The private 4 acre hillside garden has been formed by an architect and a plantswoman almost entirely since 1964 on the west facing slope of the valley |
The landscaping has been designed to link level areas of lawn
and terrace with the natural slopes and to create enclosures,
while groups of now mature species trees and shrubs merge
the garden into the surrounding counrtyside Entrance to formal terrace |  Cytisus battandieri, Carpenteria californica and herbaceous planting against walls of terrace |
 Umbrian well-head with tender perennials in ornamental containers cascading down the wide sweep of steps leading to the central lawn |  All the wooden furniture is specially designed and made for the garden to reflect areas of differing character |
 Sloping field planted as a 'hanging garden' of species, old cultivars and modern repeat flowering roses |  Pleine de Grace and R. wintoniensis foam down the steep banks |
 ''Easlea's Golden Rambler' clothes part of the tennis court |  Clive Nichols Pond and bog garden with Euphorbia griffithii 'Fireglow' foreground |
 Paeonies and one of the herbaceous borders |  Ruth Charlton The court yard from above with hostas and campanulas |
 Serpentine-shaped lake with armillary sphere and lion mask |  The 30ft white and silver border backed by yew One of a number of colour co-ordinated borders |
 Andrew Lawson The tea room in the old barn looks out onto a lawn bordered by blue and white agapanthus interspersed with kniphofias in shades of lemon and lime | There is something of interest to see throughout the season. Early spring bulbs precede May blossom The pond is at its best in early June, followed by the roses Over 50 varieties of clematis - atrogenes, early-, mid- and late- summer flowering - scramble over stone walls and shrubs until the herbaceous perennials come into their own The season ends with hips, berries and autumn colour |