Tatton Park Gardens

Lewis also designed the sandstone Conservatory, which was originally joined to the house by a glass passageway.

Gardens were established along the sides of the Broad Walk, including the Leech Pool and the area containing the Golden Brook.

[7] In 1847, the terraces to the south of the house were laid out as an Italian Garden by Edward Milner to a design by Joseph Paxton.

[8] In 1859, the Fernery had been built to a design by George Stokes, Paxton's assistant and son-in-law, to the west of the Conservatory to house tree ferns from New Zealand.

[12] In 1913, Lord Egerton laid out the Rose Garden for his wife which contained a pool for bathing.

[17] The ancillary buildings, including the mushroom sheds, onion stores, barns and glasshouses, have been restored to their former uses.

The vegetable garden contains varieties of plants which were known to have been grown at Tatton in the Edwardian era.

[18] The glasshouses contain a representation of what would have been originally grown in them, including a restored pinery vinery for growing pineapples.

This was designed as a Gardenesque type of garden, including a conservatory, an arbour, a fountain, a rockery and a snake path.

[21] The L Border, the Broad Walk and Beech Avenue form the main path through the gardens to the south which lead to the Monument.

[26] Artefacts in the garden include a Shinto Shrine, a tea house, a bridge over the Golden Brook, and a number of lanterns.

The stones and rocks are selected for their shapes, and a mound has been formed to replicate Mount Fuji with its snow-capped summit.

The Fernery still contains tree ferns and the Showhouse has changing displays of flowering plants.