The entrance drive
creates 2 separate gardens; the one at the rear of the Lodge being
called The House Garden and the one on the other side of the drive
being called The Paddock Garden
The House Garden is made over to a large vegetable garden as its
centrepiece with shrub and herbaceous borders surrounding it. There
are also 3 greenhouses in this garden.
The Paddock Garden is an ornamental garden featuring large
contrasting herbaceous borders leading down to a waterlily and
wildlife pond. There is also a Koi Pond and stream garden. At
the side of the Paddock Garden is the Nursery where there are
plants for sale and 2 polytunnels and numerous cold frames.
The soil throughout the 2 gardens is a stony loam with a PH of
about 6.5 ideal for growing a wide variety of plants of which we
take full advantage.
The planting reflects
our love of hardy plants, hellebores, hostas and clematis being
particular favourites. We are however always trying new plants
adding to our existing range and pushing the boundaries of what we
can grow. The valley setting creates a frost pocket where late
frosts even occasionally in June, are not unknown.
We collect seed every year from our own plants in the garden and
with other seed we obtain from a wide variety of sources regularly
sow up to 300 varieties each spring. The plants from these are used
all over the garden and surplus plants are sold in the nursery