Spring Garden, Pond Walk & Folly Walk

The spring garden has been planted mainly with varieties of malus, magnolia and betula and is underplanted with hundreds of tulips. It is at its best in April/May.

After the 1987 hurricane the pond walk was planted with Sorbus aucuparia beissnerii in 1989. Nearly 20 years on sadly they have not fared well and are being replaced with Betula utilis jac. 'Grayswood Ghost'.

The folly, described by Sir Roy Strong as a 'piece of Hampton Court' was built in 1997 by a Doddington based builder, G.L. Streeting, having been designed by Richard Oldfield as a memorial to his first wife, Alexandra, who died in 1995.

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