The Secret Gardens of the South East: A Private Tour

by Barbara Segall, Fergus Garrett (Foreword by)

Overview

A tour of some of the UK’s most beguiling gardens in the counties of Kent, Sussex and Surrey, the counties that exemplify ‘the garden of England’.

In these three counties a wealth of history and horticulture has combined with geography in the shape of rolling landscapes, wooded valleys and meandering waterways, to provide an attractive and fascinating collection.

They are in villages and towns, as well as in deep countryside, and all are privately owned. Some have been in the possession of the same family for many generations, while others have recently been transformed by new owners. Some open for the National Garden Scheme, while others are open privately and in some cases for just the occasional day for charity.

The stunning gardens explored in this visually rich guide include: Arundel Castle, Denmans, Gravetye Manor, Munstead Wood and Sussex Prairie Garden. The book also includes a gazetteer of other important gardens in the area with location advice, to enable readers to plan a more elaborate tour of this fertile garden area.

Filled with stunning, specially commissioned photographs by Clive Boursnell, Secret Gardens of the South East is a unique guide that opens the gates to the most intriguing gardens in this part of England.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780711252615
Publisher:	Frances Lincoln
Publication date:	09/20/2022
Series:	Secret Gardens
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	38 MB
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About the Author

Clive Boursnell is a renowned photographer of architecture, gardens, landscapes and, above all, people. He turned to photography as the culmination of a career which included classical ballet and working as a woodsman, a farmhand, a miner and prospector and a mountaineer. He lives in London.

Fergus Garrett, Head Gardener at Great Dixter, first worked at the Beth Chatto Gardens as a student, over twenty years ago, and has remained a close friend of Beth's ever since.

Barbara Segall is a well-known horticulturist and garden writer. Her work appears in a number of popular publications such as Gardeners World, The Garden, Kitchen Garden, Country Life, Your Garden and Country Living. She is also a regular contributor on garden subjects to the Times. She is editor of The Horticulturist, the quarterly journal of the Institute of Horticulture.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Great Dixter, East Sussex

1. 87 Albert Road, Whitstable, Kent
2. Arundel Castle, West Sussex
3. Balmoral Cottage, Benenden, Kent
4. Boyton Court, Kent
5. Clinton Lodge Gardens, East Sussex
6. Denmans Garden, West Sussex
7. Doddington Place Gardens, Kent
8. Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead, West Sussex
9. Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden, Dorking, Surrey
10. Long Barn, Sevenoaks, Kent
11. Malthouse Farm Garden, Streat, East Sussex
12. Marchants Hardy Plants Garden, Lewes, East Sussex
13. Moleshill House, Surrey
14. Munstead Wood, Godalming, Surrey
15. Ramster Hall, Godalming, Surrey
16. Restoration House, Rochester, Kent
17. Sussex Prairies Garden, West Sussex
18. Town Place, Haywards Heath, West Sussex
19. Vann, Godalming, Surrey
20. White House Farm, Kent

Editorial Reviews

Barbara has a deep knowledge and understanding of gardens and can get under their skin, revealing new aspects and focusing on their essential qualities... a piece of lively and flowing writing from one of the very best of garden writers.

—RHS-listed speaker and Garden Columnist, Susie White, Garden Design Journal

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