Wed 20 May 26
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Evening opening Wed 20 May, Wed 17 June (6-8). Admission £10, Children free. Pre-booking essential, please visit www.ngs.org.uk for information & booking. Light refreshments. Tea, coffee & cakes or biscuits. Times:18:00 to 20:00.
Johnby Hall, Penrith CA11 0UU
Large, very informal and natural mature garden around an ancient manor house. Intriguing courtyards are full of wild flowers and old roses; the 1683 walled garden is now an orchard. Wildflower lawns and meadows in summer, a bluebell walk through the beginnings of a pinetum with some unusual young specimens, and a field of free-range rare-breed pigs...