Castle’s gardens ranked among the best

Arundel Castle Gardens have not only just been named among the top three gardens in the UK, they have also recently joined Great Gardens of the World, a network of international gardens, garden designers and landscape architects.

Easy Garden Irrigation analysed more than 30 of the UK’s most popular gardens, including size, heritage and reviews on Tripadvisor, to generate a list of the top ten best gardens in the UK and Arundel Castle Gardens was ranked second. Great Gardens of the World was launched by Rado in partnership with Grandi Giardini Italiani, an organisation focused on natural beauty and design.

It was an extension of the work they had done together since 2017 to promote the great gardens of Italy and Arundel Castle Gardens were included in January.

Arundel Castle is home to the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Martin Duncan has been head gardener for more than 12 years, taking responsibility for designing the gardens. Mr Duncan said: “The current Duke and Duchess of Norfolk are forward thinking and great exponents of the gardens, which makes working at A ru nd el Castle fantastic. The garden team feel that they are not only part of history but also making history as the gardens continue to evolve.

“The Arundel Castle Gardens are glorious gardens to explore, with surprises around each corner, a beautiful award winning water garden recently restored from the historic stew ponds, tropical and English gardens, the quirky Stumpery Garden and the abundant Organic Kitchen Garden with its original 1852 vine and peach house, one of only three left, and new Messenger replica tropical glasshouse.”