The walled garden has existed for 300 years. It was (and is) the Duke’s private ‘kitchen garden’, providing fruit and vegetables for the main house. The gardens are maintained by a team of gardeners, some of whom have worked there for over 50 years. They still use the traditional methods and their own versions of unique tools developed by their Blenheim predecessors and used for hundreds of years. From the little wooden mallet used to tap the flowerpots to determine if they need watering, to the special edge trimmers with small wheels – after all, can you imagine how many miles of edging is required at Blenheim?
It is the passion and commitment of all the dukes and their gardeners that has kept this heritage flourishing into the 21st Century.

The Palace has the largest walled garden in Britain, with a 300-year history of growing English and exotic fruits. The garden’s high walls create a unique microclimate where exotic and Mediterranean varieties have flourished - oranges, melons and grapes, to indigenous fruits such as apples, pears and berries; and became the sanctuary for several unique, rare varieties of fruits, such as the ‘Blenheim Orange’ melon and ‘Blenheim Orange’ apple.

This heritage in fruits has inspired us to launch the Blenheim Palace Provisions brand under the concept “Natural fruit perfection”.