The enchanting gardens that surround the house were originally established by Sir Edward Hasell in the 1680s and the Terrace Walk, with its herbaceous borders containing many familiar and rare perennials, still survives. The Rose Walk features over 100 old-fashioned roses and many named ancient apple trees. It leads on to the Gazebo which is set into the 18th century garden wall and in summer is covered with Clematis Tangutica.

Imagine a silver fir tree over 19 feet in girth and 85 feet high! This colossal specimen of Abies Cephalonica is the largest in the UK. The Tudor Knot Garden nearby surrounds a pretty fountain and is planted with tulips, herbs, Viola Cornuta Alba and Agapanthus.

A highlight of the garden is the magnificent display in early summer of the blue Himalayan poppies amongst the wild flowers beside the Dacre Beck. Other features of the garden are the intriguing Tudor Grotto which is a little house above the river, and the secret gate into Lob's Wood, a glorious woodland walk above the Beck. Last but not least is the magnificent Tulip Tree which in recent hot summers has flowered splendidly.

New to the garden are the earth sculpture giantess and wild flower spiral.