Tours

Thursday Tours

Guided tour with the Garden Curator - Curators Edible Woodland Tour
- The Dinosaur Tree (Wollemia Tree): an incredibly rare plant, native to Australia
- The story of the first woman to circumnavigate the world and the plants associated with her
- Medicinal trees and shrubs and their particular place in history
- Planting philosophy of Mr Congreve, who was the winner of 13 gold medals at the prestigious Chelsea flower show in the United Kingdom

General Guided Tours - Garden Highlight Walk (formal gardens)

Guided tour with Expert Gardener

General Guided Tours- Garden Walk-Hike (formal and woodland gardens)

General Guided Tours - Worldwide walking tour (formal & woodland gardens)
- Japanese Azeleas
- Majestic Californian Redwood
- Spiky (but beautiful) fragrant Mahonia, from Eastern Asia
- Twisted trunk of the Mediterranean Castanea
- "Handkerchief" tree from China
- "Dinosaur" tree from Australia o Wollemia Nobolis: thought be extinct, until rediscovered in 1994. This tree was gifted to Mr Ambrose by the Mount Congreve resident gardeners to mark his 100th birthday
At a glance
Trails


Woodland Garden Walk - 55 mins
Stretch your legs, fill your lungs with fresh air and let the kids run free as you meander through woodland paths lined with spectacular collections of camellias, magnolias and rhododendrons.
Duration: 55 min

♿ Fragrant Walk - 20 mins
Accessible to all our visitors, enjoy year-round, ever-changing fragrances as you journey through varied plant collections and glimpse the woodland garden to the west and the walled garden to the east.
Duration: 20 min

Walled Garden Walk - 30 mins
Discover how herbs, vegetables and fruit trees are grown on an easy stroll through the kitchen garden; enjoy expanses of soothing green lawn and flowering trees around the pleasure garden.
Duration: 30 MIN

Woodland Garden Walk - 55 mins
Stretch your legs, fill your lungs with fresh air and let the kids run free as you meander through woodland paths lined with spectacular collections of camellias, magnolias and rhododendrons.
Duration: 55 min

♿ Fragrant Walk - 20 mins
Accessible to all our visitors, enjoy year-round, ever-changing fragrances as you journey through varied plant collections and glimpse the woodland garden to the west and the walled garden to the east.
Duration: 20 min

Walled Garden Walk - 30 mins
Discover how herbs, vegetables and fruit trees are grown on an easy stroll through the kitchen garden; enjoy expanses of soothing green lawn and flowering trees around the pleasure garden.
Duration: 30 MIN