The English Garden – September 2019

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SEPTEMBER 2019 THE ENGLISH GARDEN 9

Bateman’s
Rudyard Kipling’s love of roses
is evidenced in the stunning
rose garden he designed to
sit beside the lily pond at his
garden in East Sussex (above).
Three varieties of fl oribunda
roses fl ower through summer
into autumn. Tel: 01435
882302; nationaltrust.org.uk

Dove Cottage
William Wordsworth
described his fell-side garden
in Cumbria as ‘a little domestic
slip of mountain’. With views
over Grasmere Vale, the
garden has been restored to
the half-wild state the poet
loved. Tel: 015394 35544;
wordsworth.org.uk

Hill Top
When gardener Pete Tasker
arrived at Beatrix Potter’s
Lakeland home 30 years
ago, the original planting was
mostly gone. Now fl owers
and crops fi ll the garden once
again. Tel: 015394 36269;
nationaltrust.org.uk

Monk’s House
Virginia Woolf was greatly
inspired by her garden in East
Sussex (below left), beautifully
designed by her husband
Leonard Woolf. It boasts
views over the Sussex Downs,
ornamental beds, orchard and
vegetable patch. Tel: 01273
474760; nationaltrust.org.uk

Newstead Abbey
The gardens and parkland at
Nottinghamshire’s Newstead
Abbey cover more than 300
acres and were once home to
Lord Byron. Enjoy lakes, ponds
and waterfalls, plus formal
gardens ablaze with Japanese
maples. Tel: 0115 8763100;
newsteadabbey.org.uk

Thisexciting,eight-acre
prairie garden, created in
the shape of a spiralling
nautilus shell, has been
planted in a naturalistic
style with 60,000 plants
and over 1,600 di• erent
varieties, including a range
of unusual ornamental
grasses. Visitors can roam
bark-chip paths through
the layers of colour,
texture and architectural
splendour in huge borders.
Surrounded by mature
oak trees with views of
Chanctonbury Ring and
Devil’s Dyke on the South
Downs, the garden also
features a permanent
sculpture collection, along
with rare-breed sheep and
pigs, and a new, tropical
entrance garden.
Sussex Prairies, Morlands
Farm, Wheatsheaf Road
(B2116), Henfi eld, West
Sussex BN5 9AT. Open on
8 September, 11am to 5pm.
Home-made teas.Adults
£8; children free. Visit ngs.
org.uk for details.

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PHOEBE JAYES


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NATIONAL TRUST/ANDREW BUTLER/JAMES DOBSON; MARIANNE MAJERUS


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Sussex Prairies
Henfi eld, West Sussex

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