The Gardens

When we arrived at Merryweather’s Farm there were no gardens, no hedges (apart from the neglected boundaries of the land) and lots of brambles. There were a few fruit trees up near the house and a half acre of wood at the bottom of the land which the estate agent had neglected to tell us about. (I don’t think they ever ventured that far!) The rest was overgrown with weeds but otherwise a blank canvas.
We had a plan, and that plan was to garden organically, grow our own food, start a small nursery selling herbs and create well designed, beautiful gardens for self-sufficiency and wildlife - to give something back to our ravaged planet. And perhaps most importantly, we wanted to plant trees - lots of trees.

Before we could grow anything we had to create shelter and that meant planting hedges. Each garden we created started with a hedge, and outside the hedge was a fence to keep the rabbits at bay.

The Kitchen Garden

1995

1996/7

2014

The Herb Garden

1998

1994

2023

The Nuttery

1998/99

2022

2007

The Cottage Garden

2007

1997

2005

2021

2024