Ideas for New "Room" #1

Planning to have one of them at the end of the "long walk" - had thought of a "pavilion", but actually a Folly would be much more fun ... although expensive, but perhaps that's the proper definition!

Long Walk - Autumn 2012

Also planning to "grow" one at the end of the Holm Oak walk (which goes off at 45 degrees left at the end of the Long Walk above):


I've bought 5 large-ish yews to grow into a circular "Gazebo", with arches, at the end, and going to extend the Holm Oak hedges in an [outer] circle around it. It will look like the bulb of a Thermometer!

 

Love your imaginative inspiration Kristen. Looking forward to seeing all of this as time goes by,
Jenny

 

I was very taken with the Folly at Kitftsgate (just across the road, literally, from Hidcote - don't miss it if you go to see Hidcote ) so I nicked it

 

... and here's the idea that I nicked (from East Ruston Old Vicarage) for a living Gazebo at the end of the Holm Oak walk

but I fancy Yew instead ...

 

Actually, l was referring to the general public. But, I'm sure a preview by members of GC would be prudent

 

Just an idea for an alternative colour scheme which could be combined with the suggestion for a scented garden. 'Apricot, lemon and silver' sounds so much more chic than orange, yellow and grey The year could start with scented snowdrops and narcissi, hellebores, then tulips. With shrub roses such as Juliet, Abraham Darby, Evelyn, Mme Hardy...appropriate varieties of hemerocallis, artemisias and Stachys lanata, jasmine and honeysuckle, lilies....the choice is huge

 

I'd go with the Japanese theme.Very peaceful. Build a temple, add lanterns, budha figures and a koi pond.Add in sand, rocks covered with moss etc and surrounded by lots of Japanese maples etc. Oh and a bridge

 

Yes, and a Tea Room

 

You ain't kidding!

I think that Attenborough's "Africa" encourages people to go and see the place [cost aside], not to think "I've seen it on telly and the photography was amazing so I don't need to go at all now" ... why don't people put plenty of decent photos on their websites to whet people's appetites? Beggars my belief ...

Plenty on Google Images though
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Holehird+Gardens&tbm=isch

None of the grasses that I could find :(

However ... they have a Pilkington Gibbs Heliochronometer I SO Want-One-Of-Those, last one that came up at auction went for over £1,000 though, so clearly not something I am going to ever own :( might have to take up metalwork and make my own ... Accurate to the minute (when the sun is shining of course)
http://www.geog.port.ac.uk/webmap/thelakes/html/lgaz/lk18103.htm

I liked this too, but not at Holehird but rather a garden nearby:

 

That's very gracious Kristen, I like that very much. The order without and the randomness within ,
Jenny

 

I do agree with the ideas of grasses and prarie style.


If I had the space, I would seriously like to try something like the above. A very small number of different plants, but huge drifts of grasses and prairie plants. It would be pretty low maintenance too.


or

 

If you don't want to do just grasses you could add some 'prairie- style' planting to give some late season colour. Echinacea, Rudbeckia, Helenium etc all seem to work well with grasses, to my way of thinking at least.

 

Sorry, I missed a couple of posts - I'm a bit late with my suggestion.