Colesbourne Gardens Guided Tour And Snowdrops

Colesbourne Gardens - Snowdrops and private guided tour

Your guided tourat 11am is exclusive to private groups on a weekday, includes a short presentation that includes the history of Colesbourne Park and the Elwes family and a brief introduction to the amazing diversity of snowdrops. This is followed by a guided walk around the grounds with Sir Henry Elwes and head gardener Kate Reynolds, giving the opportunity to see both the massed plantings and the collection of rare snowdrops.

Coffee & tea with cake will be served on arrival or departure.

The majority of the snowdrops are visible from the many paths and tracks around the area. Please bear in mind that although we are on free draining Cotswold soil and keep the paths maintained throughout the open period, the inclement winter weather can beat us occasionally, resulting in slippery mud!

The gardens at Colesbourne Park are renowned for their magnificent display of rare snowdrops in February. Over 10 acres of private gardens and woodland walks with a mix of snowdrops, hellebores, cyclamen and a wide variety of early flowering shrubs.

Colesbourne Gardens is the premier place to see snowdrops in bloom. The collection is probably the most varied of any garden on display, with over three hundred varieties of this spectacular harbinger of spring on show during the short season. The 2026 Snowdrop Season begins with the first open weekend at the end of January until the last weekend of February.

The gardens comprise approximately 10 acres of formal snowdrop walks around the house and lake, with further parkland and an arboretum around the house to explore further afield. The beautiful St James' church is always open set within the rural setting.

The Gardens include an arboretum of rare trees privately collected over the past 120 years, many of which are Champion trees listed in the Tree Register of the British Isles.

Snowdrops, hellebores and othert winter-flowering plants will be for sale.

On the return journey, you will enjoy a scenic drive through the Cotswolds.