Hill Close Gardens

A delightful network of individual Victorian gardens.  

Bread and Meat Cl
Warwick
CV34 6HF
Tel: +44 (0)1926 493339
E-mail: centremanager@hcgt.org.uk
Website: www.hillclosegardens.com

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This little window into our gardening past was only re-discovered in 1993 long since gardens of this type had disappeared and almost been completely forgotten. In Victorian times, nearly every town had groups of detached gardens like these created on the outskirts for the use of people living above their businesses in the crowded town centre. When work was over, they could slip down one of the paths between high holly and hawthorn hedges and unlock a gate leading into their own garden.

The garden sloped down to the common and most of them had a summer house and a fine view. What distinguished these gardens from allotments was not merely their privacy and the buildings, but the fact that they were used for pleasure as well as produce.

This delightful network of individual Victorian gardens separated by high hedges was restored using Heritage Lottery funding in 2005-2006. Delightful summerhouses, gnarled old fruit trees, and heritage flowers and vegetables welcome the visitor to this tranquil spot.

Buy plants and historic varieties of fruit and vegetables in season. Enjoy tea, coffee and cake in the “sustainable” visitor centre. View the changing displays. Gifts for sale. Venue hire available.