Levens Hall and Gardens’ new feature for 2025 – a visit to Father Christmas – has one more opportunity to sprinkle some festive joy amongst little ones. The Hall’s former […]
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Extraordinary Fireplaces Become Levens Hall’s Focal Point
Levens Hall and Gardens is drawing attention to its extraordinary Elizabethan and later-era fireplaces, as Christmas beckons and brings a focus on warming fires, hearths and accessible chimneys.
Historic South Lakes House Pays Homage to Craftsmanship
A historic house and gardens, home to the oldest example of patchwork in England, is celebrating crafts-based skills in the run-up to Christmas 2025, to help keep the tradition of arts and crafts alive.
Levens Hall and Gardens is the proud owner of patchwork bed hangings and a quilt, which both date from around 1708. This patchwork was inspired by Dorothy Grahme, wife of owner Colonel James Grahme and a former Maid of Honour to Queen Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II.
Leading Artist’s Mural to Communicate the Nature of Levens Hall and Gardens
Award-winning South Lakes eatery, Levens Kitchen, will soon be celebrating a whole new attention-grabbing element, thanks to artistry from a Chinoiserie specialist who has created talking pieces for famous names including Alice Temperley, Kate Moss, Paul O’Grady and Kit Harrington.
Levens Hall Offers a Brush With Nature
Levens Hall and Gardens, home to the world’s oldest topiary garden, is continuing its quest to instil a love of greenery in the younger generation, whilst inspiring youngsters’ creative response […]
New ‘Comedie’ to Find Fitting Home at Elizabethan Levens Hall
Elizabethan Levens Hall and Gardens is reinforcing its Tudor heritage this Friday, as it hosts a new comedy, as an open-air garden extravaganza of wit and humour. Those arriving with […]
Could World Topiary Day Celebrations Finally Unlock the Beaumont Riddle?
The fifth World Topiary Day will be celebrated not just in the gardens of its founder, Levens Hall and Gardens, in Cumbria, on Sunday May 11, but in gardens around the world. However, it is in the home of the world’s oldest topiary garden that a glass will be raised to its founder, Monsieur Guillaume Beaumont, as another attempt to unravel his secret life is launched.
7-Day-a-Week Secret Sharing at Levens Hall and Gardens
South Lakes visitor attraction, Levens Hall and Gardens, reopened its doors on Friday March 28, ready to reveal its significant secrets to individual travellers, families and groups.
Messages in the Bottle Highlight Topiary Community’s Passion
Levens Hall and Gardens, in the South Lakes, is celebrating the success of an initiative that helped bring the European topiary community together in a shared feat of achievement this year.
Cumbrian Small Visitor Attraction of the Year Enjoys Big Exposure
Levens Hall and Gardens, recent winner of the Small Attraction of the Year Award at the Cumbria Tourism Awards 2024, is to feature on the TV programme, Cumbria: The Lakes […]
Cumbrian Visitor Attraction Introduces Temporary Umbrella Ban
Cumbrian visitor attraction, Levens Hall and Gardens, home to two giant, centuries-old topiary umbrella trees, is ironically placing a temporary ban on umbrellas – all to try to instil a love of Shakespeare amongst the younger generation.
Levens Hall and Gardens Inspires ‘Topiary Tourism’
‘Topiary tourism’ will be spreading its way across the world in May 2024, as gardens from Peterborough to Pennsylvania follow the lead of Cumbrian garden, Levens Hall and Gardens, in helping visitors better appreciate the art-form of topiary and enjoy experiences around it.
Head Gardener Happy to be Back in ‘Clipping Season’
Levens Hall and Gardens’ head gardener, Chris Crowder, is heading into his two favourite months of the year, despite these being the ones in which the arduous task of clipping […]
New Levens Bakery to open this month
An expansion at Levens Hall and Gardens may well also see South Lakes’ waistlines growing a little, as the much-loved Levens Kitchen responds to popular demand, increasing its capacity to […]
Textile Student to be Involved in World Topiary Day 2023
A talented young textile design student is channelling inspiration provided by topiary, to create something super-special for both Levens Hall and Gardens’ 2023 World Topiary Day celebrations and her degree. […]
Levens Hall Aims for Six-Continent World Topiary Day Celebration
The founder of World Topiary Day and home to the world’s oldest topiary garden, Levens Hall and Gardens, is aiming for a six-continent World Topiary Day celebration in 2023. Ahead […]
Levens Hall and Gardens Appeals For Head Gardener Knowledge
Just a few weeks after Horticulture Week named Levens Hall and Gardens’ Chris Crowder as one of the top head gardeners in the UK, the Cumbrian visitor attraction has been […]
World Topiary Day Heads to the Weekend
Levens Hall and Gardens is moving the date for its third World Topiary Day to a weekend slot, so 2023’s celebration can provide even more people globally – and more […]