RHS Brantwood
Brantwood is John Ruskin’s former home, an eminent Victorian art critic and social reformer, his Grade II listed house is now a museum surrounded by a 250 acre estate on the shores of Coniston Water. The gardens host a wide range of styles from formal to informal, including allegorical, cottage and woodland gardens, deeply planted herbaceous borders and gardens dedicated to native plants, as well as wisteria, fern and apple plant collections.
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Activities at RHS Brantwood include:
- Gardens
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Coniston
Cumbria
LA21 8AD
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Gardens
Age Appropriate
- Children
- Teenagers
- Adults
Location
- Outdoor
In addition to Ruskin’s historic harbour and the Jetty, the Estate includes ancient coppice woods, carpets of bluebells, a species-rich traditional hay meadow, and an orchid-rich heathland on Crag Head, with impressive views across the fells of the Lake District.
The range of different habitats means the land is bio-diverse and home to nationally rare flora and fauna. Each season a different area reaches its peak taking you through spring bulbs and rhododendrons, bluebell woods, ferns, summery herbaceous borders, a hay meadow, autumn colour in the Estate and Maple Walk, Moss Garden and spectacular lake views on crisp winter days