GLORIOUS PEAK DISTRICT GARDENS & WELL DRESSING IN DERBYSHIRE
Many of the glorious Derbyshire gardens are closing down for the winter season, so please check the opening dates before you head off. Some gardens have special festive events. Why not browse all the gardens?
the botanical gardens
Originally designed by Robert Marnock in the Gardenesque style, fifteen different garden areas featuring collections of plants from all over the world, including Mediterranean, Asian, American prairie-style, woodland and rock-and-water plantings.
renishaw hall & gardens
Explore the precise symmetry of Italianate gardens, see rare and unusual species, wander through bluebell woods, and view the national collection of Yuccas. Renishaw also boasts one of the most northerly vineyards in the country.
Lea Gardens, A delight!
Lea Gardens have a unique collection of Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Kalmias and other plants in a woodland setting. A teashop offers light lunches, home baking, speciality coffees and teas.
tissington hall & gardens
Well-tended lawns and formal gardens that come to life with bulbs in the spring and roses in the summer. This Derbyshire garden also houses the Tissington Nursery.
BURROWS GARDEN IN BRAILSFORD
5 acres of stunning garden set in the beautiful Derbyshire countryside. Immaculate laws, exotic rare plants and trees, and a mixture of traditional favourites.
consall hall gardens
Bridges, follies, lakes, gardens and woodlands conjure up a magical atmosphere near Leek in Staffordshire's Peak District. Exceptional and not to be missed if you're in the area.
How to construct your own Well Dressing
Learn the secrets of the villages who have created well dressing displays for hundreds of years, all you need is a duck pond, a great visual idea, lots of time and plenty of willing helpers. Download our Well Dressing Fact Sheet by clicking on the image above.
Derbyshire WELL DRESSING DATES released for 2012
Modern well dressing takes place in over 70 towns and villages throughout the county. Each dressing is a real cooperative effort, taking teams of as many as 20 workers seven days to create a work of art that will be exhibited for only a week.
Our new Well dressing guide will be published in February 2012
To make sure you receive a copy of the brand new Well dressing guide when it is published in February 2012 telephone Chesterfield Tourist Information Centre on 01246 34577 or email tourism@chesterfield.gov.uk
Visit Peak District would like to thank Let's Stay Peak District for permission to feature this short film about well dressing, made by videographer Terry Bond.
