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Since we aquired the property in 1989, along with two acres of farmland, the garden has evolved a great deal.

Much of the site, which had been an open field for cows, was originally planted with oak, birch and ash to feed our traditional Norman fireplace.

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					To these were soon added some fifty Japanese maples, grown from seed. Paths were mown almost at random between the young saplings. As our gardening ambitions grew, areas were cleared for flowering shubs and perennials, and more formal effects were planned in different garden areas.
	Now nearly all the oak and ash are gone and the maples, soaring towards maturity, dominate the Spring and Autumn with their blazing yellows, pinks and reds. With its combination of eccentricty and formality and its often unconventional use of colour, it's not hard to see that this is an artists' garden... ...an impression strengthened by the sculptures, mosaics, reliefs and other art objects to be discovered in the many nooks, crannies and secret places of the garden.