Lullingstone Castle

Tom Hart Dyke, Lullingstone Castle and the World Garden of Plants

Welcome to Lullingstone Castle & The World Garden of Plants,
home of The National Collection of Eucalyptus & scene of BBC 2’s ‘Save Lullingstone Castle’ & 'Return to Lullingstone Castle' where heritage meets cutting edge horticulture.

We're open 30th March - 29th September 2013!l

LATEST... it's our Medieval Weekend on 26th & 27th May!

Chelsea Flower Show: a hostage to his passions, 17th May 2013

Tom's most recent plant hunting trip to El Hierro, February 2013

Our latest newsletter is out for Jan - Mar 2013 - read it here

Tom Hart Dyke goes on the hunt for endangered plants for the BBC

Listen to Tom Hart Dyke on Jimmy Carr's 'Museum of Curiosity' Radio 4 show

Holder of the National Collection of Eucalypts, Lullingstone will be supplying an exclusive selection of Eucalyptus from April 2012 - place your orders now! Call 01322 860762

Lullingstone Castle is one of England’s oldest family estates, dating back to the time of Domesday.

The present Manor House and Gatehouse were built in 1497 and have been home to the same family ever since. Both Henry VIII and Queen Anne are known to have been regular visitors.

Where cutting edge horticulture meets plant heritage thanks to a nine month kidnap ordeal in Colombia in 2000.

Tom Hart Dyke’s innovative World Garden, laid out in the shape of a map of the World, pays tribute to the plant hunters of old and brings horticulture bang up to date with its daring plan to grow exotic blooms, outside, in the Garden of England.