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About The Poplars
In the gardens around the house, a wide variety of trees and shrubs create an enclosed, three-dimensional structure that allows glimpses beyond. The formal elements are balanced by the herbaceous beds, in which deliberate planting is softened by unruly drifts of self-seeders that are edited by hand and intentionally include native plants (‘weeds’). Plants are the focus, not flowers, though there are plenty of those. The conservatory is full of exotic tender plants, many of which move out into the garden during the summer. In summer, much of our food comes from the productive vegetable garden, glasshouses, fruit cage and orchard. We previously opened in May, but this year visitors will find a very different palette of plants in August.
The arboretum is in three sections. In the first section, beyond the large wildlife pond, planting began in 2002 and there are about 80 different species, arranged by geographic origin. After two decades, the feeling is of a woodland with open glades. The second section is arranged into sections by plant evolutionary relationships; planting only began in 2017 but there are now 100 different species and some are already substantial trees and shrubs. The third section was started in 2019, and planting is still in progress.
Short video tours of the gardens and arboretum in spring and autumn (though not in August) can be found at https://vimeo.com/showcase/10043886.
Ceramics by Peter Young are placed in the gardens and arboretum, and smaller pots will be for sale in aid of NGS funds.
The garden has narrow entrances and paths, and some steps, so wheelchair access is not possible to most of the garden. The walk to and through the arboretum is about half a mile there and back on grass paths.
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