Gardening top tips
Need help with your garden? Our gardeners from Hampton Court Palace have answered questions submitted in a recent Q&A garden session, with top tips and advice for your garden or balcony.
Gardening top tips Gro like a proExplore 60 acres of formal gardens and 750 acres of historic parkland
Explore 60 acres of formal gardens and 750 acres of historic parkland
Update 27 November: In line with government guidance, Hampton Court Palace is closed until 2 December, but our gardens are open at the weekends only. We will reopen the palace on 5 December. Please read our FAQs
Hampton Court Palace’s world-famous gardens include 60 acres of spectacular formal gardens and 750 acres (304 hectares) of parkland, all set within a loop of the River Thames.
Our gardens are home to the world's oldest puzzle maze, a record-breaking grape vine, three National Plant Collections and a huge variety of wildlife, including the descendants of Henry VIII’s deer herd.
Summer sees the spectacular herbaceous border in the East Front Gardens at its best, while Queen Mary II's Exoticks come out in the Lower Orangery Garden.
The Great Vine grapes are harvested at the end of the summer, followed by autumn colours in the Tiltyard, Wilderness and 20th Century Garden as deers rut in Home Park.
In the winter, striking outlines of trees stretch across Home Park and, if we're lucky, snow highlights the topiary of the Privy Garden.
The gardens come to life in spring with over one million flowering bulbs in the Wilderness and a riot of colour in the formal gardens.
Find out more about our gardens in autumn in this short film.
Our work in the gardens happens all year round.
Our growing yearGreg Leeson takes a look at some of the dahlia varieties we’ve had on display in our gardens. Dahlias are the perfect late summer flower – colourful, flamboyant and bold. If you are lucky enough to have these in your garden, it is a fiesta of colour, shapes and sizes; from deep, rich purples to tall, creamy whites and acid orange mini pom-poms.
Need help with your garden? Our gardeners from Hampton Court Palace have answered questions submitted in a recent Q&A garden session, with top tips and advice for your garden or balcony.
Gardening top tips Gro like a proHampton Court Palace is the holder of three important National Plant Collections – Heliotropium, Lantana and Queen Mary II's Exoticks which is designated a Heritage Collection.
More about our national plant collectionsFrequently asked questions about the beautiful gardens at Hampton Court Palace.
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Wander through this treasure of the Hampton Court Gardens, which was once Charles II's formal pleasure garden and is now a wild meadow.
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Explore the Privy Garden, now restored to its former glory and complete with its intricate Tijou Screen.
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Discover the sunken gardens created for Henry VIII and transformed by Mary II.
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