A visit to Knoll Gardens

Last weekend I had the joy of visiting the Gold medal winner of Chelsea and many other shows – Knoll Gardens.

If you live in Dorset, then it’s definitely a must see garden!

Knoll Gardens is stunning throughout the year, as their planting schemes are for all year long interest.

For those who are wheelchair users you will be pleased to hear that most of the garden is accessible, which is great to see, as so many beautiful gardens are unfortunately not too accessible.

Echinacea

The garden has many areas of interest and planned in great detail. You recieve a free guide when you pay for your entry. The guide is well written with a detailed plan of the gardens, it also tells you the garden areas that are best seen in the particular month of your visit.

The Water Garden

We particularly enjoyed the Water, Summer and Dragons garden and walk, but we enjoyed all that the garden has to offer.

Dragon Sculpture

We stood and watched an Emperor Dragonfly as he circled the pond feeding.

Lily Pond in the Dragon Garden

Knoll gardens has a refreshment cabin where there is a self service area with good quality and range of products. You are also allowed to bring a picnic with you and eat in the garden if you wish, with plenty of seating dotted around.

We were privileged to see many lovely butterflies enjoying  the Eupatorium purple bush.

Tortiseshell Butterfly on an Eupatorium purple bush

The entry fee is –

• Adults £5.50
• Consessions £4.50
• Children 5-15 years £3.75
• Disabled person and helper is £1.00 off each appropriate category
• Free for RHS Members

Knoll Gardens can be found at –

Stapehill Road, Hampreston, Wimborne, BH21 7ND

Directions and Map can be found here –Knoll Gardens

All images (C) Anita Hunt