[Credit to Christopher Arnander and the the Jekyll Estate. Adaptations in square brackets, and selected list of gardens, added by JB.]
There are a number of gardens to visit, which were wholly or partly designed by Gertrude Jekyll, influenced by her or similar to her gardens. Some of them are regularly open, while others are open on occasion or by special arrangement. Most of her gardens have disappeared because of war, development or ownership changes, but many of her original plans survive at the University of California; in England, Surrey History Centre has microfiches of these plans.
Great efforts have been made by owners to restore and maintain their Jekyll gardens, on the basis of her original plans. It is now possible to have a good idea of what her gardens were like by visiting some of these gardens. Enjoy a visit to one of the fine hotel/restaurants with well maintained Jekyll gardens (reservations normally needed).
Properties owned by the National Trust are [indicated below]; the opening times are given in the Trust's handbook, which is published each February. [Ownership of the others is also indicated: note that some are closed in the winter months].... A comprehensive list of gardens designed by her is to be found in the book Gertrude Jekyll; Essays on the Life of a Working Amateur.
Selected Gardens Designed or Influenced by Jekyll
- Barrington Court, Ilminster, Somerset (National Trust)
- Deanery Gardens, Sonning, Berkshire (not open to the public)
- Gravetye Manor, West Hoathly, Sussex (where William Robinson lived; open to hotel guests)
- Hestercombe Gardens, Taunton, Somerset (Hestercombe Garden Trust)
- Hartland Abbey, Hartland, Bideford, N. Devon (Hartland Abbey Estate)
- Kedleston Hall, nr Quarndon, Derby, Derbyshire National Trust)
- Knebworth House, Knebworth, Hertfordhire (Knebworth House, Gardens & Park)
- Loseley Park, nr Guildford, Surrey (Loseley Park Gardens)
- Manor House Gardens, Upton Grey, Hampshire (Manor House Gardens)
- Munstead Wood, Busbridge, Surrey (National Trust)
- Renishaw Hall, Renishaw, Derbyshire (Renishaw Hall and Gardens)
- RHS Wisley, Wisley, Surrey (Royal Horticultural Society)
- The Salutation Gardens, Sandwich, Kent (now closed to the public)
- Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent (National Trust)
- West Dean Gardens, Chichester, West Sussex (Historic Houses)
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Last modified 3 November 2024