Great Comp Gardens

Over the years, Great Comp Garden in Platt, close to Sevenoaks, has gained a reputation among plant hunters and plantsmen alike as being Kent’s finest Spring garden. The extensive collection of Magnolias and ever increasing collection of early flowering perennials and spring bulbs have made a visit there a must at the start of the gardening year.


The delightfully quirky garden is the creation of the late Roderick and Joy Cameron who moved to the 17th Century Manor in 1957 with the idea of developing the garden into a plantsman’s delight.

Roderick and Joy rolled up their sleeves and created an eccentric hide away in Platt, complete with an Italian Garden, explorable ruins and a garden which now boasts one of the best displays of Magnolias, Azaleas, Salvias, Crocosmias, Dahlias and other exotic plants in the region.