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About The Old Rectory, Fawkham
The spring bulbs, snowdrops and aconites in particular, were the only garden features of note when we bought the house in 1983 – they were even mentioned in the estate agent’s particulars. Presumably planted long ago by a galanthophile rector, they have dictated the subsequent layout of the garden, which otherwise consisted of little more than grass with a few shrubs and trees. Consequently, the snowdrops are not only naturalised in the grass, but also grow throughout most of the borders, and clumps of the bulbs come up wherever you dig. These are always split, and either replanted (thus increasing their distribution round the garden) or potted up for sale. The naturalised snowdrops are a mixture of single and double-flowered Galanthus nivalis, but as my interest in them has developed, over130 named varieties have been added during the past 15 years. There is also an area of natural woodland (not open) with more snowdrops, but this is left largely for wildlife including badgers.
Due to limited parking space the garden is only open by arrangement.
