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The Topiary Garden |
A large topiary snail guards the entrance to the car-park. Visitors approach the house along a pleached lime-walk and pass through a wicket-gate set in a zig-zag hedge of yew, which suggests the old idea of a maze. |
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Animal Topiary |
Here can be seen a variety of box and yew shrubs trimmed into shapes of amusing animals and birds, some forming part of a 'topiary theatre'. In the summer months, colourful parterres and a brilliant display of hollyhocks complete the picturesque scene, painted by many artists. |
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The Terrace Garden |
Hidden behind the high 'rampart' hedge of yew, and glimpsed through a wide stone arch, is the Terrace Garden, with its herbaceous borders and rose-beds. This garden is occasionally used for open-air performances and private functions. |
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The 'Secret Garden' |
Crossing a wooden bridge, visitors immediately see the massive 140 ft fruit wall, which borders the original Victorian vegetable garden with its potting shed, now our Rural Museum. A door in the wall leads to the former heated 'pineapple' pits and herbaceous borders. |
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The Jubilee Rose Garden |
Visitors can wander through the Jubilee Rose Garden and the Terracotta Garden to the newly-established English Poetry Garden with unusual curved pergola and circular broadwalk, then along the Woodland Walk to the wild garden |
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Terracotta Garden |
This formal garden is beautifully laid out with terracotta pots, flower borders and a central fountain. |
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