The herbaceous borders and rose gardens
“Although it’s 50 years since Nancy left, her influence is unmistakable.”
Gardens Illustrated Magazine
Nancy Lancaster’s shabby chic style lives on in the tousled nostalgia of overflowing herbaceous borders and rose gardens. These reach their romantic peak in June and July.
Lancaster was a great champion of old fashioned roses with their heady scents and delicate shading. She also revelled in cottage garden planting on a grand scale. Our double border with its pastel shading is glimpsed between bulging yew loggias. A later border in more robust hues flanks the west wall of the kitchen garden.
Our renovation work hopes to capture the spirit of a bygone age and envelope you in its charm.