Selwyn Gardens

Selwyn Gardens

Established in the Victorian period, the beautiful College gardens have been developed into a landscape of extensive lawns, mature trees, richly planted flowering borders and beds, and collections of shrubs from around the world.

Victorian Gardens

A tour of the gardens

Visiting Selwyn? Read the printable gardens guide and suggested tour of the gardens. Packed with useful information to help you ensure you don’t miss anything.

Season by season

Find out what happens in the gardens throughout the year.

Past, present, future

Past and present gardeners have contributed in their own way to harmonise the garden with the imposing buildings that Sir Arthur Blomfield designed. Read more...

Victorian Border Plant List

Victorian Border Plant List 2016

Latest News

  • Open Days 2020
    Mon, 29/06/2020 - 10:12
  • Salute to Graduands
    Fri, 26/06/2020 - 09:36

    Porters Kevin Sargent and Ian O’Connor

  • Leavers’ service
    Wed, 24/06/2020 - 14:01

    June 24th would have been the start of graduation ceremonies across Cambridge; and that night at Selwyn we’d have been holding our graduands’ dinner. How we wish that were possible – and we look forward to the day when it will happen. We are hoping this will be in the next academic year.

  • Next academic year
    Wed, 17/06/2020 - 10:10

    The colleges and university of Cambridge have issued a statement about plans for the academic year 2020-21. The key points:

  • A Selwyn DG
    Tue, 09/06/2020 - 08:49

    We congratulate alumnus Tim Davie on being selected as the next director-general of the BBC. Mr Davie studied English here in the 1980s, and was president of the JCR. He went on to become a marketing executive at Procter & Gamble and Pepsi, before moving to the BBC. His roles there include being director of radio and chief executive of BBC Studios. Here’s how the BBC reported his appointment:

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