Visit to Milton's Cottage

Milton’s Cottage is home to a unique literary garden, planted with trees, flowers and fruits that are referenced in his poetry.  It  has been laid out as a traditional English cottage garden – the only one in the Chilterns listed by English Heritage as a Grade II Registered Historic Garden. Milton was a keen botanist (the poet Emily Dickinson called him “The Great Florist”) and few artists have been more influential on the development of the English garden aesthetic.