Today it is hard to imagine that in the 17th century this area was once laid out in the style of a formal Dutch style garden with parterres, topiary and a distinctive L-shaped canal; virtually nothing remains of this garden. In contrast the picturesque and gardenesque...

The gardens at The Bishop’s Palace have received high praise from the Royal Horticultural Society, which has made the historic building’s grounds a “Partner Garden”. The status is awarded to gardens of “outstanding and exceptionally high standards of planting and...

The Arboretum was designed by Sir Harold Hillier for Bishop Bickersteth and created in 1977 in commemoration of HM the Queen’s 25th Jubilee. It replaced part of the old kitchen gardens. There are many fine trees here including the highly scented, weeping, silver lime...

We are very pleased to be expanding our guided tour offer to include a much-requested horticulture tour, previously only available with group bookings. Visitors will have the opportunity to learn about the planting and design within the Palace Gardens, including...

From the East garden, find the doorway through the walls to cross the moat via the bridge to discover the wells from which the City gets its name. Once described as “a medow (sic) plot” by the traveller John Leland writing in the mid-16th century this area has been...

This is the place to enjoy the scent of roses and appreciate the huge diversity of hardy perennials flowering from summer and well into the Autumn. Here you can find the parterre which still has at its centre the original urn dating from the former parterre laid out...