Thursday 14 September 2017

A VISIT TO EAST LAMBROOK MANOR GARDENS


On of the places we visited was East Lambrook Manor, the home of Margery Fish
 on their site it says this


“In the development of gardening in the second half of the twentieth century no garden has yet had greater effect.” John Sales, National Trust
East Lambrook Manor Gardens is the iconic and quintessentially English cottage garden created by the celebrated 20th-century plantswoman and gardening writer Margery Fish. It was here that she developed her own style of gardening, combining old-fashioned and contemporary plants in a relaxed and informal manner to create a garden of immense beauty and charm.
The English Heritage Grade 1 listed garden is characterised by many winding paths through abundant borders and is renowned as the premier example of the English cottage garden style. It has noted collections of snowdrops, hellebore's and hardy geraniums and there is an excellent specialist hardy plant nursery in the garden.

We have been a couple of times before when we've visited the area, so it was nice to go again.


Part of the garden is laid out in a series of terraces with abundant planting between.


Being slightly later in the season there was not as much colour as you would find in May , June or July.


But still lots of interesting plants and greenery to admire.


The visitors entrance is to the side of the Malthouse where you can get a cup of tea and a slice of locally made cake and buy your entry ticket.


Lovely pot by the doorway.


The manor house over on the left. I have shown you just a small part of this garden.


A plant purchase  or six... 

Margery Fish's cottage garden style is my type of gardening, flowing borders  and beds of masses of colour and texture. My father in Law , a man whose garden was weed free and every plant sitting tidily surrounded by dark earth, once said to me " You like a wild garden " which I thought was wonderful compliment ... I do like a wild garden if it means all the plants are snuggled together and you cannot see any earth and are not sure where the border ends and the grass or path edge begins!


More photos of this garden will be added to the garden blog for those who may like to see more.



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12 comments:

  1. Such a lovely garden. I too love a "wild" garden, and wish I had the skill (and climate) to cultivate one. Thank you so much for sharing both this and your own garden, both are truly inspirational.

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    1. I am so glad i'm not alone in the 'wild' garden love ;) Thank you for such a lovely compliment about our garden. :)

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  2. I also like it when the plants are close together, with no empty earth between. I think it looks much more natural. Sadly, my neighbours like their gardens very "tidy", so mine sticks out in our row...

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    1. We should all form the 'wild' garden club :) I bet yours looks wonderful against all those regiments of tidy gardens :)

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  3. A very lovely garden. Glad you enjoyed your visit and have plants to take home! 😊 xxx

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    1. It was Ginger. Yes it would have to be a very bad garden for us not to come away without any plants! lol xxx

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  4. Everything is so beautifully layered with lots of different textures. It all looks very lush and green still. Where we are things are starting to look a bit dry and end-of-season 'beat up'.
    Steve

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    1. It's probably because we've been having quite a bit of sunshine and shower weather here Steve. So it's all looking very green and also quite wet!

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  5. A WILD garden needs SPACE which unfortunately I don't have now so no longer have the choice.
    Appreciated this visit though and one can dream.
    Pleased to see that you had a little plant spend... although I would have preferred you to have bought back one of those magnificent Deer sculptures from your last outing!

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    1. Glad you enjoyed seeing this wild garden and you can be a club member :)
      I would have loved to have had one of those metal deer sculptures but since they retail at about £2500 and the willow ones around £1500 I decided I could actually do without one plus we'd have never got it in the car!! :)

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  6. My front garden is definitely wild this year, I've hardly done anything to it. I'm not surprised you bought a few plants from this lovely wild garden.

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    1. You only have to turn your back on a garden for it to run wild but sometimes that looks good :) We always try to stick to a five plant limit but sometimes... :)

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