All the secret gardens in Cheshire open to the public this summer

The National Garden Scheme gives unique access to more than 3,500 private gardens in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands, raising money for nursing and health charities.

This year, visitors can enjoy seven gardens in Warrington with venues in Lymm, Thelwall and Appleton welcoming guests as well as Daresbury, High Legh and Glazebury.

Around £67million has been raised over the years for Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice UK and The Queen’s Nursing Institute, with £3.1million being donated last year thanks to the generosity of garden owners, volunteers and visitors.

Here are the seven secret venues in Warrington open to visitors this summer followed by a list of the other Cheshire gardens:

213 Higher Lane, Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 0RN

Visits by arrangement

Established on an acre of grounds and segregated into various planting schemes, there are herbaceous borders, specimen rhododendrons and hydrangeas as well as ferns and grasses, gingers and subtropical plants. There’s a pond, complete with fish and waterfalls surrounded by Japanese acers with far reaching views across fields and woodland, as well as rare and unusual plants and shrubs with wooded pathways.

Admission: Adult: £4.00 Child: Free

Laskey Farm, Laskey Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2TF

Sunday, April 30, Monday, May 1, Saturday, May 27, Sunday, May 28, Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16

There’s a one-and-a-half-acre garden including herbaceous and rose borders, a vegetable area and a greenhouse as well as parterre and a maze showcasing grasses and prairie style planting. Interconnected pools for wildlife, specimen koi and terrapins form an unusual water garden which features a swimming pond. There is also a treehouse with birds and animals.

Admission: Adult: £6.00 Child: £1.00

10 Statham Avenue, Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 9NH

Monday, May 1, Saturday, May 27, Sunday, May 28, Wednesday June 14 and Wednesday, July 5

This is a beautifully structured quarter-acre south facing terraced garden rising to the Bridgewater towpath. A hazel arch opens to a clay paved courtyard with peach trees and a kitchen herb bed. Rose pillars lead to lush herbaceous beds and quiet shaded areas, bordered by azaleas and rhododendrons in spring, peaceful, pastel shades in early summer and hydrangeas and fuchsias in late summer. There are also some interesting garden buildings.

Admission: Adult: £5.00 Child: Free

15 Park Crescent, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 5JJ

Thursday, June 1, Saturday, June 25

An abundant garden containing many unusual plants, trees and a mini orchard. A cascade, ponds and planting encourage wildlife. There are raised beds, many roses in various forms and herbaceous borders. The garden has been split into distinct areas on different levels each with their own vista drawing one through the garden.

Admission: Adult: £5.00 Child: Free

The Homestead, 2 Fanners Lane, High Legh, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 0RZ

Sunday, June 11 and Sunday, July 9

This compact gem of a garden has been created over the last seven years by a keen gardener and plants woman. Enter past groups of liquidambar and white stemmed birch and there are colour-themed areas with perennials, shrubs and trees. Moving past topiary and obelisks covered with varieties of clematis and roses, visitors can enjoy the colours of the hot border, a decorative greenhouse and a pond.

Admission: Adult: £4.50 Child: Free

Hall Lane Farm, Hall Lane, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4AF

Sunday, June 18

The two-acre private formal garden was originally designed by Arabella Lennox-Boyd and is arranged in a 'gardens within gardens' style to create a series of enclosed spaces each with their own character and style. The gardens include a vegetable garden, an orchard and Koi pond as well as lawns and a treehouse.

Admission: Adult: £5.00 Child: Free

Weeping Ash Garden, Bents Home and Garden, Warrington Road, Glazebury, Cheshire, WA3 5NS

Sunday, August 13, Sunday, September 10 and Sunday, October 29

Created by retired nurseryman and photographer John Bent, Weeping Ash is a garden of year-round interest with a beautiful display of early snowdrops. Broad sweeps of colour lend elegance to this stunning garden which is much larger than it initially seems with hidden paths and wooded areas creating a sense of natural growth.

Admission is by donation

 

By arrangement

The Well House, Wet Lane, Tilston, Malpas, Cheshire, SY14 7DP

Rosewood, Old Hall Lane, Puddington, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 5SP

Long Acre, Wyche Lane, Bunbury, Cheshire, CW6 9PS

Inglewood, 4 Birchmere, Heswall, Cheshire, CH60 6TN

Hilltop, Flash Lane, Prestbury, Cheshire, SK10 4ED

Bollin House, Hollies Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK 9 2BW

 

Sunday, April 23

Hill Farm, Hill Lane, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 3PS

 

Saturday, April 29

Adswood, Townfield Lane, Mollington, Cheshire, CH1 6LB

 

Sunday, April 30

Adswood, Townfield Lane, Mollington, Cheshire, CH1 6LB

Somerford, 19 Leycester Road, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8QR

Norley Court, Marsh Lane, Norley, Cheshire, WA6 8NY

 

Monday, May 1

Framley, Hadlow Road, Willaston, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 2US

 

Thursday, May 4

Cholmondeley Castle Gardens, Cholmondeley, Malpas, Cheshire, SY14 8AH

 

Saturday, May 6

Brooke Cottage, Handforth, Cheshire, SK9 3LT

 

