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.

Meerkats Aleksandr and Sergei move into Lullingstone - watch the advert

Tom talks orchids on The Alan Titchmarsh Show, 19th January 2012 - watch here [starts after 1min] and on Radio 4 Women's Hour - listen here [starts at 32mins 55secs]

Our November/December newsletter is now out.

NEW videos of Tom showing us the world of cacti and succulents.

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

Events for 2012 have now been finalised.

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.