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Things to do in the garden at Acorn Bank

Visitors in the distance looking into the pond at Acorn Bank. Yellow and red verbascum and poppies are in the border in the foreground.
Enjoy a peaceful wander through Acorn Bank's gardens, and take in the changing seasons. | © National Trust Images/Paul Harris

Discover what lies within the garden’s 17th-century walls - stroll through the traditional fruit orchards, see what's on the menu in the vegetable patches and take in the aromas of the Herb Garden, which is the largest in the National Trust's care and home to over 275 varieties of herbs.

Summer in the garden

The terraced borders in the garden at Acorn Bank. An iron gate is in the corner of the wall. There are tall pink opium poppies as the main feature of this corner.
Flowers in a border at Acorn Bank | © National Trust Images/Stephen Robson

Colourful borders

Wander past bursts of colour in the herbaceous borders

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Two women sitting on a wooden bench enjoying some food on a summer day, with willows growing behind them, at Acorn Bank, Cumbria

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