Our private Grade II* registered historic gardens are the finest surviving example of Humphry Repton's work, often referred to as his ‘Garden of Gardens.’ Dogs on leads welcome. Garden tickets can be bought in advance online to save on the ticket price, or in the Bakehouse. Please check our updates below for any upcoming closures before your visit.
Opening Hours
Daily: 9:00 to 17:30 (last entry 16:00)
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Ashridge House is proud to be a Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Partner Garden. RHS members enjoy free entry year-round. Free tickets can be booked online or by showing your membership at the Bakehouse.
No matter the season, the gardens offer something breathtaking—from rhododendrons and bluebells in spring to fiery foliage in autumn and snow-dusted paths in winter.
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Located beside the garden entrance in the courtyard, The Bakehouse offers fresh bakes, coffee, and light lunches—perfect before or after a garden stroll. Garden tickets are also available to purchase here.
Designed in 1813 by famed landscape gardener Humphry Repton, Ashridge’s grounds feature formal beds, the Rose Garden, Monks’ Garden, and Italian Garden. The spirit of Repton’s original vision lives on in every pathway and planting.
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Join our dedicated volunteer team and help preserve these historic gardens. Volunteers support planting, propagation, and events such as our annual Plant Fair.
Our gardens are managed to support biodiversity and sustainability including peat-free compost and rainwater recycling, historic water tanks used for irrigation, on-site beehives and Ashridge honey production, nesting boxes for bats and the Ice House roost, red Kites, now thriving here, nest in the trees. Every visit supports the conservation of these living, historic landscapes.
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Created in the late 19th century
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Planted by Princess Victoria in 1823
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Repton's 1813 design amended by Wyattville
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The mid-19th-century garden
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Designed in 1864 for ferns
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The garden features a Bacchus statue
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Planted in 1937 for George VI’s coronation
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Built using garden yew and estate larch
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Built in the 1870s as part of an extension
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Late 19th century lavender and herb garden
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Planted in 1858 to align with the house
Visit our historic gardens
