Gardens in Lincolnshire, such as Easton
Walled Gardens, Belton House and Doddington Hall &
Gardens are listed below.
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Belton´s Park and Garden are,
like the house, composed with perfect harmony and
proportion. They have serenity, order and strong
architectural conviction, with both formal Italian
and Dutch gardens as well as a vast informal area,
the gardens offer variety and choice for every
taste.
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The 1870s Dutch garden is
one of green and golden yew, formal beds edged with
lavender and generously filled urns, whilst the
earlier sunken Italian garden is more reliant on
architectural features to make its statement.
Features such as a large central pond complete with
fountain, a lion-headed exedra, with the highlight
being a restored and replanted orangery.
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Doddington Hall & Gardens is a
beautiful family-owned Elizabethan mansion, with
original walled courtyards and 5 acres of romantic
formal and wild gardens. The West Garden includes a
box-edged parterre, planted with a superb display of
Flag Iris, roses and fabulous herbaceous borders
around the mellow brick walls. The Wild Garden
contains a turf maze, a temple of the winds,
magnificent trees, rare rhododendrons and winter
flowering shrubs. All this provides a backdrop for
the pageant of thousands of spring bulbs, which
commences in February
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Easton Walled Gardens was
described by President Franklin Roosevelt as a
`Dream of Nirvana...almost too good to be true´. 50
years later, the house was pulled down and the
gardens abandoned. 100 years later see the ongoing
revival of these magnificent gardens. Funded
privately (with the support of visitors) this garden
experience is like no other. Alongside the recovery
of these 400 year old gardens are; fantastic
snowdrops, David Austin Roses, Daffodil and Iris
Collections, a cut flower garden, cottage garden and
80m of poppies. Teas and light lunches are served
overlooking the garden.
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Grimsthorpe Castle is a formal
Grade I listed historic flower and topiary garden.
Leading imperceptibly into the woodland garden,
providing a fine setting for the ornamental
vegetable garden and orchard, with lots of quiet
corners and tranquil walkways. Originally created in
the 1960s by the Countess of Ancaster and John
Fowler. Intricate parterres marked with box hedges
lie close to the Castle, a dramatic herbaceous
border frames views across the lake
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