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...
My favorite place! I go here every year and buy a car load!
ReplyDeleteWithout looking at your list I bet it is a mile long. What an inspirational place.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful place to live where there are so many fabulous nurseries! Thanks for sharing them with us.
ReplyDeleteI would take any of them (all of them?) I struggle with peonies to have 3 blooms. I bet you will be stopping in there again?
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Wow, love those! Beautiful photos, too.
ReplyDeletePeonies are blooming in my garden right now. What lovely blooms! Looking at your pictures makes me want to add more plants!
ReplyDeleteHi Phillip. You sure picked a gorgeous day to visit these two places. I love all that color. I wanted to answer your question on Clematis 'Multi-Blue'. For me, it has not been very vigorous. Have you considered 'Polish Spirit'? For me, it has been by far the most vigorous of all my clematis. Good luck with your selection. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteI have read that "Polish Spirit" is a really good one for this area. Thank you Grace!
DeleteGorgeous! I have one peony and it didn't bloom this year. I think our crazy weather may be the culprit.
ReplyDeleteAntique roses and now peonies! With all the tempting nurseries in your area, your garden is going to be a show-stopper! I planted a couple of Shirley Temple peonies this year, my first.
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