Anyone who has ever wondered about the evolution of the English garden should visit Wrest Park. Taken on by English Heritage in 2006 and now the focus of a 20 year multi-million pound restoration programme, the gardens are a dramatic showcase of three centuries of landscape design. As you wander around its 90 acres you can see French, Dutch, Italian and English styles side by side which, despite the scale, gives visitors an historical insight into influences which might even be seen in their own more modest gardens.
