Norfolk National Garden Scheme: 

Full bloom ahead: July is a brilliant time for garden visiting, borders abundant, vegetable plots delicious with edible produce, and beautiful scented flowers ready for cutting. Our Garden Owners have worked hard to get their gardens to a good standard so why not make a visit and take the family for an inexpensive day out. Graham and Sally Watts who are opening their garden Dale Farm, Dereham, “We are looking forward to showing off the significant improvements we have made for better access around our garden, and visitors will be able to see how resilient plants are after the tough winter weather.” 

SUNDAY 2nd JULY 

MANOR FARM COSTON, COSTON LANE, WYMONDHAM NR9 4DT 

12-5 adm £6 chd free. Home-made teas. Dogs Welcome 

Fun country garden with formal and informal planting. Walled kitchen garden, herbaceous and shrub borders, box parterres and areas of wildflowers. Sculptures throughout. Fun for the children. Dogs welcome 

WALCOTT HOUSE, WALCOTT GREEN, WALCOTT NR12 0NU 

10-4 adm £6 chd free. Home-made teas. Dogs Welcome

A 12-acre site with formal gardens planted around farm buildings. Include herb garden, white garden and bright garden and euphorbia garden. Also Woodland and damp gardens & small arboretum. 

WEDNESDAY 5th JULY 

THE WALLED GARDEN, LITTLE PLUMSTEAD, NR13 5FA 

Evening opening 6-8. Guided tour adm £10 pre-booking essential. 

A special treat to see the recently restored fine Victorian walled garden, created and maintained by a community. There is a cutting bed, alpine, herbaceous and shrub areas and a Victorian style glasshouse.  

SUNDAY 9th JULY 

HOLME HALE HALL, SWAFFHAM, IP25 7ED 

12-4 adm £7 chd fee. Light refreshments. Dogs welcome

Walled kitchen garden with soft palette of herbaceous plants which include some unusual varieties. Greenhouse, vegetables, trained fruits, and roses. Wildlife friendly with wildflower meadow. Long season of interest. 

KERDISTON MANOR, REEPHAM, NR10 4RY 

11-5 adm £6 chd free. Light refreshments. Dogs welcome

2-acres with mature trees, colourful herbaceous borders, dell garden, potager style vegetable plot, pond, and a 15-acre wild meadow walk. 

SATURDAY 15th JULY (also open Sunday 16th July)

SWAFIELD HALL, KNAPTON ROAD, SWAFIELD, NORTH WALSHAM, NR28 ORP 

10-5 adm £5 chd free. Light refreshments. Dogs welcome

4 acres with parterre, summer garden, orchard, cutting garden, pear tunnel, secret oriental garden, a promenade of theatrical serpentine hedging, pond and woodland walk. 

SUNDAY 16th JULY 

DUNBHEAGAN, DEREHAM RD, WESTFIELD, NR19 1QF 

1-5 adm £5 chd free. Home-made teas.Dogs welcome

Rare and unusual plants grow with the more recognisable in densely planted borders to make a riot of colour. 

4 COACH HOUSE COURT, UNTHANK ROAD, NORWICH, NR4 7QR 

11-5 adm £4 chd free 

A tiny, compact city garden full of interesting plants which provide consecutive flowering and interest all year. Opening nearby: 

NORTH LODGE, 51 BOWTHORPE ROAD, NORWICH, NR2 3TN 

11-5 adm £5 chd free. Home-made teas 

Victorian Gothic Cemetery Lodge Garden with interesting follies, herbaceous beds, water features, strong structure and vistas 

SWAFIELD HALL, KNAPTON ROAD, SWAFIELD, NORTH WALSHAM, NR28 ORP 

10-5 adm £5 chd free. Light refreshments. Dogs welcome 

4 acres with parterre, summer garden, orchard, cutting garden, pear tunnel, secret oriental garden, a promenade of theatrical serpentine hedging, pond and woodland walk. 

