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...
Thanks for posting photos of your garden visits. Growing tetrapanax in a pot is an intriguing idea!
ReplyDeleteI know, I was intrigued with that too. I've always wanted one but was afraid to put it in the ground.
DeleteMore lovely gardens. I'm in love with the stone bench in the 6th photo.
ReplyDeleteSo did I Kris! I believe the garden owner made that himself.
DeleteWynton and Pajunas was one of my favorite gardens of the Study Weekend. Interesting to see spaces where people are experimenting with styles and combinations before using them in their client's gardens.
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