Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and Paint

Step back in time to a radical art school in 1950s Suffolk, and discover Benton End's impact on a generation of artists and gardeners. Friends go free! Become a Friend.

Access Benton End. Group visits. Benton End walled garden, India Hobson.

Benton End: the development of an artistic genius. The Benton End project so far: a Q&A with Garden Museum Director Christopher Woodward. Lucian Freud and Benton End: the development of an artistic genius.

The Eggs, 1944, Sir Cedric Morris © The estate of Cedric Morris. Photo Tate, All rights reserved 2026 Bridgeman Images. Plants and Garden Produce at Benton End, Cedric Morris (1889-1982), courtesy Philip Mould & Company.

Lucian Freud and friends at Benton End, photographer unknown, Estate of Richard Chopping and Denis Wirth-Miller. Still Life in a Desert Landscape (1956), Joan Warburton © Estate of Joan Warburton. Benton End walled garden.

Benton End: Remaking a Garden.