Carpet Path with flower borders looking from the Folly towards the Potting shed. The Carpet Path with its distinctive diamond pattern, was laid from the Herb Garden down to the Folly in 1980.A picture in a book (click here) owned by Robin Spencer…
Compost Bays and Potting Shed with clipped box in pot.
In 1969, the Shed and Compost area was redesigned and constructed according to Robin's plans. Sybil's Potting Shed was given a makeover.
View across much of the garden from the Pinetum. A conifer bed in the foreground, Pine Pavement with clipped hollies, and espalier cedar on canal wall. Canal Garden with summer planting behind the wall, Yew Sails, Potting Shed, Herb Garden topiary…
A wooden wheelbarrow standing on levelled ground, potting shed to the left, kitchen garden beyond, slide numbered 75.When describing this slide in her talk "Story of York Gate 1970" Sybil says "In the Spring of 1969 Robin drew out plans for rehousing…