IN BRIEF<\/strong><\/p>\n

What<\/strong> English country house with mixed formal and informal planting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Where<\/strong> Berkshire.<\/p>\n

Size<\/strong> Seven-and-a-half acres.<\/p>\n

Soil<\/strong> Clay above chalk.<\/p>\n

Climate<\/strong> Temperate but its relatively high elevation means\u00a0it\u2019s very windy.<\/p>\n

Hardiness zone<\/strong> USDA 9.<\/p>\n

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When I asked Arabella which part of the garden made her happiest, after considerable deliberation, she responded \u201cthe orchard\u201d. In this lovely area wildflower meadows<\/a> feather the garden\u2019s relationship to the surrounding parkland landscape. Gentle, mown paths lead through these meadows to a poignant part\nwhere each family member has been represented by a different tree in a copse centred around a stately holm oak.<\/p>\n

Walking around this glorious garden in the company of\u00a0 Kevin Jordan, who has been head gardener here for more than ten years, it is clear that perhaps its greatest success is the relationship that exists between designer, gardener and owner.<\/p>\n

Over the past year big changes have taken place in the garden with hedges being realigned and the Fountain Garden borders being totally reimagined. It is the dynamic and evolving nature of this garden that helps keep Arabella, Kevin and his team so enthusiastic about it.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Jason Ingram<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nAt the gateway between the Sunken Garden and Pond Garden Arabella has created a calm feel using a largely green palette, dotted with spots of cool colour from alliums<\/a>, Allium<\/em> \u2018Mont Blanc\u2019 and Allium hollandicum<\/em> \u2018Purple Sensation\u2019, and Iris<\/em> \u2018Summer Sky\u2019. On the wall Clematis montana<\/em> var. alba<\/em> twines with wisteria<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Jason Ingram<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nIn the Rose Garden a whimsical sculpture of a young boy dancing on the back of a snail is surrounded by a mixed planting of roses and perennials<\/a> with blues and silvers playing off the pinks of the roses.<\/p>\n
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The borders are in a constant process of evolution with Arabella continually involved in their development. Currently, in this sunny corner Iris sibirica<\/em> and Centranthus ruber<\/em> combine harmoniously with the silver foliage of Artemisia absinthium<\/em> \u2018Lambrook Silver\u2019.<\/p>\n
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$\"""\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> \u00a9 Jason Ingram<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nA south-facing courtyard on the north side of the main house provides the perfect suntrap for the herb garden<\/a>, composed by Arabella and divided into six raised beds with a wattle edge of woven split hazel. In early summer white valerian and bearded irises flower between clumps of aromatic herbs.<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 Jason Ingram<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nIn the most northern corner of the garden is one of the more unusual areas where a small stream winds down to a large pond populated with water lilies and flag iris. Stands of bamboo and upright stones that mark the stream lend this area a Japanese aesthetic<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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The area to the front of the original house is dominated by a mix of roses. In the foreground the hybrid musk rose Rosa<\/em> \u2018Vanity\u2019 revels in the warmth of this South Terrace while climbing roses clothe the house\u2019s flint flushwork wall. The dominant climber is the soft-yellow Rosa<\/em> banksiae<\/em> \u2018Lutea\u2019, although there is also an unknown, pre-existing pink rose, thought to be Rosa<\/em> \u2018C\u00e9cile Brunner\u2019, clambering through it.<\/p>\n
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A shady pavilion surrounded by variegated foliage plants, including the large Liriodendron tulipifera<\/em> \u2018Aureomarginatum\u2019 and clipped Ilex aquifolium<\/em> \u2018Silver Queen\u2019, looks out over the Sunken Garden, the border of which is marked by globes of alliums and the spires of foxtail lilies.<\/p>\n
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A large, willow-leaved pear Pyrus salicifolia<\/em> \u2018Pendula\u2019 adds a statuesque grace to the Fountain Garden. Its silvered foliage is an important element that Arabella has repeated throughout the garden.<\/p>\n
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$\"""\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> \u00a9 Jason Ingram<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\nIn the orchard mature and characterful fruit trees rise above a haze of summer meadow, which stretches out to connect with the surrounding parkland. Through good management these meadows have increased in diversity and over time extra layers of interest, including bulbs, have been added \u2013 camassias<\/a> have done particularly well in the moist ground.<\/p>\n
Find out more about Arabella\u2019s work at arabellalennoxboyd.com<\/a><\/h3><\/body><\/html>\n
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