Old Quarrington Gardens

About Old Quarrington Gardens

The Stables is a developing large family garden full of surprises, hidden paths and interesting planting. Since 2013 well over 2000 native trees have been planted to provide shelter and interest. The garden includes working pets in the form of alpacas, garden cats, ducks and hens and a large poly-tunnel for growing summer vegetables. To cope with the extent of the garden and busy family life everything is as low maintenance as possible. There are still many exciting developments underway – this is an ever changing garden. Take a walk through the grassy woodlands, explore the woodland garden, take in an elevated view from ‘the mound’ or just sit down with a cup of tea (and of course some homemade cake) and admire the view. We also have a large hornbeam maze to find yourself in and half an acre of perennial ridge and furrow meadow.

Number 13 is an ‘L’ shaped garden has been under continued development for some 20 years. It now incorporates part of an old menage, thus making a number of small garden rooms. They include a rose garden, a white garden, a long herbaceous boarder, a small link garden which contains ferns, Viburnum, Birch trees and a Cercidiphyllum japoniocum, leading to a netted fruit and vegetable garden. There is a pond and herbaceous beds which contain mainly perennials and some grasses, later in the summer they are full of colour with day lilies, there is also an island ‘hot’ bed. Many roses can be seen throughout the garden. There are also two greenhouses one devoted to summer salad crops, the other contains a large Brown Turkey fig

Rose Cottage is split into three areas, a main garden to the front and side of the house, a smaller ‘Mediterranean’ type garden to the rear and a woodland garden. The main garden is planted with wildlife friendly flowers, has slate paths and a pond that attracts 2 species of newts. Numerous birds and insects are attracted to the garden. The woodland garden has an area set aside as a wildflower area.

The Orchards is a nature friendly cottage garden. The mixture of native wildflowers, cottage style planting, beneficial weeds, fruit bushes, shrubs and trees attract wildlife and insects. Visitors can go through a rose arch to a small orchard and onto a vegetable and fruit garden. Traditional and unusual produce are grown with an emphasis on eco-friendly methods and upcycling.