Hundreds of visitors enjoyed our annual Tree-Dressing on Saturday 30th November, which featured songs from three school choirs. Click on the thumbnail image below to find out more.
GREAT NEWS - Once again, the Friends of Eastcote House Gardens have achieved TOP MARKS in every category in this year’s London in Bloom awards – including BEST IN LONDON in two categories!
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We know that people love our magnificent wisteria arch when it is in full bloom. Imagine our delight when we discovered that Country Life magazine chose a photo of our wisteria for the cover of the issue dated 20th March 2024!
Cover – www.countrylife.co.uk
Photograph – Lois GoBe – lois@tulipbeads.co.uk
The Friends of Eastcote House Gardens are pleased to announce that there is now a defibrillator on the outside wall of the Gardens Café.
Eastcote House Gardens is a beautiful, tranquil, award-winning open green space with a Tudor dovecote, stables and walled garden, all of which are Grade II listed. Although the Gardens are owned by the London Borough of Hillingdon, they are maintained by a volunteer group – the Friends of Eastcote House Gardens, who were awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in 2016. Working with Hillingdon Council, the Friends made a successful bid for National Lottery funding of £1.3 million to restore the Tudor buildings in 2014.
Since 2008 the Friends have transformed the gardens into a series of different areas, including:
We have recently created a Jubilee Bed to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Eastcote House Gardens is linked via a footbridge across the River Pinn to Long Meadow, which is a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation also maintained by the volunteers.
Information, walks and activity leaflets can all be found here.
Perfect hidden gem…….lovely walled garden, little bridge perfect for Pooh-sticks.
Ideal for family picnics and relaxing. A nice day out that’s free to all.
It’s all so beautifully and lovingly looked after, and the walled garden is just wonderful – a cornucopia of gorgeous flowers and plants.
The London Borough of Hillingdon has made a series of videos giving a virtual tour of the heritage sites within the Borough. The tour of Eastcote House Gardens can be seen here. For the complete series, click here.
Click on the image below to view a set of photographs of the Gardens through all four seasons.
The Café is open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every day.
Please click on the map below for full details on how to find us.
Two winter visitors share the volunteer gardeners' biscuits at coffee break!