Pie Corner

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 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 are beginning to come into their own after 4 years. 2023 was the year of the Ox eye daisy. 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. 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 are beginning to flower at the top of the woodland garden.

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 in our heavy clay. This leads through more wildness, and dramatic rambling roses scaling some of the native holly to a woodland garden at the top of the garden and our vegetable and cutting garden. There are always sweet peas and dahlias.

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 early May, 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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Early spring bulbs inc masses of snowdrops and daffodils followed by lovely shrubs, perennials and wild roses.