This way to the Open Gardens . . . Car park attendant Jeremy directs visitors to the main attractions while son, Jack, collects the money.
1 Old Rectory – Tim Elwes. Tranquil garden surrounded by open countryside. Splendid trees, shrubs, roses, lilac and laburnums.
2 Joyce Rochester – Garden can do its own thing. Orchard supposed to be a wild meadow but refuses to go feral.
3 Wood End Cottage – Jo Rochester. Large family garden; wild field in part and a neater half containing lawns, beds and parterre.
4 The Dell – Bill Stewart. A work in progress. A tranquil havenof greenery and birds. We continue to develop this established woodland garden with the help of rampant nettles, rabbits and deer.
5 The Old Schoolhouse – Neil Taylor. Our new garden needs TLC, But informal borders you will see, With its very old brick water well, It’s a work in progress you can tell.
6 Gill Tarlington – A natural garden, approximately half an acre, overlooking a water meadow.
7 The Fighting Cocks – Jeanne Buchanan. Half of the old pub garden – and used to provide visitors with lunch, a bar and raffle.
8 Field House – Chris Roberts. The back has flowers, shrubs, veg and fruit gardens but more unusually, it features a geodesic dome as greenhouse and a workshop of straw bale construction.
9 The Shire House – Michael and Annie Wallis.
Two-part garden; a courtyard with roses, lavender, lawns and borders on site of old farmyard, and a meadow garden with trees, roses and raised beds.
10 The Beeches – Karen Humphrey. Informal country garden with pond, hard tennis court, paddock and a deciduous plantation.