WEDNESDAY 19th JULY 

LEXHAM HALL, LITCHAM, PE32 2QJ 

11-5 adm £7.50 chd free. Light refreshments. Dogs welcome

This popular mature garden has great variety and year-round interest, with walled garden (at its peak) and woodland walk set within parkland. 

SUNDAY 23rd JULY 

SOUTHGATE HOUSE, SOUTHGATE LANE, NORWICH, NR1 2AQ 

10.30 – 4 adm £5 chd free. Light refreshments. 

The garden, aprox an acre, is a mixture of Victorian and contemporary garden styles, formal garden rooms and informal woodland walks. Opening nearby 1 Woodside cottages 

1 WOODSIDE COTTAGES, BRACONDALE, NORWICH NR1 2AY 

11-5 adm £4 chd free. Home-made teas. 

A colourful and productive cottage garden attached to a pretty and historic cottage not far from Norwich City Centre. Opening nearby Southgate House. 

TUDOR LODGINGS, CASTLE ACRE, KINGS LYNN, PE32 2AN 

10-30–5.30 adm £6 chd free. Home-made light refreshments. Dogs welcome

2-acre garden has evolved over the years to give variety, colour and interest. Uniquely situated within Norman earthworks, with fine views across the Nar valley. Pond and wild area with ducks and chickens.   

SUNDAY 30th JULY 

DALE FARM, SANDY LANE, DEREHAM, NR19 2EA 

11-5 adm £6 chd free. Home-made teas. Plants for sale. Dogs welcome

2-acre plant lovers’ garden surrounding spring-fed pond. Exuberantly planted with over 1000 plant varieties. Music during the day. Wide choice of plants for sale. 

FERNDALE, 14 PORINGLAND ROAD, UPPER STOKE HOLY CROSS, NR14 8NL  

11-5 adm £4 chd free. Light Refreshments. 

⅓ acre packed with colour and features seating areas, arches, flower borders, pond, vegetable plots & greenhouse.

THE LONG BARN, FLORDON ROAD, NEWTON FLOTMAN, NR15 1QX 

10.30 – 4 adm £6 chd free. Home-made teas. 

Informal garden with Mediterranean influences; gnarled olive trees, figs and vines, plus herbaceous borders. Views over ha-ha to ancient parkland. Park and woodland walks. 

NORTH LODGE, 51 BOWTHORPE ROAD, NORWICH, NR2 3TN 

11-5 adm £5 chd free. Home-made teas 

Victorian Gothic cemetery lodge garden with follies, herbaceous beds, water features, strong structure and vistas. 

61 TRAFFORD WAY, SPIXWORTH, NORWICH, NR10 3QL 

10-5 adm £4 chd free. Light refreshments 

A fine example of what you can pack into a very small garden with gravel planting, herbaceous borders, roses, pleached hornbeams and pot plants. 

Before visiting a garden, we advise checking website for any UpToDate information ngs.org.uk 

 

About National Garden Scheme 

The National Garden Scheme gives visitors unique access to over 3,500 exceptional private gardens in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, and raises impressive amounts of money for some of the UK’s best-loved nursing and health charities through admissions, teas and cake.  

Thanks to the generosity of garden owners, volunteers and visitors we have donated more than £67 million to our beneficiary charities, and in 2022 made donations of £3.11 million. Founded in 1927 to support district nurses, we are now the most significant charitable funder of nursing in the UK and our beneficiaries include Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice UK and The Queen’s Nursing Institute.  

The National Garden Scheme doesn’t just open beautiful gardens for charity – we are passionate about the physical and mental health benefits of gardens too. We fund projects which promote gardens and gardening as therapy, and in 2017, we launched our annual Gardens and Health Week to raise awareness of the topic. Our funding also supports the training of gardeners and offers respite to horticultural workers who have fallen on difficult times. 

To find your perfect garden, visit ngs.org.uk, download the National Garden Scheme app or purchase the National Garden Scheme’s Garden Visitor’s Handbook, which is published annually and available via ngs.org.uk/shop and at all good book retailers.

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