Explore the celebrated West Green House Garden
West Green House Garden demonstrates how creative energy is poured into gardening. It is a garden with a special and distinctive sense of place, made by Marylyn Abbott. It has a delightful series of vibrantly-planted walled gardens, surrounding a charming 18th century house. The largest features herbaceous beds with wonderful colour combinations and a superb ornamental kitchen garden. The Nymphaeum is fully restored with water staircase and Italianate planting. Beyond the Walled Garden the LakeField embraces one of Englands most eclectic collections of follies. A path leads from the serenity of the lake to the Paradise Water Garden and onto the chinoiserie inspired Garden of the Five Bridges.Always an inspiration. The House is not open to the public.
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Five of the Best Kitchen Gardens
By Veronica Peerless
West Green is home to a potager – a French-inspired veg and flower garden that is designed to look good and be productive, too. Flowers and veg mingle happily in neat rows or scrambling up arches and obelisks, and the beds are edged by ‘stepover' apples that look especially pretty in spring.
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