The Woodland Garden

The Woodland Garden

Located to the side of a small copse our woodland garden is a great success at this time of year.  Recently carpeted with narcissi and snowdrops and containing a range of mature shrubs this area is a joy to explore on sunny days when dappled light cuts through the branches of  silver birch and upright cornus stems.

Even on dull days the fresh golden growth of Philadelphus is like a spotlight in an otherwise shaded corner.  Ferns, sarcococca, and viburnum create the middle storey of growth and briefly, during April, the beautiful hanging blooms of Erythronium ‘Pagoda’ with their reflexed petals offer a final flourish to a perfectly painted woodland scene. 


Exceptional trees - Savernake Forest's Big Belly Oak

Located in Wiltshire’s Savernake Forest, The Big Belly Oak, a millennium-old giant, really is a living witness to English history.  This sessile oak, Quercus petraea, was named among 50 Great...
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The plants around us - bamboo

From fishing rods, to cooking utensils, sunglasses to flooring, bamboo has a multitude of uses.  In recent years bamboo products have been appearing in shops offering a sustainable alternative to...
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Modern heroes of horticulture - Harriet Rycroft

Harriet Rycroft is best known for being the Queen of Pots.  Her position as head gardener at the Warwickshire based Whichford pottery gave her the chance to hone her skills...
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