The garden
wraps around three sides of the house, divided by
old stone walls and hedges of box, hornbeam, holly
and yew. Flowers spilling out of pots and planters
and roses and clematis cascading from arches
contrast with the clipped architecture of the hedges
and lime trees trained as lollipops. A new garden,
shared with the chickens, is being created behind
the modern barns. Trees and flowering shrubs grow
beside mown paths through the long grass of the wild
flower meadow where we are trying to encourage as
many wild flowers as possible. There is a mound
from which to survey the local hills.
The house and
garden has featured in various publications:-
The
English Garden, May 2002
Alastair
Sawday’s Go Slow
Fujingaho in
Japan in 2005
RSVP in Japan 2008