Sunday, May 7

Brooke Cottage, Handforth, Cheshire, SK9 3LT

 

Friday, May 12

Bolesworth Castle, Tattenhall, Cheshire, CH3 9HQ

 

Saturday, May 13

Bolesworth Castle, Tattenhall, Cheshire, CH3 9HQ

Hathaway, 1 Pool End Road, Tytherington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 2LB

64 Carr Wood, Hale Barns, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 0EP

 

Sunday, May 14

Hill Farm, Hill Lane, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 3PS

Hathaway, 1 Pool End Road, Tytherington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 2LB

Abbeywood Gardens, Chester Road, Delamere, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 2HS

Highbank, 110 Bradwall Road, Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 1AW

Stonyford Cottage, Stonyford Lane, Oakmere, Cheshire, CW8 2TF

Tiresford, Tarporley, Cheshire, CW6 9LY

 

Saturday, May 20

The Old Parsonage, Back Lane, Arley Green, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 6LZ

 

Sunday, May 21

Mayfield House, Moss Lane, Bunbury Heath, Tarporley, Cheshire, CW6 9SY

Bankhead, Old Coach Road, Barnhill, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 9JL

The Old Parsonage, Back Lane, Arley Green, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 6LZ

Mount Pleasant, Yeld Lane, Kelsall, Cheshire, CW6 0TB

Manley Knoll, Manley Road, Manley, Cheshire, WA6 9DX

 

Sunday, May 28

Rowley House, Forty Acre Lane, Kermincham, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, CW4 8DX

 

Sunday, June 4

Tattenhall Hall, High Street, Tattenhall, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 9PX

 

Saturday, June 10

18 Highfield Road, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 5LR

Drake Carr, Mudhurst Lane, Higher Disley, Cheshire, SK12 2AN

Peover Hall Gardens, Over Peover, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 9HW

 

Sunday, June 11

18 Highfield Road, Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 5LR

Drake Carr, Mudhurst Lane, Higher Disley, Cheshire, SK12 2AN

Peover Hall Gardens, Over Peover, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 9HW

60 Kennedy Avenue, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 3DE

Bucklow Farm, Pinfold Lane, Plumley, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 9RP

 

Friday, June 16

Somerford, 19 Leycester Road, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8QR

 

Saturday, June 17

One House Walled Garden, off Buxton New Road, Rainow, Cheshire, SK11 0AD

New Inn Farm, Buxton New Road, Rainow, Cheshire, SK11 0AD

Willaston Grange, Hadlow Road, Willaston, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 2UN

 

Sunday, June 18

One House Walled Garden, off Buxton New Road, Rainow, Cheshire, SK11 0AD

New Inn Farm, Buxton New Road, Rainow, Cheshire, SK11 0AD

 

Saturday, June 24

All Fours Farm, Colliers Farm, Aston by Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 6NF

 

Sunday, June 25

Briarfield, The Rake, Burton, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 5TL

All Fours Farm, Colliers Farm, Aston by Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 6NF

Burton Manor Walled Garden, The Village, Burton, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 5SJ

Trustwood, Burton, Cheshire, CH64 5TG

Sandymere, Middlewich Road, Cotebrook, Cheshire, CW6 9EH

Parm Place, High Street, Great Budworth, Cheshire, CW9 6HF

 

Saturday, July 1

Bluebell Cottage Gardens, Lodge Lane, Dutton, Cheshire, WA4 4HP

 

Sunday, July 2

Ashton Grange, Grange Road, Ashton Hayes, Chester, Cheshire, CH3 8AE

Bluebell Cottage Gardens, Lodge Lane, Dutton, Cheshire, WA4 4HP

 

Thursday, July 6

5 Cobbs Lane, Hough, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 5JN

 

Saturday, July 8

5 Cobbs Lane, Hough, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 5JN

 

Sunday, July 9

Rowley House, Forty Acre Lane, Kermincham, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, CW4 8DX

 

Saturday, July 15

The Old Byre, Sound Lane, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 8BE

Sound Manor, Wrenbury Heath Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 8BT

Milford House Farm, Long Lane, Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 4DN

 

Sunday, July 16

The Old Byre, Sound Lane, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 8BE

Sound Manor, Wrenbury Heath Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 8BT

 

Saturday, July 22

Stretton Old Hall, Stretton, Malpas, Cheshire, SY15 7JA

The Birches, Grove Road, Mollington, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 6LG

 

Sunday, July 23

Stretton Old Hall, Stretton, Malpas, Cheshire, SY15 7JA

The Birches, Grove Road, Mollington, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 6LG

Norley Bank Farm, Cow Lane, Norley, Cheshire, WA6 8PJ

 

Sunday, July 30

The Firs, Old Chester Road, Barbridge, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 6AY

Norley Bank Farm, Cow Lane, Norley, Cheshire, WA6 8PJ

 

Sunday, August 6

The Firs, Old Chester Road, Barbridge, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 6AY

 

Sunday, September 3

Mount Pleasant, Yeld Lane, Kelsall, Cheshire, CW6 0TB

 

Sunday, September 17

Abbeywood Gardens, Chester Road, Delamere, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 2HS

 

Sunday, October 8

The Lovell Quinta Arboretum, Swettenham, Cheshire, CW12 2LF