Town Place Garden

Town Place Garden is a wonderful three-acre garden belonging to Maggie and Anthony McGrath who purchased the property in the 1990s.

They both grew up with a love of gardening, inherited from their mothers, and the couple were inspired by the nearby gardens of Gravetye Manor, Sissinghurst and Great Dixter. They have achieved much, and the garden now has a growing international reputation for the quality of its design, planting and gardening.

The earliest reference to Town Place is in a Court Roll for 1531 although references to an earlier farm or settlement, Toune (from the Old English word tun), go back to 1288. The present house was built in stages between 1550 and 1650 and was ‘modernised’ in the 1920s.

The garden has over 600 roses, herbaceous borders which stretch for over 45 metres, a herb garden, white garden, topiary inspired by the sculptures of Henry Moore, an 800-year-old oak, potager, and a unique ‘ruined’ Priory Church and Cloisters in hornbeam.

Maggie is the mastermind behind the garden design and selection of plants, whilst Anthony has developed immense skills in propagating perennials and managing the herb garden and potager.

This is a large and fascinating garden which is sublime in the height of summer

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