Where will you visit next?
Discover lots of gardens, historic houses, days out at the coast and more.
Top kitchen gardens
The historic kitchen gardens in our care have fed people for centuries, with many still providing produce for use in selected cafés. Look out for rare breeds of chickens, period features and even some brickwork by Sir Winston Churchill in our pick of the best kitchen gardens.
- The Walled Garden at Beningbrough, Yorkshire
- As one of the first kitchen gardens in our care to be renovated back in 1995, the Walled Garden at Beningbrough is home to a large variety of produce. Look out for plants like liquorice, grapes, figs and more than 50 varieties of apple.Visit the Walled Garden at Beningbrough
- The Walled Garden at Berrington Hall, Herefordshire
- The main Walled Garden at Berrington is part of a design by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, a prolific 18th-century landscape architect. It features an orchard, plenty of flowers and large vegetable beds which supply the tea-room.Visit the Walled Garden at Berrington Hall
- The Walled Garden at Blickling Estate, Norfolk
- For more than four centuries, the Walled Garden at Blickling supplied enough produce to feed the many families that lived and worked on the 5,000-acre estate. The garden has now been restored to its 17th-century glory, and plenty of fruit, vegetables and herbs are once again growing here. Head to the café to see which seasonal ingredients have come from the garden. It also recently featured on the TV programme, Ainsley’s National Trust Cook Off.Visit the Walled Garden at Blickling
- The Walled Garden at Chartwell, Kent
- Wander through beds full of seasonal fruit and veg in Chartwell's Walled Garden. You can find a cut flower area full of colourful blooms and clucking chickens too. Keep an eye out for the wall and a small brick house that were built by Sir Winston Churchill himself.Visit the Walled Garden at Chartwell
- The Kitchen Garden at Chirk Castle, Wrexham
- Dating back to 1653, the gardens at Chirk Castle still include many historical features, such as a hawk house and a long curved border that was originally planted after the Second World War. Behind the squash court you'll find the Kitchen Garden, which has a small orchard along with vegetable plots. Head to the shop to see what seasonal produce you can buy.Visit the Kitchen Garden at Chirk Castle
- The Walled Kitchen Garden at Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire
- Steeped in history and spanning four acres, the 18th-century Walled Kitchen Garden boasts the longest glasshouse in National Trust care and is home to two national collections: rhubarb and heritage apples.Visit the Walled Kitchen Garden at Clumber Park
- The Walled Garden at Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk
- Felbrigg's Walled Garden dates back to the 1700s. It might be an old garden, but it's got a modern twist with Mediterranean planting schemes designed to be resilient to climate change. Breathe in the scent of sage and mint while spotting one of the few octagonal working dovecotes in the country.Visit the Walled Garden at Felbrigg Hall
- The Kitchen Garden at Florence Court, County Fermanagh
- The restored Kitchen Garden at Florence Court produces a wide range of common seasonal vegetables as well as more unusual ones, such as yacon, a sweet-tasting tuber. There are also many varieties of rhubarb and an assortment of soft fruits such as jostaberry and boysenberry. Look out for the herb circle growing culinary herbs, medicinal herbs and herbal teas.Visit the Kitchen Garden at Florence Court
- The Kitchen Garden at Greys Court, Oxfordshire
- Hear the buzz of pollinators in the Kitchen Garden at Greys Court. The gardeners use the Three Sisters method – an ancient sustainable gardening technique of companion planting. For example, they plant sweetcorn and then climbing French beans, which use the sweetcorn for support. Underneath, gardeners plant courgettes for ground cover to keep the moisture in the soil. A fourth ‘sister’ in the same bed are sunflowers to attract bees and butterflies.Visit the Kitchen Garden at Greys Court
- The Kitchen Garden at Ham House and Garden, London
- Known as one of the most productive walled kitchen gardens in London, it provides the café with home-grown produce all year round. The historic garden features 10 rectangular plots with a vast collection of organic vegetables, herbs and flowers that can be enjoyed with a drink from the Orangery café.Visit the Kitchen Garden at Ham House
- The Walled Garden at Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
- This pretty and productive Walled Garden dating back to Tudor times is full of delights. Laid out with cruciform pathways there are thriving vegetable beds, colourful herbaceous borders and a vibrant cut-flower area. Look out for elegant heritage apple and pear trees grown with the espailier technique flat against the walls.Visit the Walled Garden at Hinton Ampner
- The Walled Garden at Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
- Hughenden's sheltered Walled Garden is ideal for growing apricots, figs, pears and an old traditional English damson plum – the Aylesbury prune. It's on a gentle incline, so even in cooler seasons the heat rises up the slope and creates a warmer climate, while a ‘frost gate’ in the bottom corner allows the cold air to escape.Visit the Walled Garden at Hughenden
