Visit to the Barn Garden and Serge Hill
Monday 18 June 2018
We were fortunate to have a private tour of the Barn garden home of Tom and Sue Stuart Smith and the Serge Hill garden their long time family home and now home to his sister Kate.
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Gardener in the Courtyard garden
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Water tank feature
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Hakonechloa
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Astrantia ‘Hadspen Blood’
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Hedged walkways from the terrace
The beautiful sunken courtyard garden at the Barn garden was a re-sited Chelsea gold medal winner from 2006. The entire garden at the site has been planted from scratch, with 100’s of trees being planted to provide shelter and shade.
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The strong structure of hedges provides ample garden rooms, walkways and vistas for them to experiment with plants and styles of planting. Sue tends a glorious vegetable garden and the latest additions are a swimming pond and a perennial meadow area. Planting in all areas was plentiful and colourful.
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Swimming pond
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Butomus umbellatus
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The view across the meadow and a shady spot for lunch
In the garden of Serge Hill house Kate tended a very pretty, large walled garden and large borders, with lots grown from seed and cuttings. The original Regency house has a Ha Ha allowing us to enjoy the lovely views out over cow studded pasture.
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Sue Tymon
Photos: Susie Warwick, Lesley Whayman