Woodland plants, including erythroniums, arisaemas, ferns and many spring bulbs, are at their best in April and May – followed on by the beautiful blue Meconopsis and irises. Heathers, alpine beds, dry stone walls, herbaceous borders and gentians add to the mix and extend the season of interest through to the autumn.
Included within the garden are a kitchen garden, a pond, two greenhouses, willow structures and chickens. A range of wilder areas also provide habitat for grass snakes, slow worms, rabbits, deer and over forty bird species, among others.
Highly regarded, for many years, as a plantsman's garden, this is also truly a garden for all ages - with quiz sheets, fairy doors and a children's playhouse adding to the experience for our younger visitors.