Tatton Park - Gardens

The 50 acres of gardens at Tatton have been developing for over 200 years with each successive owner of the estate playing their part in its evolution. Today it is an almost complete picture of how the gardens existed in Edwardian times.

There are many different styles and types of gardens throughout the 50 acres displaying an array of different plants, trees and rhododendrons. Highlights include:

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A walled Kitchen Garden

This garden has been extensively renovated and today they use cultivation techniques and original varieties of vegetables and fruit to reflect the Edwardian era using varieties that were known to be used at Tatton during this period. It has a vegetable garden and a walled orchard of apple, pear, and plum trees. Produce can be looked at here and then purchased from the garden shop to take home and enjoy.

Japanese Garden

The Japanese garden is a later introduction and possibly as a result of a visit made to the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition at the White City in London in 1910. It resulted in a team of Japanese workment arriving at the gardens to build it, and the Shinto Shrine and other artefacts are said to have been brought in from Japan. It is a style of Tea Garden and has water, bridges, pathways and lanterns. There is very little flora, but has many Japanese Maples or Acers as well as bamboo and evergreen plants.

Glasshouses - there are 7 glasshouses each having it's own speciality in an area of the garden. These are:

• Orchid House

• Tomato House

• Pot Plant House

• Vinery

• Pinery/vinery

• Peach Case

• Fig House

Pleasure Grounds

The 'playground' of the garden and contains a massive planting of rhododendron and Azalea which are in full colour during spring. It has a maze based on an early plan of 1700 and to the same format as Hampton Court maze. It has many styles and small garden types including an intricate flower garden containing small beds, the Topiary with it's central feature of a Peacock, an Italian garden at the front of the house, a Rose Garden laid out in 1913, the Tower Garden which is dominated by a tower which would once have been used to watch for sheep stealing on the parkland.

There is also an Arboretum, pools and a large brook/water space as well as a fountain, statues, monuments and an African Hut!

Seasonal Highlights in the gardens are:

Summer Summer flowering borders Rose Garden which is at its best June to August Kitchen Garden with abundance of summer fruits Container displays of summer flowering annuals Autumn Japanese Garden Maples in October and November Arboretum where the Conifers look stunning Autumn colour throughout the garden particularly the Beeches, Ironwood and Snowdrop Tree. Winter Tree skeletons Japanese Garden in the snow Fernery adds a touch of green to a garden visit Spring Japanese Garden Rhododendrons and Azaleas (April to June) Italian Garden with Polyanthus Daffodils and tulips Handkerchief tress in May

Japanese Garden Tom Pennington

Although it may be at its most colourful during Spring and Summer, you can see there is something to see all year round.

Download the Garden Guide (PDF). A map of the garden showing where each of the items are.

Tatton Park holds the annual RHS Tatton Park Garden show, usually held in July each year.

There are a number of other attractions at Tatton Park including:

• The Deer Park, 1000 acres of parkland and woodland,  and home to herds of red and fallow deer, St Kilda and Soay sheep, but also 2 meres, not only providing a wetland habitat but an activity centre for sailing boats and fishermen.

• The Mansion House

• 1930's Rare Breeds Working Farm

• and the Tudor Old Hall and Cruck Barn

Tatton Park is owned by the National Trust but since 1960 has been leased back to Cheshire Country Council who have since managed and financed the property on their behalf.

Further information Grid   Location: Tatton Park Gardens, Knutsford, Cheshire Ceremonial County: Cheshire Grid Reference: SJ750817 Map Link: StreetMap   Aerial photo: Google Aerial Photo   Route(s):   Best Times to Visit:   E-mail: tatton@cheshire.gov.uk Website: Tatton Park Gardens www.tattonpark.org.uk National Trust Other useful websites: Wiki Nearby Locations: Tatton Park - Deer Park, Cheshire Tatton Park - Mansion House, Cheshire   Tudor Old Hall and Cruck Barn, Tatton Park, Cheshire   Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire Other Relevant pages: Cheshire's Top Attractions Open All Year - Cheshire

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