The Garden

Featured in The English Garden Magazine January edition & Gardens Illustrated ‘The Plant’ edition both 2021

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‘The Garden is maturing beautifully’

What started as a dutch barn housing an old hop picking machine and bags of detritus has, after many hours, days and months of work, become a garden.

The process, although an enormous lengthy task, has been hugely satisfying, especially for Rob. He did most of the deconstructing, with a little help from a few friends when another pair of hands were needed.

Eventually, we got to the proverbial blank canvas, so we sowed grass seed on the newly exposed earth and let it grow for a whole season. After that we marked out the beds with the help of daughter India to create the sweeping large borders and worked them down to a plantable tilth.

Time now to plant, arguably the best part of the whole process. The choice of what to plant had already been decided on and grown with one or two special purchases from fellow nurseries. Taken into consideration was the plant’s hardiness, the exposed site and the compatibility of the plants. Once planted we had the framework of a garden.

It is now giving us all great pleasure as it matures, changing through the seasons it has movement, many textures and great beauty.

Images by India Hobson & Kim Hurst

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As the nursery and garden are not usually open to the public we offer the opportunity for groups of garden & plant enthusiasts to visit. Visits to the garden, located in the Teme Valley in Worcestershire, include a walk and talk around the garden and nursery, usually followed by teas in the barn or garden, depending on the weather. If you are interested in visiting the garden please enquire via the contact page.

 

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