Plan your visit

Our Garden is on the border between Norfolk and Suffolk, in an area rich in beautiful gardens.

Ready to Welcome You as Our Gardens Open in March

We are delighted to finally be able to open the gates to the gardens now on the 27th March, along with the Steam Museum. Whilst we would normally welcome visitors to the Winter Garden from early February, there is still plenty of colour to be seen and until will cut the Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’, that can also still really be enjoyed.

To pre-book tickets, please follow the link here to the Bressingham Steam Museum page.

Tickets are sold by the Steam Museum on this link

Main Season Garden Tickets

include entry to the Steam Museum but does not include rides.

Adult:
Adult (including charitable Gift Aid) £10.49 on the door, £9.99 online

Concession:
Concession 65+ with Gift Aid £9.99 on the door, £9.49 online

Child:

Child £7.25 on the door, £6.75 online

Gardeners’ Days

These quieter days are Mondays and Tuesdays out of school holiday periods, usually only one diesel train and Gallopers will be operating.

Season Tickets

Season tickets are available to visit the gardens within the Steam Museum opening season between April and October

Adult and concession entry only season tickets are £38

(New) Kids entry only season ticket £25

Group Rates over 12

Entry Only £9,99 (paid to the Steam Museum)

Guided visit (charged on top of entry) £130 per group

Options for groups of 20 minimum:

Guided visit, tea and cake: £ 25 per person (a selection of locally made cakes, teas, coffee, gluten free available on request)

guided visit and buffet lunch: £ 45 (tasty, seasonal, fresh dishes cooked on site. Typical offering Roast chicken salad, pilau rice, roast vegetable couscous, seasonal salad, leek ham and mozzarella pies, a selection of cakes, cordial, teas, coffee – gluten free option available on request)

Visiting with Dogs

We regret to inform our visitors, that unfortunately, due to steam trains running on our grounds, the public liability insurance contract will not allow dogs on site. We would love for you to be able to visit with your furry friends, and hope that Insurance companies will soon change their rules. Thank you for understanding.

How to find us

The Bressingham Gardens lay to the west of Bressingham Garden Centre and Bressingham Steam Museum, both of which have ample car parks, although on very busy holiday weekends or event days an additional car park will be open, entry west of Bressingham Church.

The Gardens lie south of the A1066 road, 2.5 miles west of Diss, 14 miles east of Thetford.

If coming by train: our nearest train station is Diss, 3,4 miles away. There is no bus service between us and the station. Taxis are readily available. Here are a few phone numbers: Jenny Taxis +447768361144, Andy +447511199241

You might want to visit our neighbouring other beautiful gardens: Fuller’s Mill, Helmingham Hall, Wyken Hall, Cambridge Botanic Gardens, Anglesey Abbey to name just a few.

Recent News

July 21, 2023

Foggy Bottom Garden celebration and Book Launch 2nd September 2023

Often referred to as ‘ an enchanted woodland’ Foggy Bottom is the lifelong dream of Adrian and Rosemary Bloom. It grew with them, around them and their children and their passion over 60 years.Join us for a few hours of gentle beauty, enjoy the maturity of late Summer blooms, the grasses and marvellous September light […]

February 7, 2023

February Highlights in the gardens

February Highlights in the Gardens

The black and the white in contrast and harmony. Flowers of Galanthus S.Arnott are in direct colour contrast to black leaved Ophiopogon planiscapus Nigrescens.

Winter sun makes such a difference in highlighting form and colours , but this pale yellow Witch Hazel( which Hazel ? ), Hamamelis x intermedia Pallida.

If Narcissus Rijnvelds Early sensation was called Early Spring Magic , perhaps it would be more widely planted. It is usually in flower about a mont healer than other Daffodils and is a real joy each late winter.

On the verge of flowering of some weeks , this annually trimmed erica x darleyensis Silbeschmelze is about to be massed in white flowers and buzzing with bees.

Underplanted with Ophiopogon planiscapus Nigrescens and Eranthis hyemalis, this is a 40 year old Hamamelis which flowers freely every winter, It is named Jelena , after plantswoman Jelena de Belder, and is one of the best of all witch Hazels.

A low growing conifer whose finely cut foliage is bright green in summer , is now in late winter a district bronze particularly in a sunny situation.Originating from Siberia, Microbiota decussata is of course very hardy.

The “aconites” are’ here today and almost gone tomorrow’ depending on the early spring temperatures, but still surprise ( partly because you forgot where you planted them) with their vibrant early show.

For contrast this Hamamelis x intermedia Diane would be best against a bluish coloured evergreen such as a Blue Spruce (Picea pungens selection), or a blue foliaged Fir such as Abies procera Glauca.

Flower Power for almost any size of garden. Look for Helleborus hybrid Walberton Rosemary for a winter long display of stunning flowers.

The Witch Hazels come in various colours , There’s even one called ‘Orange Peel “ and you can see why from the shredded look of some of the shredded looking petals that make up the flower, This is a cultivar at Foggy Bottom called Frederic.

The recent cold wether has done some damage to plants in the gardens and also delayed flowering. Here Daphne bholua Jaqueline Postill lost its leaves in the frost but is still waiting to flower when the weather warms up a little.

Tight in bud and likely to stay there is Magnolia stellata Waterlily , although the force of nature will soon be unstoppable and the double lightly scented flowers will be open and revealed

Plants can be looked at on their own but are best when they can be planted in combination with others.The grass-like foliage of golden leaved Luzula sylvatica Aurea( a rush ) and Ophiopogon planiscapus Nigrescens ( a member of the lily family) serve as foils to the early flowers of Galanthus S. Arnott.

Making a rather speeding and prickly bush which needs some shade in the garden, is one of the stalwarts of the Mahonia family , Mahinia bealii which has racemes of sweetly fragrant flowers about now.

The Summer Garden even in February has interest as the Cornus sanguinea Midwinter Fire blends into the distant “fire “ in the Winter Garden. Upright conifers provide the structure.

November 29, 2022

Natural Wreath Workshop

Natural Christmas Wreath Workshops 2022What an incredible Joy having such fun creating natural wreaths together over the past weekend here at the gardens.We used willow, cornus, alnus, birch and alnus branches to make the base, whcih we then decorated with a wide variety of evergreens, and beautiful little details.The smell in the barn was devine, […]

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Testimonials

September 6, 2021

1/9/2021 My first visit at 83, why has it taken me so long to visit, when I used to organize trips for Brookshy Garden Club (Leicestershire). the best I have seen in my lifetime (to date). Thank you, Eric Abell

July 15, 2021

“ Stunning, memorable, a true paradise. A place which is now on our favourites list to be visited regularly now that we are retired. Inspiring ideas too, to take home and emulate.”

June 29, 2021

Most definitely the best gardens we have visited, with amazing trees, shrubs and plants brought together in great displays.

June 29, 2021

Absolutely beautiful – breathtaking in fact. So pleased I made the journey here!

September 16, 2020

“ A stunning garden, even as summer fades— the garden is still in full bloom! Amazing work”

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