The Garden

Wordsworth was a keen landscape gardener and the four acre garden remains very much as he designed it. It consists of fell-side terraces, including the recently discovered 'Dora's Terrace', lawns, rock pools and an ancient mount.

All the Wordsworth family were keen gardeners and William had strong views about how a garden should look. In particular he believed that a garden should be informal and that it should harmonise with the countryside consisting of 'lawn, and trees carefully planted so as not to obscure the view'.

Every owner of Rydal Mount has been a keen gardener, but other than the planting of some late-Victorian plants the garden remains little changed since Wordsworth's day.