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In the late 17th century, Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, described gardening as her “innocent diversion”, yet this apparently genteel pastime became an ambitious enterprise of cultivation, collecting and botanical investigation.

People / Places

Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown bought the Manor of Fenstanton and Hilton in 1767 which can be explored in this 2 mile walk by Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust.

Places

The gardens at Levens Hall are best known as the home of the world’s oldest topiary garden, an extraordinary collection of ancient box and yew trees sculpted into abstract and geometric shapes.

Places

A unique site with four complete period gardens including 17th century, Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian gardens.