All events are subject to prevailing Covid-19 restrictions. Please follow us for latest updates. Please check event status before travelling.
Sat 17 April Arley Hall & Gardens, Cheshire NEW VENUE
Sunday 18 April Sugnall Walled Garden, Staffs
Sun 25 April Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire
Sun - Mon 2 - 3 May Weston Park, Shrops
Sat 8 May Middleton Hall, Warks EXTRA DATE
Sun 9 May Adlington Hall, Cheshire
Sat 15 May Bodenham Arboretum, Worcs RESCHEDULED DATE
Sun 16 May Norton Priory, Cheshire
Fri - Sat 21 - 22 May Dorothy Clive Garden, Staffs RESCHEDULED DATE Book your tickets on Ticketsource
Sun 23 May 1620s House Donington Le Heath, Leics
Mon 31 May Carsington Water, Derbys
Sun 6 June Bramall Hall, Stockport
Sat - Sun 12 - 13 June Hodnet Hall, Shrops
Sat 26 June Thoresby Park, Notts NEW VENUE
Sun 27 June Middleton Hall, Warks
Sun 4 July Whittington Castle, Shrops EXTRA DATE
Sun 18 July Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire
Sun 1 August 1620s House Donington Le Heath, Leics
Sun 8 August Southwell Minster, Notts
Sun 15 August Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire
Sat 21 August Middleton Hall, Warks EXTRA DATE
Sun 22 August Carsington Water, Derbys
Sun - Mon 29 - 30 August Dorothy Clive Garden, Staffs Book your tickets on Ticketsource
Sat 4 September Bodenham Arboretum, Worcs
Sun 5 September Ness Botanic Gardens, Wirral
Market Drayton Shropshire TF9 3NN
Saturday & Sunday 12th & 13th June
Please check event status before travelling
Times: 10am - 5pm
Entry to gardens including the plant fair: £4.00 (half std price). Children free!
Free Parking
Dogs on leads welcome
There are 63 acres of gardens with grand vistas, intimate, secluded areas, a walled kitchen garden, magnificent lakes; the glorious setting is almost beyond description!
There have been gardens at Hodnet since the 11th century when the Heber-Percy family constructed their first house in the parkland. Their serious development began in 1921 by the late Brigadier Heber-Percy and today, the 60+ acres are renowned as amongst the finest in the country. Forest trees provide a wonderful backdrop for formal gardens planted to give delight during every season, woodland walks amongst flowering shrubs and a daisy chain of ornamental pools.
Hodnet has recently been awarded National Collection Status for Cercidiphyllum. These wonderful trees color beautifully in autumn and give off a powerful aroma of toffee as the leaves fall, hence the common name of "burnt sugar trees".
Visitors can explore the gardens, meet top nurserymen and women and enjoy light refreshments in the picturesque restaurant. What more could you want on an early summer's day?
Disabled visitors are very welcome : approximately 60 percent of the gardens are accessible to wheelchairs but please note the paths are mainly grass or gravel and therefore more accessible in dry conditions.
Restaurant open for lunches & teas.
Nurseries and Artisans confirmed:
Bridge Farm Plants from Derbyshire: a wide range of hardy, herbaceous perennials: Unusual varieties as well as cottage garden favourites, a small election of shrubs and other plants.
ChickenStreet from Shropshire: perennial grasses, native species, and easy care herbaceous perennials
Conquest Plants Nursery from Cheshire: Specialist growers of variegated and coloured foliage, hardy plants
Cooper and Jones from Shropshire: Hand crafted iron garden plant supports
Green's Leaves from Gloucestershire: shrubs, perennials, grasses, foliage plants
Hall Farm Nursery from Shropshire: garden plants, perennials, woodland plants, herbs and many other plants which are not widely available. RHS Gold medallists. RHS Partnership Nursery.
Hooksgreen Herbs from Staffordshire: Culinary, Medicinal and Aromatic Herb Plants and Seeds. RHS Gold medallists.
Lyneal Mill Nursery from Shropshire: Cottage garden plants specialising in Aquilegia and Dahlias
Mayfields Plants from Cheshire: bee and butterfly-friendly cottage garden perennials
North Staffs Hostas from Staffordshire: Hostas, Hemerocallis, Ferns, Hedera, Geums, Carex Grasses. National Collection of Hosta.
Orchard Furniture from Gloucestershire: High quality teak garden furniture
Packhorse Farm Nursery from Derbyshire: Acers, trees and shrubs RHS Gold medallist
Penmere Plants from Cheshire: Hardy and Species fuchsia
Peter the Bee and Friends from Worcestershire: Insect friendly native wildflowers
Pottertons Nursery from Lincolnshire: Alpines, Dwarf Bulbs and Woodland Plants. RHS Gold medallists including Chelsea Gold
Roseland House from Cornwall: Climbing plants. National Collections of Clematis Viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea Cultivars
SpecialPerennials from Cheshire: Perennials all grown in our bee and butterfly friendly garden
The Gobbett Nursery from Worcestershire: Shrubs, perennials inc Iris, Cornus, Syringa RHS Medallists
Twirly Whirly Bird from Cheshire: Garden ornaments that spin in the wind
Details:
Hodnet Hall Gardens
Hodnet
Market Drayton
Shropshire TF9 3NN
Website: www.hodnethallgardens.org
Hodnet Hall is in the village of Hodnet, near Market Drayton, 12 miles north-east of Shrewsbury. Approaching on the A5 road from North Wales, the A53 (Shrewsbury-Market Drayton) road and the A442 (Whitchurch-Wellington) roads, leaving the M6 at exits 12 and 15 or the M54 at exit 3.
Articles by and about Hodnet Hall Gardens:
Not Standing Still at Hodnet Hall (from our 2018 newsletter)
Keeping Us Even and Regular at Hodnet Hall (from our 2015 newsletter)
Preparing for the Future at Hodnet Hall (from our 2014 newsletter)