As summer rolls out its sunniest days and freedom begins in earnest there is nowhere better to be than one of the UK’s horticultural gems.
This archetype of the Arts and Crafts garden style was created by its amateur owner, Lawrence Johnston, in the 1900s and is one of the best examples in the UK today. Clipped evergreen hedges divide up the garden, each space overflowing with scent and colour at this time of year. Highlights include the White garden and the “Bathing Pool garden”, a room of clipped yew enclosing a magnificent raised pool.
Nestled beneath the terraced slope is a series of dells and nooks planted with hydrangeas and rhododendra – including rare species brought back from plant hunting expeditions – which encase the visitor in clouds of green and seasonal colour all the way down to the river.A honey-bright Cistercian monastery set in the rolling hills of Somerset needs little embellishment, but the gardens which cluster around Forde Abbey are quite the distraction.
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