A plantsman’s garden of four and a half acres of island beds and borders are separated by wide expanses of grass in which are set specimen trees. The beds contain a wide variety of unusual plants and shrubs of special interest to the knowledgeable gardener. At different times of the year there are profusions of primroses, fritillarias, wild orchids, iris and many others. Four ponds, a wild area, a small wood, a stream and an island add to the interest as does a fallen poplar – a casualty of the 1987 hurricane – whose branches now grow straight up forming an unusual hedge. The visitor can walk everywhere on the wide areas of grass. The lack of defined paths makes for informality in this calm and quiet garden. Read more…