A plantsman's garden...created by an artist...beautifully designed and full of inspiration...in Surrey....how do I not know about this ?

That was my hesitant reaction upon hearing about Tilford Cottage Garden..and reading about it and it being open through the NGS ! Telford was one of the discoveries through the Yellow Book..that spurred me on last summer to carefully read the descriptions more thoroughly and to not be so narrow minded about the gardens opening under the NGS Banner !

Tilford Cottage Gardens is a two-acre garden that mixes gardens and arts. The garden itself is split into many distinct zones or rooms, there’s a herb garden, a zen garden, herbaceous border, meadow, vegetable plot and so on. Interspersed throughout are sculptures and glassworks by the owner maker artist Rod Burns. It makes for a very eclectic and unique garden, full of surprises and amusement at every turn. A garden so beautifully planned and planted....my notebook was bursting with plant combinations and ideas when I left...a garden that should be so much better known and a credit both to the Burns and the NGS.....

Tilford Road

Tilford

Surrey

GU10 2BX