My Kent-Opus continues.
Here’s the fourth installment about my travels through Kent, England.
In this episode you’ll visit: Christopher Lloyd’s gardens at Great Dixter; the ancient seaside town of Rye; the melancholy expanses of Romney Marsh; Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage garden on the shingle beach at Dungeness; and the beautiful, moated Leeds Castle.
Here’s the Link:
http://nanquick.com/2014/03/28/part-four-rambling-through-the-gardens-estates-of-kent-england/
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The first major change was to move the driveway to the far right of the front yard from its former location closer to the house and entry way. This gave a much broader area to reconstruct the garden. The entrance to the garage, which originally faced the street, was reoriented to create a turnaround at the end of the new driveway. Broken concrete pieces from the driveway were used to form walkways leading to the entry and around the house to the garage.
One challenge with the design involved mitigating a seepage problem located at the right rear of the front yard. This was done by lowering the grade to create a gravel and rock lined dry creekbed, directing water through the front yard to a gated front vegetable garden. As you will see, it is this creekbed that is beautifully lined with boulders and various tall grasses. Winding back through these grasses one can find a Triflora maple, Zelkova and palm along with lila
c and wild currant.
Original rhubarb, quince and raspberries were kept and moved to various locations throughout the property. Blueberries, Asian pear, persimmon and other fruit trees share the backyard with many of the original camellias.