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Essex is a county in size over 1,500 square kilometers, so it is not surprising to find that it is full of areas of outstanding natural beauty, fortunately to us are cared for by some of the best organizations and gardeners in the country. The variety of Gardens Open in Essex available to be viewed and enjoyed by the public is broad and varies from Elizabethan knot gardens, forests and gardens of gravel.

Easy reach of Colchester, about 6 miles east, near the city of Elmstead Market, is the Beth Chatto Gardens. These gardens were created by eco-famous author, designer of gardens and plants of the woman, Beth Chatto OBE. Beth was awarded this honor in 2002. The gardens were built in the place of her husband disused fruit farm in the 1960s, which limits the family home.

The whole area was considered unsuitable for cultivation and allowed to grow wild in the desert covered covered with willows and brambles. Today the gardens are about five acres of land divided in a variety of different sites, including planting in dry, sun baked earth, water and marginal planting, woodland, shade, heavy clay and alpine areas. Beth Chatto OBE still working on the gardens and writes for national and international press.

Presentations by Beth Chatto Gardens can be seen in the Tendring Hundred Show in Essex. The gardens have won many gold medals for exhibits at the Chelsea Flower Show. All this experience helps the Garden Beth Chatto gardens one of the most spectacular open in Essex to visit.

Just short trip south of Colchester, along the A12 and situated in Rettendon near Chelmsford, is Hyde Hall Garden. Property of charity UK main garden, the Royal Horticultural Society, Hyde Hall is about twenty acres in size and is a charming hillside garden with a wide variety of trees and ornamental flowers, shrubs, and colored themed herbaceous borders.

A great attraction to visitors at Hyde Hall is the garden of the house with two ponds containing a wide selection of water lilies, bog plants and fish. Formed in September 1982 is viburnums national collections, this genre offers all the interest over the year, with flowers and the scent of winter to early summer followed by bright berries in late summer through winter, as well as leaves in autumn colors.

Follow the A130 north of Rettendon and reach the historic town of Great Dunmow. Located here are the Gardens of Easton Lodge. The gardens are one of the most important gardens by the architect and Edwardian garden designer Harold Peto Anisworth, who was commissioned to redesign in 1902.

The gardens are characterized by non-Italian garden, of course, Peto pavilion and courtyard with fountain. Also contained within the gardens are an extra ordinary collection of works by art of several contemporary artists from Essex, as Anne Schwegmann-Fielding and Elaine Tribley.

At the very edge of Essex County, where most northwesterly point in Cambridgeshire border is the house and gardens of Audley End House. This is a garden not to be missed when visiting the county. The site is owned and restored by English Heritage and the house is one of the best examples of seventeenth-century England.

In 1762, the then owner of Audley End House, Sir John Griffin, instructed "gardener of England, a landscape architect, Capability Brown, to redesign and landscape the park surrounding the house. The gardens are a good example of English style Brown that does not contain a circular temple, models and several ancient monuments the ornate bridges crossing the River Cam, which divides the land.

Walled within the grounds is a restored Victorian Kitchen Garden. This was restored in 1999 by the charity, the main organic farming, organic garden, and now is a good example of a garden complete a variety of kitchen herbs, fruits, vegetables and flowers.

Throughout the rural county of Essex there are many small private gardens that open their doors to the public, some on a regular basis and others for a short period of time, maybe once or twice a year.

Sailing Hall Gardens, located between Great Dunmow and Braintree, is a country of 12 acres of garden most famous for its collection of rare trees. The Hall itself is not open to be seen, but with six ponds, the Temple of Pisces and many other surprises, the garden is well worth the small entrance fee.

The small garden party goods, 60 Mill Lane, is open from Tuesday, June 9 through Sunday July 12. It is situated in Cressing, about 15 miles west of Colchester and is a haven for plantaholic, rich color, with pots and hanging baskets.

As the quintessential English cottage garden, Newland Cottage, is a 1-acre garden designed and created by its owners. The garden contains a large number of shrubs, trees and plants, a pond, vegetable garden, fruit trees and a formal garden with a roundabout. Newland Cottage is situated in Wrabness near Manningtree and is part of the National Gardening. The NGS is a charity opening gardens of quality, character and interest to the public.

Please check the Events page for any Essex Essex Gardens Open in celebration of special events or open days. The section on "related links" at the bottom of this article will help you locate information on the NGS and open gardens.

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