The newly built and restored Van Kampen Gardens at Hampton Court Herefordshire incorporate all the best of English garden design through the ages and have been featured in The Rotal Horticultural Society's magazine The Garden.

The Flower Garden is based around a formal layout with ornamental water steps and canals linked by informal, cottege style planting. The Kitchen Garden is a modern kitchen garden producing organically grown fruit, vegetables, and cut flowers. The Herbaceous Borders follow a blue and yellow colour theme and extend either side of a magnificent wisteria arch which was planted in the nineteenth century.

The Maze contains over 1000 yew trees and leads to a central viewing tower and underground tunnel leading to the hermit's grotto and The Sunken Garden, an informal, woodland garden with a large sunken pool and waterfall surrounded by natural style plantings. The Dutch Garden reflects the grand formal gardens of the past and is based around a central water canal and formal planting schemes.

The River Walk is a 2/3-mile circular walk around the castle grounds. The Orangery Restaurant serves light lunches, tea and cakes, all made with organic ingredients. Finally, The New Garden Shop sells plants from the garden, local crafts, and gifts.

For more information on the Van Kampen Gardens visit the UK website.