- The Kitchen Garden at Kingston Lacy, Dorset
- Kingston Lacy's Kitchen Garden is being conserved to reflect the garden's Victorian roots. Stroll among the vines and peaches in the glasshouses, walk among the blooming orchards and look inside the buildings used by the garden team more than 100 years ago. There may even be a few seasonal products to take home, in exchange for a small donation.Visit the Kitchen Garden at Kingston Lacy
- The Kitchen Garden at Knightshayes, Devon
- There’s always plenty of fruit and vegetables growing in this turreted Kitchen Garden. It’s home to a vast collection of crops, including more than 100 varieties of heritage tomatoes. Despite its ornamental presentation, it’s a working kitchen garden and all the produce is harvested and used.Visit the Kitchen Garden at Knightshayes
- The Walled Garden at Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
- Built in the late 18th century, the Walled Garden at Llanerchaeron has been producing fruit and vegetables for more than 200 years. You’ll find an old orchard with more than 50 varieties of apples, pears, plums and quinces, alongside over a hundred herb varieties some of which you might not have seen before.Visit the Walled Garden at Llanerchaeron
- The Kitchen Garden at Mottisfont, Hampshire
- Reflect on Mottisfont's medieval history in the Kitchen Garden, which was restored in 2018. Everything planted here is culinary or medicinal – designed to educate and inspire. Raised beds are planted with a mix of vegetables, herbs and edible flowers.Visit the Kitchen Garden at Mottisfont
- The Kitchen Garden at Oxburgh Estate, Norfolk
- Explore a wide variety of heritage vegetables in the Kitchen Garden at Oxburgh, many grown from seed. With produce regularly on sale, you can discover the taste of these forgotten varieties for yourself. There’s also a greenhouse with a semi-tropical display of plants and an old potting shed, now used as a second-hand bookshop.Visit the Kitchen Garden at Oxburgh Estate
- The Vegetable Garden at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent
- Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson created the world-famous garden at Sissinghurst Castle in the early 1930s, and the Vegetable Garden has been thriving since 2008. In 2023, it gained Organic accreditation from the Soil Association, thanks to the team's use of companion plants and cultural control in place of chemicals. Sissinghurst's gardeners use the 'no dig' approach to vegetable growing, layering mulch or compost on top of the soil each year instead of turning it over. This method protects soil structure, boosts fertility, and nurtures thriving plants without disturbing the natural ecosystem beneathVisit the Vegetable Garden at Sissinghurst
- The Kitchen Garden at Sizergh, Lake District
- Discover the Kitchen Garden at Sizergh, where self-sufficiency has always been important. The organic Kitchen Garden provides fresh produce daily to the café, with all plants grown from seed on site and planted in patterns mixed with flowers for a striking effect.Visit the Kitchen Garden at Sizergh
- The Kitchen Garden at Tyntesfield, near Bristol
- Since the 1860s, the Kitchen Garden at Tynesfield has provided fruit and vegetables for the estate. Sample the produce in fresh meals cooked in the Cow Barn Restaurant or take some home in exchange for a donation from the produce table.Visit the Kitchen Garden at Tyntesfield
- The Walled Garden at The Weir Garden, Herefordshire
- Designed by Humphry Repton, the walled garden is a short walk through the orchard. The garden features colourful flower borders, seasonal produce and a 1920s Foster & Pearson glasshouse. You can also buy home-grown goods, straight from the garden.Visit the Walled Garden at The Weir Garden
- The Walled Garden at Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire
- With an impressive orchard full of apple, pear, plum and medlar trees, the Walled Garden at Wimpole has many rare varieties and period features. Look out for 50 types of tomatoes growing here, including Green Zebra and Banana Cream. Over 20% of the garden’s produce is donated to the Harston Hub Foodbank, with the rest for sale or supplying the café.Visit the Walled Garden at Wimpole
You might also be interested in
Article
Houseplants to see in our conservatories and glasshouses
Discover the impressive and inspiring range of houseplants you’ll find on display in the conservatories, orangeries and glasshouses in the Trust’s care.
Article
Famous gardens
We care for hundreds of historic gardens, encompassing more than 500 years of history and a range of garden styles and fashions. Learn about the most famous and significant gardens you can visit.
Article
Secret gardens
Find out which of the gardens we care for have their own 'secret' gardens concealed within them. Search for hideaways and hidden gems as you explore once-forgotten paths.
Article
Arts and Crafts gardens to visit
The Arts and Crafts movement also influenced garden design, often using the idea of garden 'rooms' to bring the home outdoors. Discover the Arts and Crafts gardens in our care.