After the magic of Hobbiton the day before, we kept the fantasy world rolling and headed to Hamilton Gardens. And honestly, this place isn’t a “gardens” in the normal sense. It’s like walking through a portal every five minutes into a completely new civilisation. We all absolutely loved it. Even Ali couldn’t stop saying “this is amazing” every time we stepped into a new themed garden.
We started at the Italian Renaissance Garden, where the girls spotted the statue of the wolf with Romulus and Remus. Georgia stood there glancing into the turquoise water like she expected a coin to come flying back out. Dotty, meanwhile, was more interested in trying to climb the stone edge.
Across the courtyard, the white-walled villa looked like something straight out of Tuscany. You half-expect someone to offer you olives. The tiled pathways, the symmetry, the fountains… absolutely stunning.
The Indian Char Bagh – Colour Explosion
Next was the Indian Char Bagh Garden, basically a Mughal palace courtyard filled with insanely bright flower beds arranged like a Persian rug. The water channels criss-crossed through the middle, and Georgia pointed out the “rainbow garden” effect while Dotty marched around like she owned the place.
English Garden…
Then we slipped through a hedge tunnel and boom – the mood switched to English formal garden. Proper manicured hedges, a central pole topped with a royal-looking figure, and a little turreted building that looked like it belonged in Alice in Wonderland.
Giant Tools, Giant Doors, Giant Laughs
Towards the end we reached the Concept Garden, which is basically “what if everything was enormous”. A massive wheelbarrow big enough to live in, a garden fork taller than the campervan, and – best of all – that absolutely enormous white door.
The girls loved this bit. Dotty tried climbing it. Georgia pretended she was tiny. You got conscripted as climbing frame and pack mule in one. Ali cracked up watching it all.
A Day of Wandering Worlds
Hamilton Gardens isn’t “flowers and footpaths”. It’s worlds. You step through a gate and suddenly you’re in Italy, India, England, China, Persia. Every corner feels like a film set well worth a day out!
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