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About Coniston Court
The ground plan is bold and graphic, containing distinct planting zones to provide contrasting vegetation patterns and textures. The organic, fluid design and undulating pathways are suggestive of a dry river bed and take the visitor through a variety of planting styles. These range from Mediterranean olive grove, through flowering grassland pasture to a more formal structure of magnificent topiary yew hedging, cut into a series of perennial garden rooms which surround a floating wild flower meadow.
A pivotal feature is the polygonal glass Solar Dome (a nod to the site’s history when it was once called Polygon Mews). This futuristic dome contains a dazzling collection of specimen cacti and succulents. The cacti provide an other-worldly feel, and at night when illuminated they suggest almost alien-like form.
The garden was designed by Tony Heywood and Alison Condie. Tony Heywood become the Head Gardener on the Hyde Park Estate in 1984. In 2000, he and his partner Alison Condie, set up Tony Heywood Landscapes and they both continue to look after the gardens on the Estate for the Church Commissioners.
At Coniston Garden there are over 135 different species of plant divided into zones within the garden including a wildflower hill with yew spires, birch woodland glade, Mediterranean planting, and a floating wildflower meadow.
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