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The manor of Barden lay to the south-west of Tonbridge. Barden Park House and its estate was in the possession of the Abrey family during the latter part of the 19th century.

The manor of Barden lay to the south-west of Tonbridge. Barden Park House and its estate was in the possession of the Abrey family during the latter part of the 19th century.

Fry's Gardens, otherwise Bridge End Gardens, were initiated by Francis Gibson, a member of a well-known Quaker family.

Chelsea still had the feel of a village, with some gardens, including the Chelsea Physic Garden and Chelsea Hospital Gardens, running down to the river.

Though the Gardens were opened in 1836, within four years of this picture being taken the Gardens' operating company was in financial trouble.

Here we see the east front of Chatsworth, where a team of gardeners with their carts full of bedding plants are working on the Italian gardens.

A view across the Promenade, ten- nis courts, and King's Gardens to Pleasureland. The Gardens were part of a scheme to enhance Southport's image as a garden city.

The landscaping of these gardens was only completed in 1964, following the purchase of Linda Vista House and gardens by the council in 1960.

The gardens were originally laid out in the 17th century by John, second Earl of Perth and relaid in the early decades of the 19th century. The layout shown here dates from 1840.

At the time of this photograph, these were known as the French Gardens; they are now known as the Rose Garden.

Gardeners tend the remarkable holly hedge of Penny Hill Park, which grows in places up to 40 feet high. Penny Hill Park was built in 1873, and is now a hotel. It has a beautifully landscaped garden.

Several of these combine formal gardens and walks with sports facilities.

The Park Keeper's Lodge and the Aviary The gardens were laid out in the late 19th century on the site of old Purbeck stone quarries formerly owned by the Goddard family.

The gardens were used as the site for Orleans Park Secondary School in the 1970s, and all that now remains of the once celebrated landscape is a small garden next to the Octagon Gallery where the

The box hedges cut into the shape of chessmen in the splendid topiary garden at Haseley Court are well worth seeing.

The museum is set in a large park with impressive formal gardens.

The garden directly below it is now a garden of remembrance to the dead of Dunkirk, Normandy, Korea, Malaysia and other campaigns.

As with many Victorian seaside resorts, Saltburn boasted elaborate, well kept, (and labour intensive) public gardens, as seen here in the Italian Gardens.

Frith's 1921 photographer has climbed the hair-pin railinged fence to look along the Embankment Gardens themselves with their neat floral beds.

This small garden is to be found in Bridge End Gardens. The photograph was taken from a viewing platform and, bathed in sunlight, the neatly trimmed hedges are impressive.

The extensive grounds host the Holker Garden Festival in June each year, now a major event in the gardening calendar, and are home to a herd of fallow deer.

There is very little grazing in this street apart from the gardens fronting the houses on the left - fortunately, the garden gates are all securely closed!

In 1851 the 3rd Marquess of Northampton inherited the property and set about restoring it and remodelling the garden.

The antics of our cameraman has attracted the attention of a number of boys gathered round the white marble angel that stands in front of the gates to Hillside Gardens.