Kinrara

About Kinrara

FRONT garden – opened as part of Hayton Village Group – is a riot of colour in spring which then matures to accents amongst the tall dense mainly evergreen planting with exotic touches from Bananas, Cannas, Tropaeolum, Kiwi, Taro etc. New conservatory has encouraged the Cannas to flower. Maintenance is v low apart from pruning – no space for weeds! Accessibility is limited, with narrow uneven steps, & care is needed not to step on the frogs!. BACK garden – not open under the village group or every year but may open as a Pop Up. Principally the vision of Tim’s architectural imagination, the back garden was envisaged as a Jungle. After a lot of hard work, several tons of rock & cow manure, Tim’s artistry & Alison’s botanical background, the garden boasts a wide diversity of architectural plants featuring varied texture & leaf size, creeping & scrambling around & over a series of twisting paths. The focal point is a series of four ponds cascading through the garden creating a small gorge. Backbone planting is a Photinia- Fatsia forest, integrated with pre-existing old conifers/pines & mature shrubs. There are accents of anything else we have searched out for dramatic impact such as Gunnera, Foxglove Trees & Tree Ferns. There are several stands of Bamboo & a couple of “Bamboo tunnels” in different stages of maturity. There are no flower beds as such, but we have incorporated highlights of hot colours from Red Hot Pokers, Tropaeolum, Clematis, Red Bananas & Dahlias, etc. The dense, largely evergreen, planting also encourages many nesting birds & insects, plus fish and frogs in the ponds. There is a new terrace and pergola, lots of pots & a new greenhouse.
Accessibility for the less able is v limited & for wheelchairs almost nil. The paths are narrow & winding with very uneven steps and you will have to wind, brush past and duck through the vegetation so if it’s wet bring appropriate gear but no brollies please. There are small sitting areas to catch the sun at different times of the day/year.
Hidden at the bottom of the garden down some steep steps is the new vegetable garden, begun in 2021. Beds are raised to 1m to catch more sun for longer on the north facing slope.
Sorry, we cannot accommodate dogs, and owing to the hazards of water and potentially toxic plants, the gardens are not suitable for small children .

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