The Garden House (Devon, England)
The destinations are beginning to blur but looking at the tour guide booklet, I see that we are now in Plymouth. Today, we visited two gardens designed by Keith Wiley. The first is The Garden House , where Wiley worked as Head Gardener for 25 years (from 1978-2003). The 10-acre estate was purchased in the 1940s by former Eton schoolmaster Lionel Fortescue and his wife Katherine. It was formerly home to the vicars of Buckland Monachronum. The Fortescue's renovated the gardens and ran a market garden business and raised cattle. The remains of some of the original buildings in the vicarage still stand in the garden and serve as a romantic backdrop in the Walled Garden - I loved the way they had massed ferns together. Just stunning! Surrounding the walled garden and venturing out away from the house are more naturalistic plantings - Today, the head gardener is Nick Haworth, who was previously head gardener at Greenway , which we visited earlier. Keith Wiley lef...
Very nice! I love lilac but did not realize they can do well this far south. But then, you are a little north of me. How long has that lilac been in your garden? It is a beauty! Also love the kerria!
ReplyDeleteThis the first one that has survived for more than a season for me. A nursery owner in the area said that it was a new one better suited for the South.
DeleteBeautiful! Gives me hope that we will get there, too, in a couple of weeks.
ReplyDeleteI think the Mohawk viburnum photos are my faves from this batch.
ReplyDeleteDo the Mohawk flowers attract any pollinators? And does it produce any berries for birds?
Such excitement. Our magnolia is just beginning to bloom. Love this time of year.
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