Capability Brown parkland

Gatton Park

Gatton Park

 

Parkland

Capability Brown’s vision for Gatton

Gatton Park is best known for the work that was carried out between 1762 and 1766 by English landscape designer Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.

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Parterre

The view from the parterre is widely regarded as one of the finest views in Surrey.

The Victorian parterre was laid out by H E Milner in the 1860s. It consists of a cross shaped path outside Gatton Hall.

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Pleasure Gardens

The Wild Things Play Trail can be enjoyed by families on Open Days.

The Edwardian pleasure gardens were laid out under the instruction of garden designer H E Milner.

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Japanese Garden

The garden featured on Channel 4 TV series Lost Gardens.

The Japanese garden was originally constructed in 1909 to satisfy Sir Jeremiah Colman’s fascination with all things eastern.

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Rock Garden

Stunning displays of snowdrops during February

The rock garden was constructed in 1912 by J Pulham & Sons.

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Old World Rose Garden

Restoration begins on the Old World Rose Garden.

Named after the Old World Roses planted by Sir Jeremiah Colman around 1900, almost all of the garden was lost in the mid-1930s.

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