The Alnwick Garden

The Alnwick Garden is one of the most exciting contemporary gardens on earth. A garden for gardeners, with a design that looks to the future. It's a stunning attraction and a floral wonderland.

Just ten years ago the garden site was empty and derelict, it took the bold vision of the Duchess of Northumberland to transform it into the world-class attraction you can enjoy today. The Alnwick Garden belongs to a charity, The Alnwick Garden Trust, which is fundraising to complete the landscape.

You can see acres of fascinating plants, water sculptures and the infamous Poison Garden. The landscape is eclectic, from the gentle waves of colour and scent in the Rose Garden to the riotous water displays of the Grand Cascade.

But this isn't just an attraction for keen horticulturalists. The Alnwick Garden prides itself on being a place for families with lots of chances to get wet and play. You can collect water in the mini tractors, paddle in the rills, see the many ways water can move in the Serpent Garden and dodge the Grand Cascade’s jets.

There's also one of the world's largest wooden tree houses to explore as well as regular creative performances and tours, hands-on workshops, fabulous local food and inspirational gifts from Northumberland.

Open 364 days a year, The Alnwick Garden is a garden for all seasons, from the bulbs and blossoms of spring to summer’s roses and delphiniums, autumn’s fruits and rusty colours and winter’s evergreen bamboo and topiary.

It’s a wonderful garden, and an even better day out.

Be inspired by the most exciting contemporary garden developed in the last century, The Alnwick Garden. The inspiration of the Duchess of Northumberland, this fascinating garden features the Grand Cascade as its centrepiece to create spellbinding water displays. The pergola-covered paths of the rose garden combine shrub and climbing roses with clematis and honeysuckle, and the Ornamental Garden features the best of European garden design and planting.

In the Serpent Garden, eight water sculptures nestle in the coils of a topiary serpent, while the Poison Garden holds dangerous plants and their stories.

The garden is also home to the Bamboo Labyrinth and one of the world's largest tree houses, with rope bridges, walkways in the sky and a fantastic place to eat. The new pavilion and visitor centre house has places to eat, shop, learn and relax.