Garden of the Year - Judges' Choice
Each year, the judges for our Garden of the Year Award have chosen a garden they consider worthy of the Judges' Choice prize. See all previous winners below.
For over forty years the public have voted one of Historic House’s member gardens their favourite of the year. The award, run in conjunction with Christie’s, has gone from strength to strength since then.
Any garden of a Historic Houses member property that is regularly open to the public may enter the award. Our judging panel whittles down contenders for the main award to a shortlist of eight, which then compete to win the votes of the public and Historic House members all summer.
In addition, since 2020, the panel have given a second, direct, award to a garden they consider embodies excellence on a smaller scale, either of area, staffing, or access, and hence has less opportunity to influence the popular poll.
The winner of the 2024 Judges’ Choice Garden was Belcombe Court, in Bradford-on-Avon.
2025 Judges' Choice Winner
Wollerton Old Hall Garden
The full list of Judges' Choice winners since 2020
- 2025 Wollerton Old Hall Garden, Shropshire
- 2024 Belcombe Court, Bradford-on-Avon
- 2023 Bledlow Manor House Gardens, Buckinghamshire
- 2022 Upton Wold, The Cotswolds
- 2021 Elton Hall, Cambridge
- 2020, Gresgarth Hall, Cumbria
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