High Close Garden is 11 acres of tranquillity perched between Elterwater and Grasmere.
There is over 1000 years of fascinating history and its home to many rare trees and shrubs from all around the globe.
The Garden was originally planted in 1866 by Edward Wheatley-Balme. A Yorkshire merchant and philanthropist.
High Close was designed in the fashion of the day. Subsequently using many of the recently discovered ‘exotic’ conifers and evergreen shrubs coming into Britain from America.
Some of the larger trees were lost due to the exposed nature of the site. The majority falling in the winter storms of 1973 and 1983. But there are still many fine specimens including Douglas firs, Sitka spruce and redwoods.
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