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Sybil’s Garden looking down the path towards the Chinese Vase and seat beyond

Sybil's Garden, bronze chinese vase on a paved circle, stone pigs on the right, beech hedge and stone seat beyond

Black dog (Dusky) sitting on Mother's Tomb seat, small copper beeches visible behind and to the sides, Duck Run beyond. Slide numbered 21

The design, by Fred Spencer, for the stone seat known as "Mother's Tomb", accompanied by a handwritten note 'This is the first garden ornament I designed - I think in the mid 50s. It was the year of the Leeds Music Festival Centenary [1958] as the…

Pencil sketch on A5 paper of Stone Seat [on Orchard Path]. 'Seat 1978'

The Pinetum looking towards the stone seats with young larches
Robin put stone seats in the Pinetum and planted larches behind to provide shade. Sybil referred to this as her 'cave'.

Carved stone bench with snowdrops, in front of the North Border by the wall in the Orchard Garden

Stone Trough Seat on Orchard Path

Stone seat (Mother's Tomb) in orchard with copper beech hedge.
This curved stone seat was designed by Fred and backed by a copper beech hedge. It was sited at the end of the orchard, and known affectionately as "Mother's Tomb" by Fred and Robin,…

Sybil sitting on a stone seat with Michael Butterfield, under a parasol, in the first Sybil's Garden