The garden of this Oxfordshire cottage is ideal for Easter egg hunts. For sale through Savills. Photo: Ben Nicholson
As the days get longer and the weather improves, you may be seizing every opportunity to spend time in the garden. If your lawn is patchy and your flower beds are sparse, now's the time to get repairing and replanting — or you could save all the bother and move to a home where the outside space is already beautifully cultivated.
From immaculate terraces and courtyards to lush rolling acres, all these properties will make you want to put down roots.
1. The Verdean, Acton, London W3, from £417,000
Outside spaces were designed in collaboration with Kew's Royal Botanic Gardens. Photo: Mount Anvil
Urban living seamlessly integrates with nature in this new development, just one minute’s walk from Acton Main Line station on the Elizabeth line.
More than a third of the site consists of landscaped green spaces designed in partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. These include rooftop and podium gardens and eco-walks, and there’s an outdoor gym, running track, basketball court and climbing wall. One-bedroom flats are available, by Mount Anvil via Savills.
2. Ebrington, Gloucestershire, £600,000
Spring Cottage offers an abundance of kerb appeal. Photo: Butler Sherborn
Roses are growing around the front door of aptly named Spring Cottage, currently run as a successful holiday let.
It has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a sitting room with a wood burner in the inglenook fireplace, a dining room and a country-style kitchen which opens into a well-stocked, lawned garden. Through Butler Sherborn.
Who doesn't covet a lawn like this? Photo: Frank Innes
Built in 2009, Orchard Cottage includes four ensuite bedrooms and vaulted ceilings in the sitting room and open plan kitchen, dining and family room.
Wide sliding doors lead out to a large south-facing patio and curved lawn, framed by picture-perfect borders. Find out more from Frank Innes.
4. Newfargie, Glenfarg, Perth, offers over £885,000
The work put into this garden has paid dividends. Photo: Galbraith
Nearly six acres of land is a lot to look after, but the owners of Highfield House have done a wonderful job. They’ve created a gorgeous garden with well-kept lawns and colourful borders within an original walled garden, alongside woodland, paddocks and stables.
The house itself has been extended and modernised, incorporating four bedrooms, four reception rooms, bay windows and a turret. Through Galbraith.
5. Stambridge, Essex £1.2m
The landscaped garden complements the 17th century house. Photo: Beresfords
Moats and Springs dates from the 1600s and has been fully restored to a high standard. It includes four bedrooms, three bathrooms, three reception rooms and a host of period details such as oak flooring, fireplaces and exposed timber beams.
The garden is landscaped with seating areas to take in the views, and a hay barn could be converted into an annex or separate dwelling. There’s also an outdoor swimming pool, though it requires some work. Contact Beresfords.
It's hard to believe that this stunning garden was previously overrun with brambles. Photo: Knight Frank
Grade II listed Mansard House is a 17th century, five-bedroom country house that takes its name from its distinctive mansard roof façade.
The present owner Tom Hoblyn, a four-times Chelsea gold medallist, has transformed the two-acre grounds from a field deep in brambles to a spectacular, naturalistic garden that can cope with a changing climate. It includes a walled garden with a distinctive crinkle-crankle wall, a Mediterranean gravel garden, a formal lawn with a mineral swimming pool and a wetland wildflower meadow. Through Knight Frank.
7. Ermington, Devon, £1.25m
An ancient grassed bridge forms part of this riverside garden. Photo: Marchand Petit
Thornham Bridge, a spacious barn conversion, sits in a picturesque spot on the River Erme.
Five bedrooms, five bathrooms and a double height dining hall occupy the ground floor, and a triple aspect living room and a kitchen/breakfast room with a balcony are on the first floor, making the most of the views.
The grounds include courtyard and walled kitchen gardens, an orchard filled with apple, pear and plum trees and a historic grassed bridge over the river. Via Marchand Petit.
8. Church Enstone, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, £1.285m
The cottage is lovingly maintained inside and out. Photo: Ben Nicholson
As you might expect from the name, five-bedroom Easter Cottage looks particularly spectacular at this time of year – and has plenty of hiding places for Easter egg hunts.
The front and back gardens are planted with a spectacular array of shrubs and perennials, the terrace outside the kitchen is a sun trap and a flower-filled pathway leads to a pretty lawned area with fruit trees, a wildlife pond and pergola. From Savills.
9. Stockton, Worcester, Worcestershire, offers over £1.3m
Sit and admire the wisteria from the sunny terrace. Photo: Fine & Country
Wisteria-clad Lower Farm House boasts sweeping views across the Teme valley, a a huge paved terrace and a one and a half acre wraparound garden.
The six-bedroom Grade II listed house is in turnkey condition and comes with a detached studio/office. The buyer has the option to purchase a two-bedroom annex by separate negotiation. Get in touch with Fine & Country.
10. Lynsted, Kent, £2m
Green fingers are required to keep the garden looking this good. Photo: Strutt & Parker
Renovation work carried out by the current owners on Cambridge, a five-bedroom Grade II listed 16th century house, included creating the lovely garden surrounding it.
The front path is bordered by clipped box hedges and herbaceous planting, and the seven acre grounds contain areas of lawn, a circular terrace, a wildflower meadow and a paddock. From Strutt & Parker.
