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About Fairseat Manor
A two acre garden on top of the North Downs between Sevenoaks, Gravesend and Maidstone, with extensive spring bulbs, developed over several decades. The garden has both formal beds planted with roses and perennials and meadows planted with wild flowers and spring bulbs. A sunken garden, hedged with yew contains a pond and selected shrubs with a ring of Rosa ‘Kent’ underplanted with Galanthus ‘Atkinsii’.
In early spring, there is a large collection of snowdrops with many named varieties, species and hybrids. Extensive drifts of Galanthus are found in meadows and more wooded areas, including old hybrids such as ‘S. Arnott’ and less commonly encountered species such as Galanthus plicatus ssp. byzantinus. Named varieties are generally in beds, with many labelled.
Lots of other spring bulbs have been planted over the years in the garden. These include large drifts of crocus of many varieties, species and self-sown hybrids, intermingled with snowdrops, chionodoxa, cyclamen, Iris reticulata, narcissi and Scilla siberica, in various combinations around the garden. Anemones, bluebells, dog’s-tooth violets and snake’s head fritillaries follow. Witch hazels, hellebores, primulas and other spring flowering perennials provide a supporting cast to the succession of bulbs.
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