17 Crescent Lane, SW4 9AQ.
When we bought this house in 1987, the garden was about 100 feet long and 20 feet wide. After a few years we bought the back half of the two gardens next door (on the right, as you're looking at the picture above. This meant that the garden opened out into a square which was unexpected and full of potential. In 1999 a man called Kip redesigned the garden and, although I didn't like his planting, the garden's design was very inspiring. At about the same time I became Publishing Director of The English Garden, which meant I had access to lots of helpful advice and ideas! Leaving this garden in 2013 was heartbreaking. I leave these pictures on my website because I don't want to forget the garden, which is totally changed now.
When we bought this house in 1987, the garden was about 100 feet long and 20 feet wide. After a few years we bought the back half of the two gardens next door (on the right, as you're looking at the picture above. This meant that the garden opened out into a square which was unexpected and full of potential. In 1999 a man called Kip redesigned the garden and, although I didn't like his planting, the garden's design was very inspiring. At about the same time I became Publishing Director of The English Garden, which meant I had access to lots of helpful advice and ideas! Leaving this garden in 2013 was heartbreaking. I leave these pictures on my website because I don't want to forget the garden, which is totally changed now.
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Chandos Beauty - my favourite rose. Philip Harkness lent me 13 plants to put on The English Garden stand at Hampton Court in 2003 when he launched this rose. This [plant is one of them - I have it with me now in Wiltshire. The scent is out of this world!
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Chandos Beauty and Ethel
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I have these hostas with me in Wiltshire - although they aren't quite as huge - yet!