The arrival of October, and after yesterday's rain we are treated to a morning of mist and soft sunshine. The blue autumnal sky conceals a faint nip in the air, and I can think of no better place to be today than the peaceful #Dorset Dorset outdoors.

🧡 How wonderful to receive this from our 2020 visitors via Tripadvisor UK ⭐️ THANK YOU ⭐️from all of us at Mapperton

We are really pleased to have been awarded funding by the #CultureRecoveryFund to help Mapperton recover from the COVID crisis. We will use the money to develop our live online tours helping us continue to be #HereForCulture Department for Culture, Media and Sport Historic England The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Guess what we'll be watching today 📽️ mapperton.com/visit-manderle…

We are happy to say Mapperton Gardens plan to continue to welcome visitors into Nov & Dec. Buy your ticket in advance from our website, plus we've now started our Winter Special Offer tickets priced at £5 entry until Thurs 17th Dec, free for under 16’s mapperton.com/product/winter…

"Autumn days when the grass is jewelled" Mapperton Gardens are open Sunday to Thursday 11am to 5pm until December 17th. Bring a picnic and enjoy our peaceful setting amongst the wonderful Autumn colours, £5 Winter Special Offer, buy tickets in advance via mapperton.com/online-booking…

We're delighted to share the news Mapperton has been voted @historic_houses Garden of the Year for 2020 mapperton.com/mapperton-gard…

𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗲 But a whole rainbow is even better - our visitors were blessed with dramatic weather variations yesterday creating this wonderful display in the Gardens. Open Sun-Thurs, advance tickets via mapperton.com

📺 Are you watching? Smithsonian Channel Sky channel 173, Freeview channel 56, Freesat channel 175 and Virgin Media channel 295

Throwback to just over a year ago with this stunner of a sunset across the Reflecting Pools at Mapperton Gardens, winner of the Historic Houses 2020 Garden of the Year award. 📷With thanks to our head gardener Steve for the perfectly captured image

See the finest English country houses in all their winter glory trib.al/J7QiO6k

Our annual Snowdrop Sundays support the National Garden Scheme This year we're hoping to open the Gardens as soon as we can but for online visits and tours we are always here and you can still support the NGS via ngs.org.uk/mapperton-gard…

SPRING 🌸 is in the air here at Mapperton House & Gardens and our biggest announcement is coming soon..... stay tuned... This one’s worth the wait (and one of reasons I’ve been a bit quiet on here as of late!)

Fancy a stroll? Mapperton Gardens are open (local visitors only until Monday 29th March) - all advance tickets and Gardens Season Pass tickets available via mapperton.com On 12th April The Coach House café re-opens for outdoor service, offering hot drinks and snacks.

Earth and sky are pink. The Campbell’s magnolias are as generous as they’ve ever been, but, like much beauty, are of a stuff twill not endure 📷 Caroline Montagu

GARDEN OF THE YEAR AWARD CEREMONY : Historic Houses would like to invite you to a short online event to celebrate Mapperton Gardens, winner of the 2020 Garden of the Year Award, tomorrow at 4pm BST Register for your place at zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Great day doing baseline surveys at Mapperton. Nationally scarce Western Bee-fly, abundant Corky-fruited Water-dropwort, Banded General (soldier fly), Keeled Skimmer (locally scarce) & 1st glimpse of the White Cattle. Next guided walk 27/6 (includes cake!) bit.ly/3gOOZjB

If you love castles and manors and stately homes as much as I do, please join me on my YouTube Channel every Sunday as I head off to visit some of Britain's most spectacular homes. Subscribe here: youtube.com/americanviscou… Le Chameau Iford Manor Boden Historic Houses

Mapperton is the star of a documentary which broadcast this evening on BBC1: #thisisengland bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…