The garden is not dissimilar to Hidcote with its well defined compartments, though it is more informal and just as full of delightful surprises. The topiary and hedges are different in form for each 'room' and against a backdrop of some good specimen trees, the planting schemes include half moon shaped white, pink and lilac rooms as well as blue and yellow borders, a fuschia border and a fernery with bamboos as background. There is a lovely walk reminiscent of Mediterranean countries with orange, scarlet, yellow and silver flowers and many different lavenders. Sir George Hastings brought some interesting statuary from Ranelagh House in Barnes and installed it here in the garden.

In the lower garden the water-loving plants predominate by what was once the millstream. There are irises, and masses of waterlilies of every colour in the large pool and beyond in the former dyeing pool (for the mill) are giant gunnera. The autumn colours from the acers, viburnums and Sargent's Cherry are spectacular. Finally, in the arboretum formality disappears and trees such as chestnuts, limes, walnuts and beech tower over the Spring daffodils and later the Snakeshead Fritillarias.