Following the success of the previous openings, the abbey will open its gardens on Tuesday, September 16.
Open to the public from 10am to 3pm, tickets are available online. Visitors will be able to meet the Gardening A Team, on hand to answer questions and offer autumn gardening tips. A stall selling plants, fresh-pressed apple juice from the Maze and other produce also be on offer.
Displaying the arrival of the autumn colours, visitors will enjoy an opportunity to explore around 10 acres of the C12th estate’s gardens, including the beautiful six-acre Victorian Walled Gardens and Glasshouse, The Pleasure Garden with its rare trees and Pempe’s Pavilion and The Garden Wood, leading down to the lake, with views over the water and countryside beyond.
The restored Glasshouse, designed by Messenger in 1903, sits within the Abbey’s fruit tree maze.
The only one of its kind in the world and designed by the late Randoll Coate, it is an espaliered labyrinth of over 25 varieties of apple and pear trees.
The Pavilion in the middle-walled garden offers a wonderful place to enjoy the light refreshments, whilst taking in the sensory pleasures of the garden.
Light refreshments and free parking including an EV charger on site. Dogs and picnics are not permitted.
Tickets are priced at £8.50 and pre-booking is required.
To book visit: www.combermereabbey.co.uk/abbey-estate-tours/
Combermere Abbey is privately owned and still a family home.
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