Bishop Burton College Victorian Walled Gardens.
Open Sunday 26th May 2024, 10.00am to 4.00pm.
Ticket only event
Detailed Description
Bishop Burton College is opening its very special walled garden to visitors, and the head gardener will be there to do his best to answer any questions you might have about the garden, its history and its plants.
The College was founded in the 20th century in the area where, for centuries, the medieval Archbishops of York had a manor and a deer park. After the English Reformation, the archbishop’s property was acquired by a succession of landed families who built grand houses, and the Victorians landscaped the deer park (the ancient park boundary, called The Reins, can still be seen at the north-western boundary).
There are approximately 24 acres (10 ha.) of gardens and shrubberies.
The existing walled garden dates from about the late 18th or early 19th century. It is possible the garden was built in the 1780s before the hall was gutted by fire and abandoned c. 1790.
Walled gardens have a long history from the middle ages, providing for both food and pleasure.
Now the walled garden is an integral part of student learning as well as a wedding venue. An astonishing range of plants surround many works of art, many made from scrap. The most interesting garden in our area, and very rarely open to visitors.
