Visitors to the Luton Hoo estate walled garden
- Credit: Archant
There's something quintessentially English about wandering around a country garden, the sunlight dappled by the trees, bees buzzing between the plants, and the bouquet of flowers hanging in the air.
1. The Walled Garden at Luton Hoo Estate
Conceived by the celebrated landscape designer Capability Brown in the late 1760s for John Stuart, Third Early of Bute and George III's Prime Minister.
It evolved over the following centuries to reflect different horicultural fashions and the tastes of successive owners, eventually falling into neglect in the late 1970s.
A restoration project began in 2001, carried out by a team of gardeners, researchers and historians in conjunction with the restoration and conservation team, with support from an education group, all dedicated to celebrating the importance of the garden in Victorian and Edwardian society.