What's happening in June

The gardens are full of scents from old-fashioned roses, lavender, honeysuckle and philadelphus. Foxgloves with their rich purple colour are dotting the gardens, as are the green and white hanging flowers of Solomon's seal. The blue-violet flowers of the iris are also beginning to bloom.

What the gardeners are doing this month:

Staking taller perennials such as delphiniums, clipping back aubretias, arabis and perennial candytufts when they have finished flowering and keeping an eye out for vine weevil damage.

Designer gardens

Come explore the 30 acre Thomas Mawson designed Arts and Crafts garden. With views over Windermere and towards the Langdale Pikes, this is a garden with a magnificent backdrop.

Depending on the season you can walk along the terraces to see dazzling displays of camellias, magnolias and rhododendrons filling the air with delicate fragrances.

Elsewhere there's the cherished Handkerchief Tree with its fluttering white flowers and the beautiful vivid crimson blooms of the Chilean Lantern Tree. Other features include:

• Herbaceous and mixed borders
• Old fashioned and shrub roses
• Wildflower meadow
• Kitchen garden with fruit, vegetables, herbs and cut flowers

We use environmentally friendly techniques including composting, recycling and the minimal use of pesticides, peat and water resources. The gardens are home to a wide variety of birds and wildlife and are open 365 days from dawn until 6pm.