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Istrian Stone font, with plants, on a gravel path

View Towards the Summerhouse with the new fern border to the left, yew sails to the right, Istrian Font and Summerhouse in the distance. Slide numbered 68

Very early Herb Garden - A small pond surrounded by a rockery set in a gravel area surrounded by herbs. Slide numbered 26. In 'York Gate 1965' Sybil says "This is a close-up of the planting in the middle, and shows what colour one can get into a very…

Early view of the herb garden looking towards the Old Orchard. Slide numbered 25

Shed to the right of the gravel path, vegetable plot to the right. Similar view to YGA01704, but before the seat was in place at the end of the path. Slide numbered 77

The Herb Garden in August 1966, before the Summer House was built, a wooden bench at the end of the path with beech hedge behind, yew hedges to the sides. Slide numbered 27

Early view of the White Garden. Herbaceous borders, cold frames at the end of the path. Slide numbered 54

A bed of variegated kale in the Kitchen Garden, a small tree surrounded by a circular box hedge behind, gravel path in the foreground.

View towards and through the Nut Walk, a container beside a tree trunk in the foreground.
The Nut Walk was created in 1961, with 24 filberts forming an arch. It was later underplanted with giant snowdrops.

Fern Border to the left of a gravel path with Istrian Font and Summerhouse in the distance