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The garden is owned by Christine & Les Wilson. They bought the old ' cottage and acre ' in 1990 as a holiday home. There was no garden, just a grass field . Convinced that they would never leave England to live in Ireland, they planted the whole acre field in 1996 with about 350 mixed trees and large shrubs. But they sold up in England and moved here the next year in 1997.
The garden was started the autumn of 1998, and it took the next 5 years to use the whole of the acre. They began with a large pond and rockery, then added two
mixed borders. The following year they made a herb parterre, grasses garden and a walled ' Secret ' garden (some people don't find it).
The biggest recent change has been the felling of many trees to create an extensive woodland/shade garden. And in March 2007 they created a large new mixed border by the pond, where there was previously a ' shelter belt ' of mixed large shrubs.
Their style could be said to be quite ' English ' - they enjoy colourful perennials and shrubs, not too much formality, and they don't worry about collecting rare plants, though they do grow many unusual cultivars of perennials and shrubs. The vast majority of their plants are grown from seed and cuttings.Our South Wall flower border. Christopher Lloyd is a great influence on our style & planting.
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