The garden at East Lambrook Manor is recognised throughout the world as the Home of English Cottage Gardening’, having been created in the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s by the late gardening icon, Margery Fish. Mrs Fish entered the world of gardening late in her life and as a novice she showed a quite brilliant talent for artlessly mixing the everyday plants with the rarer species, with an eye for colour, texture and form. Her informal style of planting was unique and her work as an outstanding plantswoman and gardening writer has made her one of the most important influences on gardening in the 20th century. Indeed, today’s mixed borders are a direct descendant of the style Margery Fish created at East Lambrook Manor.

The year 2013 marked 75 years since Margery Fish and her husband Walter began the garden here. Her informal style of planting was unique and her work as an outstanding plantswoman and gardening writer has made her one of the most important influences on gardening in the 20th century. Indeed, today’s mixed borders are a direct descendant of the style Margery Fish created at East Lambrook Manor. The year 2013 marked 75 years since Margery Fish and her husband Walter began the garden here. In 2008 the Williams’ sold East Lambrook Manor to Gail & Mike Werkmeister who have kept the garden open to the public and maintained the restoration work of previous owners whilst enhancing and improving the garden wherever possible. Today, in the new millennium, visitors can continue to enjoy the gardens while also visiting the famous ïMargery Fish Plant Nursery’, which remains a place of pilgrimage for keen plant buyers. A specially designed display bed in the nursery showcases the extensive collection of hardy geraniums in summer and snowdrops in February.