Hanham Court, Bristol

This August I visited a beautiful garden on the edge of Bristol. I could urge you to see it, but unfortunately it is being sold. So here are some pictures to commemorate this lovely place; let’s hope the new owners are also keen gardeners and will open it again.

You will see umbrellas in these photos; they were taken when it was pouring with rain. This shows that a great garden still looks good in bad weather!

The house dates from the Tudors onwards, with a Norman barn.

Through an old arch stretches a long lawn lined with flowerbeds and topiary.

To the left of this are more topiary shapes, with some lovely large containers of flowers.

Another great container idea: a filmy screen of flowers above a colourful base:

The beds are slightly blowsy now – August 8th was the last day of visiting – but full of colour.

The garden is on a hill overlooking meadows where you can walk. Just below the garden is a lawn surrounded by a belt of wild flowers:

– a lovely place to celebrate weddings I imagine; there was a marquee next to it. I imagine brides waltzing on the lawn serenaded by music in the marquee – very romantic!

Leading through the garden are carved wooden arches – a modern interpretation of Classicism.
Another arch at the end of the lawn, leading to meadows:

There is a wild patch of woodland below the lawn garden, with some ponds and gunnera.

Also not pictured – a vegetable garden, a waterfall and a ‘stumpery’ full of tree trunks and ferns.

This is a dreamy romantic garden well thought out by the owners. It doesn’t surprise me they are garden designers! This is the Hanham Court website.
It also doesn’t surprise me that the designers have worked in Highgrove which has a similar blend of romance and formality.

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