We did not visit the house, just the gardens. The "sub tropical gardens" were a real let down. Overgrown, neglected, just bamboo, more bamboo, and mostly camellias. We saw more interesting and tropical plants in the road outside in people's gardens. Some garden artwork on sale for several thousand pounds.. each.. The lady in the cafe has definitely not been to charm school.

The tour around the Manor House was very interesting, made more so by our enthusiastic guide who explained the various changes of ownership over the centuries and the physical alterations to the Manor. The tropical gardens also contain the art sculptures so you obtain two things for the price of one. The cafe is also worth a visit which serves a range of snacks and cream teas, including Guernsey Gache.

We had seen this mentioned on a recent programme made by Alan Titchmarsh. The grounds were lovely but the highlight of our visit was the guided house tour. The lady that conducted it was so knowledgeable and made it really interesting. There is a cafe and toilet on site and the bus stops right outside

We (two adults and 3 children) spent a pleasant hour walking around the beautiful Sculpture Park looking at the fascinating range of sculptures on display. Even the young members were intrigued by the range of flowers, especially the blue hydrangeas. Visited the cafe for coffee and met the very informative Trevor Rogers-Davis in his copper workplace at the back of the cafe.

To be honest we only went in the grounds at the rear and the gardens. Found it a bit underwhelming in that the gardens (Personally) needed sorting and generally I thought that everything looked a bit run down. It didn't help thats its difficult access. If you miss the signs, its too late you are past it.

We visited with friends for what we anticipated would be a lovely afternoon cream tea. Our main reason was the Guernsey TV programme we had recently seen The tea room is badly in need of some TLC. It was very tired and the grape vine which covers much of the inside needed it’s grapes picking. They were well over and going mouldy. The owner was lovely but the food was poor. We had three cream teas and I had the soup of the day. We rather expected something special, but the cream was in small pre sealed tubs from Cornwall, scones pretty basic and soup which was tomato and Luke warm quite frankly disgusting. Served with a warmed stale roll. Cutlery and crockery were not particularly clean and hygiene in the way food is prepared lacking. the price was exorbitant. Not somewhere any of us would recommend or return to. Don’t waste your money.

When we visited in late October only the sculpture park and tropical gardens where open. The copper smith and Tearoom where also open. The weather was chilly and a bit damp. It is certainly somewhere we would like to return to on a warmer and sunny day. It would also be interesting to see inside the house. The gardens have some fascinating tropical plants growing there. Again earlier in the year the plants would be more spectacular. There are signed paths that take you around the sculptures. There are a range of ones in amongst the plants. It was interesting to go into the copper smith to see the items he produces and the different hammers he uses in his craft. There are items you can buy. We went into the tearoom Where we enjoyed our drinks sitting under the grapevine . There are seats outside so on a sunny day you could enjoy your drinks outside.