Garden

The ethos at Bere Mill is to let nature come into the garden.
The garden sits comfortably within the landscape, complementing its surroundings.

Come and explore the gardens for yourself through the NGS scheme.

Dates for 2024

10 March 2024

6 May 2024

27 May 2024

26 August 2024

Garden entry is £8 per head; proceeds to the National Gardens Scheme charity.

The National Gardens Scheme is the premier British garden charity and contributes more that £3m a year to health charities raised from private garden openings. Bere Mill was the most visited garden in Hampshire for the NGS in 2023 and raised just under £10,500 for this good cause!

Teas served.
Hours 1200 to 1700.

The garden is also open by arrangement for group visits. All proceeds go to the National Garden Scheme charity and we make a fixed change of £450 for each group visit. Refreshments can be arranged. Please contact Rupert Nabarro at rupertnab@gmail.com

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'Whan that Aprille with his shoures sote
The droghte of Marche hath perced to the rote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages'

Chaucer - The Canterbury Tales - Epilogue

In the Beauty of the Test Valley

The garden lies alongside the River Test and its picturesque water meadows

Map of the Garden

Startled them with reward,
a flash as sudden
As the kingfisher’s blue on
English stream

The Garden in the Landscape

The garden is designed to complement its surroundings

Map of the Garden

Planting and Horticulture

Mediterranean, herbaceous and bog planting, with orchards and riverside marginals

Visiting the Garden

We dream our dreams,
What should we be, without our fabulous flowers?

Art and sculpture

The works of well known sculptors adorn the garden

Visiting the Garden