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Published: 26th October 2026

New Head Gardener Tackles a Challenging Horticultural Induction in World's Oldest Topiary Garden

For the first time in 40 years, a late 17th century Cumbrian house has a change of occupant. The new resident, Gillian Boyle, also happens to be the very first woman to have called the house home, as part of her unique new horticultural job at Levens Hall and Gardens. She is now currently…

Levens Hall and Gardens Provides Backdrop for International Textile Artist’s Book

South Lakes Elizabethan mansion house, Levens Hall and Gardens, is being showcased to a worldwide audience after the gardens were chosen as the setting for a display of quilts and patchworks by world-renowned quilting and patchwork fabric designer, Kaffe Fassett. 18 different Fassett quilt…

Levens Hall and Gardens Earns New Fans Due to Quilting Extravaganza

South Lakes Elizabethan mansion house, Levens Hall and Gardens, is anticipating an influx of visitors from a specific hobby niche, thanks to becoming the backdrop for a photographic shoot that communicates the property’s essence to a worldwide audience. The gardens were chosen as the setting for a…

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New Levens Hall and Gardens head gardener, Gillian Boyle.

Kaffe Fassett, whose latest quilting designs were photographed at Levens Hall and Gardens, The South Lakes, Cumbria, UK.

Kaffe Fassett, decorating a Christmas tree with his famous fans,

Person browsing Kaffe Fassett's 2026 book in Levens Hall and Gardens gift shop

Levens Hall and Gardens, in the South Lakes, Cumbria, in autumn

The new head gardeners' tree at Levens Hall and Gardens i

The new head gardeners' commemorative tree at Levens Hall and Gardens, the Lake District, UK

The leaf commemorating the most recently retired head gardener at Levens Hall and Gardens

Looking through a gate from the Levens Hall garden, which now has the head gardeners' commemorative tree sculpture beside the gate.

Tom Vickers, the designer and creator of the new head gardeners' commemorative tree sculpture at Levens Hall and Gardens, Lake District, UK.

Tom Vickers the designer and creator of the head gardeners' commemorative tree sculpture at Levens Hall and Gardens, Lake District, UK

The Snuff Box presented to Chris Crowder

Chris Crowder with the snuff box once belonging to Alexander Forbes

The Freddie Whimsett mural in Levens Kitchen, at Levens Hall and Gardens, the South Lakes, Cumbria.

Close-up detail from the Freddie Whimsett mural in Levens Kitchen, at Levens Hall and Gardens, the South Lakes, Cumbria.

The earliest known English patchwork, as housed at Levens Hall and Gardens in Cumbria, England,

Looking through the huge Beech Hedge from the Beech Circle at Levens Hall and Gardens, the South Lakes, Cumbria

Secluded areas of the gardens at Levens Hall and Gardens, the South Lakes, Cumbria.

Part of the gardens at Levens Hall and Gardens, Cumbria

The huge Beech Hedge encircling the Beech Circle at Levens Hall and Gardens, Cumbria

Nancy Dyson and Pam Walton , gardeners at Levens Hall and Gardens, pictured working in the bee borders.

Pam Walton , one of the gardening team at Levens Hall and Gardens, pictured working in the bee borders.

The Bee Borders at Levens Hall and Garden, Cumbria - a 5-Star hotel for pollinators.

Pam Walton, one of the gardeners at Levens Hall and Gardens, pictured working in The Bee Borders - a 5-Star hotel for pollinators.

A planter of the type that can be decorated in the Levens Hall and Gardens Summer 2025 workshop.

Artist Bob Sutcliffe delivering a children's art workshop at Levens Hall and Gardens.

Publicity shot for Three Inch Fools production

Francesca Anderson pictured in the Levens Hall gardens, near the Beech Hedge.

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