Shaped by the seasons
The Gardens
Season Tickets now available! See below in Ticket information.
Please buy your ticket/register your card at the Farm Shop on arrival.
The house is embraced by magnificent gardens which have been nurtured by the Talbot family since 1850, with wonderful trees, wide paths and borders and woodland walks. Each tree, shrub, path or lawn has been carefully planned by a family member, shaping the landscape of the gardens over many generations.
We provide vegetables and flowers for the Farm Shop; flowers for events and cutting, and relaxing vistas all year round.
Please buy your ticket/register your card at the Farm Shop on arrival.
The gardens are open between during Farm Shop opening hours (Mon-Fri 9am-4pm; Sat 9am-3pm). We are closed on Bank Holidays, Sundays and the occasional Saturday when we host weddings. Visitors welcome to stroll through the mown paths, and enjoy the colour, structure and texture which varies throughout the year as one season gives way to the next. There are two days a year dedicated to raising funds for the National Garden Scheme where delicious teas are offered in the garden to raise funds for Holy Trinity Markbeech Church
Most of the garden that survives today, to the right of the house, would have been to provide the house with fresh vegetables and fruit. The garden in front of the house was terraced into the landscape with two hahas in the front and side.
The garden is run by Nicola Talbot who is ably supported by Ellie Gill, Sam Stevenson, our WRAGS apprentice, and Lee Renacre. Ellie grows a wonderful array of plants grown specifically for dyeing and decorating fabrics. We have great plans for enlarging our cutting garden to enable you to pick your own flowers.
Nicola is also given tremendous assistance by a handful of brilliant volunteers. More are always welcome! Please do get in touch if you would like to spend some time here.
We have some wonderful sculpture in the garden this summer. Unfortunately dogs and sculpture do not mix! You are welcome to walk dogs in The Paddock or on the Woodland walks but please do not bring them in the garden.
Tickets
Tickets are £8 and available from the Farm Shop.
Season tickets offer you the chance to visit as often as you wish! Single ticket for one year £25; Family (2 adults + 3 children) £40. Purchase yours at the Farm Shop.
Don’t forget to pick up a coffee & something sweet from the Farm Shop during your visit!
Sculpture at Falconhurst
This summer, Falconhurst Estate will host a debut exhibition of sculpture that will celebrate the medium of stone, opening 29th June to 27th July 2024.
Inspired by the UK’s most respected sculpture exhibition, on form, at Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds, this exhibition will be an intimate collection of works by renowned sculptors including Régis Chaperon, Luke Dickinson, Rosie Jones, Jason Mulligan, Ana Ruiz Agüí, Guy Stevens, Mark Stonestreet, Anthony Turner and Dominic Welch. Falconhurst’s exhibition, curated by Nicola Talbot, is poised to become an annual destination for sculpture as part of the estate’s summer celebrations of art and culture.
Set against the backdrop of a historic house, the sculpture will be displayed in Falconhurst’s gardens, which have been owned and tended by the Talbot family since 1850. Each tree, path and lawn has been carefully planned by a family member, gently shaping the landscape of the gardens over many generations to create a unique sense of permanence and place.
We regret dogs and sculpture do not mix! You are welcome to walk dogs in The Paddock or on the Woodland walks but please do not bring them in the garden.
Walks
Short woodland walk
With your garden entry ticket you can access this walk from the little path in the south east corner of the garden down into the woods. Daffodils, bluebells, orchids abound. Cross the little bridge and return to the garden, arriving at the bottom of the marquee lawn. Explore the shepherd's hut. Carry on for a longer walk through the bluebell woods and join up with the public footpath leading to Hole Cottage (the oldest building in the area), then retrace your steps into the garden.
If you have dogs you are welcome to access this walk via The Paddock. Unfortunately we are unable to allow dogs in the garden whilst the sculpture is in place.
Maps are provided at no cost from the shop with a garden entry.
Longer woodland walk
With your garden entry ticket you can access this walk from the little path in the south east corner of the garden down into the woods. Continue past the bridge and gate through the beech and bluebell woods until you come to the public footpath. Turn left, over the stile and up the hill bearing left at the gate and over another stile. Arriving at Markbeech Church (built by the same Hon. John Chetwynd Talbot who built Falconhurst) turn left out of the graveyard through a little gate along The Church Walk arriving at Falconhurst Farm Shop for a well earnt cup of coffee.
If you have dogs you are welcome to access this walk via The Paddock. Whilst we have sculpture in the garden we regret we cannot allow dogs
Maps for the garden and for the woodland walks are provided with your garden entry available form the farm shop.
FALCONHURST GARDENS
Nicola Talbot
We are passionate about our garden. It is a place where we all work and play. The garden has structure which gives it form, but with mellifluous borders and a feeling of wildness just kept under control, rather reflecting our characters. Our no-dig organic market gardening skills are progressing with new and different produce for the farm shop. We have a desire to share the beauty of this place, so do come and visit, meet our pigs and goats, and see what we’re up to! If you would like to come and help please contact us.
If you would like to get in touch, please email nicola@falconhurst.co.uk.