flower meadow comes into full bloom every July and last until autumn – with winding pathways all through it varieties include Cornflowers, Sweet William, Poppy’s and Lupins.
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7. Stapleford Park, Melton Mowbray
The Gardens at Stapleford reflect the many qualities one would expect of England’s finest gardens. Wayne Whitting, Stapleford’s Head Gardener, takes great pride in presenting and maintaining Stapleford’s exceptionally beautiful gardens.
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8. Hotel Endsleigh, Milton Abbot, Devon
Overlooking the River Tamar and beyond into Cornwall, Endsleigh, now owned by Olga Polizzi, is set in 108 acres of gardens, woodlands, follies and grottos created by Humphry Repton.
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9. Greywalls, Muirfield & Edinburgh
At Greywalls the visitor sees none of the harsh edges so often found in Scottish gardens. The gentle countryside drifts into the distance, echoed by the curving sky. Everywhere there are places to sit, in sun and in shade, in solitary contemplation, or in companionable conversation.
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10. Lucknam Park, Wiltshire
With a walled garden, kitchen garden, Rose garden and Arboretum Lucknam has also renovated its old Vinery and historic greenhouse. With yew hedges, box hedging and herbaceous borders it is quintessentially English.
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