Welcome to Northwood Farm Water Gardens & Studio Gallery Website

Northwood Farm was originally built in the1700’s as a china clay drier in an area now designated for its outstanding natural beauty. The gardens are informally laid out with a series of pathways and lawns which meander around 8 spring fed ponds, some stocked with Carp (Otters permitting) and waterlilies.

There are gentle waterfalls, fountains, ducks and scuttling moorhens. Granite boulders are placed randomly as sculptural features, (inspired by nearby Bronze Age settlements). You will discover giant Gunnera, Tree Ferns, a Bog garden, huge Rhododendrons, Camellias, Phormiums, Cordylynes, Acers, Pieris and swathes of blousy Hydrangeas in shades of cobalt blue to purple. Old English roses entwine themselves around native Willows to dizzy heights of over 10 metres.

Encounter the romantic lake with a beautifully planted island. Willows and Oaks merge into hedgerows and beyond sheep quietly graze in the meadows! Several garden benches have been carefully placed for your added enjoyment.

Behind the house the gardens are more formally laid out and between huge granite walls are two secret herbaceous gardens, where, weather permitting, you may wish to linger and enjoy a delicious cream tea served on the lawns...

What cannot be adequately expressed in these words and pictures is a view described by many as, "an idyllic atmosphere of timeless tranquillity", which in this instance can only be experienced by your visit here! There are also several magical riverside and moorland walks in the area. From time to time the gardens are open for charity events.