Get inspired to create your own heavenly scented garden by visiting a 50-acre estate and gardens dedicated to plants for perfume. Keyneston Mill, situated alongside the River Stour, features over 1,500 varieties of fragrant and aromatic plants, many to trial for the use in fragrances.
“We cultivate unusual varieties for their perfume. Visiting here is a very different experience from that of other gardens ” “We cultivate unusual varieties specifically for their perfume,” says Senior Gardener, Jess Usher. “Visiting here is a very different experience from that of other gardens.”
In July, Keyneston Mill is filled with roses, scented pelargoniums, jasmine, tuberose, and numerous varieties of lavender and herbs, creating visual, olfactory and tactile experiences in the garden. Arranged by categories of scent, visitors are encouraged to rub leaves and…