The starting point for a tour of the garden, it may also be used by visitors who only wish to make use of our award-winning Tea Room. The ‘Handkerchief Tree’ which overhangs the hedge on the south side of the Car Park, is usually at its spectacular best in the middle of May. Nearby is the sculpture ‘Bannut’ created in 2009 by Steve Elsbyto celebrate the Silver Anniversary of the garden.

Heathers and conifers for summer and winter colour, planted around an old Herefordshire Cider Mill.Pride of place goes to the Bannut Tree (the local name for the walnut) which gives the house its name. The walnuts are used to decorate our very popular Bannut Cakes in the Tea room.

Here, shrubs and herbaceous plants border a grass path, leading through to the Side Garden. A collection of bird feeders hang from an old Bramley apple tree in the border, where a wide variety of birds can often be seen. In May the walls of the house are covered in scented blue and white wisterias.

This garden is framed by immaculate hedges and contains mixed borders and island beds, which provide colour and interest throughout the summer months. Trees of interest are a Dawn Redwood, a Maidenhair tree and a lovely golden foliaged Indian Bean.

Climbers cover the twisted pillars of the pergola, which is draped with blue and white wisterias in late spring. Against the house is a  Magnolia grandiflora ‘Exmouth’, with saucer sized flowers that  fill the air with fragrance during the summer,  and the fascinating Actinidea kolomikta , whose leaves look as though they have been dipped in pink and white paint.

A tall yew hedge encloses this unusual knot garden, which is planted entirely with Irish heathers. The hedges (or knots) are of Erica erigena ‘W T Rackliff’ and ‘Golden Lady’. In the centre, water bubbles up through the middle  of an old Herefordshire cider millstone.

These three large ‘stone’ troughs were rescued from the University of Birmingham where they were due to be scrapped. Filled with a gritty compost, they are  suitable for  growing a selection of alpine plants.

A rose and clematis covered arbour is the focal point of this romantic garden, with its twin borders, planted in shades of pink, blue and silver.

A formal garden with a central, honeysuckle-covered gazebo and statues of the four seasons. Dwarf box hedges frame beds overflowing with colourful herbaceous plants throughout the summer.

This woodland garden was once home to our two pet goats. Trees planted for their flower and fruit now provide shade for masses of camellias, pieris, hellebores and daffodils in early spring. These are followed by a spectacular display of rhododendrons and azaleas. Hydrangeas provide late summer/autumn interest.

There are several places around the garden with views across to the magnificent Malvern Hills,  but this is our favourite view of all. A seat in the shade of a young Cedar of Lebanon makes it a perfect spot to rest awhile.

Mown paths meander through this wild garden, planted with many interesting trees and shrubs; cherries, magnolias, cornus, ornamental crabs, sorbuses, birches and many more. Thousands of wild daffodils create an early spring display, followed by masses of cowslips in May.

On each side of the  ‘Long Walk’ are  200 foot  long borders of winter/spring flowering heathers, providing a kaleidoscope of colour from February through till May.

Over 10,000 heathers in around 200 cultivars, covering a quarter of an acre, create a beautiful patchwork of colour, in both flower and foliage. This garden is designed to be at its best from August onwards.

On each side of the Walk are borders of flowering shrubs, edged with a low hedge of the pink flowering Erica x darleyensis ‘Arthur Johnson’ for early spring colour. Arches of golden laburnum (planted to celebrate our Golden Wedding in 2002), frame the Walk in May.

A garden of surprises with a little bit of fun thrown in. There are water features, topiary, herbaceous borders, and a living willow house. 'Elfred', the head gardener, will be pleased to welcome you – if he is awake! There is also a seat in a shady arbour where you can take a pleasant rest and enjoy the garden.

We have found that our visitors are usually interested in buying plants that have taken their eye as they walk around the garden – usually the more unusual ones. We therefore try to propagate as many of these as we are able, in order to offer them for sale during the season.

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