Over the years the gardens have developed into an outstanding feature of the model village.
There are now well over 3,000 shrubs and trees; many of these being of bonsai style, in scale with the models. They are however, not strictly "bonsai", merely skilfully trimmed and gradually reshaped standard garden plants.
Bekonscot is a riot of colour during the summer, the models framed by thousands of bedding and herbaceous plants. An immaculate stretch of lawn runs the whole length of the village, which was originally part of the meadow from which Bekonscot was created. It is known as 'Broadwalk Lawn', because when Roland Callingham first built Bekonscot, he would walk through the village twice daily on his way to the railway station and back.
Several years ago a maze was introduced using the honeysuckle 'Lonicer Nitida' 'Baggesen's Gold'. The curator at Hampton Court kindly sent an outline of their maze, and this was used to create a copy in miniature for Bekonscot, which is situated near the small village of Hanton. We have therefore called our maze 'Hanton Court Maze'.
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