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There are two hundred acres of gardens and arboretum with a tree collection representing all the continents of the world.

An easy walk from the Visitor Centre is the stunningly redesigned Walled Garden. The five individual gardens within seventeenth century walls combine the best of contemporary and traditional. Landscaping is innovative, and includes child friendly grass sculpture and low walls; planting is in turn cool then vibrant, but always unusual and inspiring. The double long border is the longest in East Anglia and includes both long established shrubs and interesting new plantings.

One side of this unique Walled Garden is open to the upper lake. On the opposite lake bank there is a Millennium Walk, designed to be at its best on the shortest days of the year. Low sun gives wonderful reflections of the colourful stems of masses of cornus and rubus, as well as graceful birches and majestic grasses.

There is something to appeal throughout the year from snowdrop time to late autumn colour, and often there is a self guided walk sheet available to highlight the most interesting vistas and plants.

Outside the arboretum and gardens, there are woodland walks where wildlife abounds, many species having survived on this site for hundreds of years.

The Visitor Centre, housed in a restored Essex barn, offers information, a gift shop and a café with home made fare for morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon tea.

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