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About Pie Corner
The large garden around the modern classical house has been created in the last 35 years. The only trees that predate the garden are the woodland and hedge boundary trees along the old field edge. The formal garden is divided by box, yew and hornbeam hedges and planted with mixed herbaceous borders. The terrace is broken up by shapes of clipped box, and full of pots with tulips followed by annuals, agapanthus and scented geranium. The south side of the house, overlooking a swimming pool has a series of wisteria which flower in succession through May.
The view down the field to the East is across lawn edged with lime trees under-planted with daffodils. The quadrants of wild flowers flower from May to August with a succession of varieties including yellow rattle, oxeye daisies, wild carrot and knapweed with additional species each year. To the north is a pond and more borders.
The planting is successional so there is always something to catch your eye and in flower. This starts with early snowdrops and continues into Autumn with grasses and asters. In spring there is a continual progression of blossom starting with Amelanchier and ending with the last of the Japanese Cherries in the Orchard, and a new planting of Rhododendrons making their presence felt at the top of the woodland garden. After this the flowering shrubs and rambling roses, grasses and herbaceous plants take over until the late summer shrubs and autumn colour closes the season.
Tucked behind one of the hedges is a gravel garden which is full of self seeders and allows us to plant some of the things that wouldn’t survive otherwise in our heavy clay. This leads through more wildness, to the vegetable and cutting garden where there are sweet peas, veg and dahlias. Huge rambling roses scale the heights of the wild holly around this area until finally you reach the newish woodland garden.
We are open by arrangement so why not book a date for a group and come and see the garden outside of our main opening in June , and help us raise more for the NGS charities. Some of the garden is sloped but the bulk of it is accessible. Gravel paths and steps down to the area around the pond are not, but you can view this from the terrace or access it across grass.
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