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About Us

Welcome to Church Gardens, a garden with an interesting past and an exciting future, this is Harefield's hidden gem. This unique, historic garden lay buried beneath undergrowth and rubbish, unknown to even the local residents of Harefield until it was discovered by Kay and Patrick McHugh in 1995. This hardworking and innovative couple have dedicated their lives to restoring the house and gardens, which now include features which are appropriate to the gardens' illustrious Renaissance past whilst incorporating modern day ideals of organic growing, sustainability and quirky recycling. In recent years, Kay and Patrick's daughters and their partners, have dedicated a lot of their time to all aspects of the project making this venture a real family effort. The result is a truly unique, beautiful and inspiring garden.

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Gardens

C17th Walled Gardens

Church Gardens consists of 3 acres of C17th Walled Gardens packed full of Kay & Patrick's interesting design features.

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Restoration

Family Restoration Project

Kay & Patrick have been restoring Church Gardens for almost 30 years, what a journey it has been!

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History

1000 Years of History

Church Gardens is all that remains of the formal walled gardens of Harefield Place, it's history can be traced back for almost 1000 years!

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