Tree Dressing - November 2024
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.
London in Bloom
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!
To find out more, click here
Country Life
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
Defibrillator
The Friends of Eastcote House Gardens are pleased to announce that there is now a defibrillator on the outside wall of the Gardens Café.
- A defibrillator is a device that gives a high-energy shock to the heart of someone who is in cardiac arrest. It helps get the heart beating again. Anyone can use a defibrillator – you do not need training. Once you turn it on, it gives clear, step by step voice instructions.
- The defibrillator was paid for with funds raised at our annual events and plant and book sales in a match-funded venture with the Department of Health and Social Care. Installation and running costs are being supported by the London Borough of Hillingdon.
- The defibrillator is accessible to the public by foot at any hour of the day or night.
- In the event of an emergency, call 999. The call handler will give you the code to unlock the cabinet.
Eastcote House Gardens
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:
- The Jubilee Orchard, planted to celebrate the 2012 Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
- A magnificent Prairie Garden.
- The Old Orchard with its stunning azalea bed and rockery.
- Replanting of the boundaries, adding thousands of spring bulbs including a magnificent drift of snowdrops.
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.
Virtual Tours
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.
Our Glorious Gardens
Click on the image below to view a set of photographs of the Gardens through all four seasons.
Gardens Café
The Café is open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. every day.
Finding Us
Please click on the map below for full details on how to find us.
Gardener's Friends
Two winter visitors share the volunteer gardeners' biscuits at coffee break!
