The individual gardens on the lower deck - pt 1

The individual gardens on the lower deck

The lower deck leads directly from the ground floor of the house, and is linked by a staircase to the upper deck.

This area features the wildlife pond with the tree stumpery, the Italianate garden, the temple ruin folly, the Grotto, and the shady woodland garden that is surrounded by the rocky outcrop.

Each domain has its own unique character.

A view of part of  the planting scheme in front the wildlife pond.

Summer 2009.

Wall mounted water feature depicting the Roman god of wine Bacchus.

This helps to integrate the Italian theme.

“Gardening is a kind of disease.  It infects you, you cannot escape it.  When you go visiting, your eyes rove about the garden; you interrupt the serious cocktail drinking because of an irresistible impulse to get up and pull a weed. “ ~ Lewis Gannit