Across The Queen's Drive the footpath forks left

Across The Queen's Drive the footpath forks left through the Pinetum towards Reed Hall and gardens which was donated to the University College of the South West in 1922 by the late Alderman W. H. Reed and which, together with adjoining land of the Streatham Estate, formed the nucleus of the present University estate.

The steps of the once formal gardens are now surrounded by a spectacular variety of rhododendrons and an established selection of pines and conifers.

At the foot of the steps the pathway leads left under the spreading branches of a huge Oak tree Quercus cerris, the Turkey 0ak, (introduced from southern europe in 1735) and then diagonally across the garden of bedding plants to the sunken or scented garden which has been developed as a haven for a host of plants of outstanding fragrance.

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Reed Hall built in the 1860s

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A view of part of the Reed Hall gardens which were laid out by Veitch during the 1860s at a cost of £70,000

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Camellia Donation photographed during March near the Reed Hall pond.

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Floral bedding in Reed Hall gardens