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Guided Tours at Bushey Rose Garden

Bushey Rose Garden, High Street, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 3HH

  • 19 Sep 2026
  • | In person
  • | Pre-booking required
  • | Walk / Tour

Join us for this unique experience at Bushey Rose Garden, where you will be taken around to learn about Bushey's hidden gem of a walled garden. Expect extensive art history, the marvels of heritage gardening and local history at its finest!

Bushey Rose Garden garden plays an important role in the Bushey community due to its former use as an art school. It is the collaboration of artist Sir Hubert von Herkomer and landscape architect Thomas Mawson that you see in the design of the garden. You can see more than 40 different varieties of roses and over 4000 different plants.

Volunteers will run guided tours taking place hourly between 10:00am and 3:00pm, subject to volunteer availability. The tours will be bookable online via Eventbrite.

The tours will feature a small enclosed garden divided into three sections consisting of the Sunken Garden (a sunken paved area with a fountain and rose beds), the Lawn (a lawn area surrounded by mixed borders), and the Rose Walk (a pathway lined with mixed borders and rose pillars leading from Herkomer Road). The facilities currently provided include a pergola, summer house, cloisters, and disabled access toilets.

In May 2008 the garden was awarded funding from the Heritage Lottery and Big Lottery Fund ‘Parks for People’ programme, from Hertsmere Borough Council and additional funding from Landsberg-am-Lech and the Rotary Club totaling £1.5 million to fully restore it to its former glory. Work began on site in August 2009 and the garden was officially opened by the Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, Countess of Verulam on 23 July 2010.

Timings

Saturday 19 September:
Volunteers will run guided tours taking place hourly between 10:00am and 3:00pm

Location & directions

Bushey Rose Garden, High Street, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 3HH

Directions:
Please use the High Street entrance to join the event. Parking: Garden visitors can use the car park at the Bushey Country Club which is located over the road from the garden in the High Street (WD23 1TT). Or there is an alternative car park in Kemp Place just off the High Street Public Transport Information: The nearest station is Bushey main line station (operates in and out of London Euston). The garden is approx 1.5km/1 mile from the station. Both the 142 and 258 buses stop at the station and in the High Street near the garden.

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking required
Booking conditions:
If you have any questions or enquires about booking a guided tour, please contact Hannah Oliver, at [email protected]
Booking contact name:
Hannah Oliver
Booking website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/hertsmere-borough-council-35018373643?_gl=1*1lb8si5*_up*MQ..*_ga*NTc4Njg1MTk4LjE3ODY1Mjc4MDM.*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3ODY1Mjc4MDEkbzEkZzEkdDE3ODY1MjgwMDkkajUzJGwwJGgw
Booking opens:
17 Aug 2026 12:00 AM
Booking closes:
18 Sep 2026 11:59 PM

Additional information

Max number of people:
15
Estimated duration:
0 hour(s) 20 minute(s)

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