Both these gardens are open under the NGS this Sunday 14th May and if you haven’t been to either they are very much worth a look.
Overstroud Cottage, Great Missenden is an artistic chalk garden on two levels with a collection of C17/C18 plants including auriculas, hellebores, bulbs, pulmonarias, peonies, geraniums, dahlias, herbs and succulents. There is a potager and lily pond. The cottage was once C17 fever house for Missenden Abbey. https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/11371/overstroud-cottage
Stoke Poges Memorial Gardens is a unique 22 acre Grade I registered garden constructed 1934-9 with a contemporary garden extension. Rock and water gardens, sunken colonnade, rose garden, 500 individual gated gardens, beautiful mature trees and newly landscaped areas. The stunning central water garden is enclosed with oak pergolas festooned with wisteria. https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/19644/stoke-poges-memorial-gardens
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