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Tidy Goings-On in the Walled Garden
1st July 2014 • Stephanie's Blog • Stephanie Donaldson

The rocket-like stems erupting from the central bed are the seedheads of foxtail lilies

I do like a productive garden, especially when it has glasshouses and potting sheds. Those at Petworth are an object lesson in tidy order. The Vegetable Garden has been revamped so that it is decorative as well as productive – and a lot easier to look after in these days when it is no longer necessary to grow food for a household of hundreds.

Productive borders are divided by gravel paths and brick-edged lawn

Artichokes and Crambe in the central circular bed

Campanula pyramidalis – one of nature’s more eccentric offerings

Pelargoniums in the Petworth glasshouses – I particularly liked (and now want) Pelargonium tricuspidata with its unusual foliage

I suspect that the current head gardener doesn’t write up these immaculate ledgers, but there is no doubt that he keeps a tidy shed

Fair Quiet Have I Found Thee Here

This perfect corner at Petworth with its beautifully engraved wall plaque says it all………