This Week in the Gardens

This is our final week of our 2026 garden season and the gardens are still looking stunning.

Enjoy the early autumn colours throughout the gardens, with the acers down in the Water Garden beginning to turn beautiful shades of red, orange and gold. Autumn colour is also starting to appear across the gardens, while there are still plenty of late-season flowers bringing colour to the borders.

After such a long, dry summer, the recent rain has worked its magic and the gardens are looking wonderfully green, fresh and full of life again. The Miz Maze is still full of colour and activity, and there is plenty to enjoy as the gardens gently move into autumn.

Our final day of the 2026 season is Sunday 4 October, so if you haven’t visited us yet this year, or would like one last stroll around the gardens before winter, this is your final chance. It’s also the final week of the brilliant Earth Photo Exhibition.

We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has visited us this season and to our gardening team, Tony and Kit and our volunteers, for all their hard work in keeping the gardens looking beautiful throughout what has been an exceptionally dry year. We were thrilled to win Garden of the Year in Kent’s Life’s Garden of the Year Awards announced on 29th September, and it’s lovely to have their hard work recognised.

We look forward to welcoming you for the final week!