LaND & Garden
Set under the vast open skies of the Radnor Valley, with a soaring backdrop of hills and valleys, the meadows are quietly grazed and a traditional farmhouse garden, orchard and wildflower meadow has been patiently re-built, almost from scratch.
The garden is filled with locally sourced plants and seeds to create a garden for all the senses: sight, sound, smell were particularly in my mind.
Herbaceous borders, a large collection of roses, peonies, irises, tulips, alliums, lilies, daisies, geraniums, cosmos, delphiniums, hollyhocks, hellebores, lily of the valley, daffodils, crocuses, evening primroses, sweetpeas, cosmos, japanese anemones, granny’s bonnets (aquilegia). Lavendar and lady’s mantle (alchemilla) borders surround the beds.
A herb garden surrounds the kitchen patio filled with sage, marjoram, thyme, rosemary, chives, mint, and lemon balm. A small vegetable garden provides vegetables, to which guests are welcome if there is sufficient in growth. Four large compost heaps are rotated to provide nutrients, and manure from the sheds is matured and used the following season on the flower beds.
A plum tree, damson, apple and two cherries lie in the field and yard beyond, sloes and elderflower adorn the hedges, and blackberries and rosehips abound the banks. An orchard was planted in the spring of 2022, to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen - greengages, mulberries, plums, apples, pears, medlars and figs.
The meadows immediately adjacent to the house are set to wild flower, full of vetch, fritilleries, chamomile, ragged robin, meadow scabious, yellow rattle etc, and there are 14 acres of meadow, woodland, field and garden that guests are welcome to roam.
Garden benches are set at the end of mown walks through meadow grass, oak, cherry, ash, chestnut, pine and scots pine fill the woodland.
In 2021, new hedges were planted, and in 2013 and 2014 the hedgerows that surround the farm were all meticulously laid, creating wildlife rich boundaries and shelter for stock. It is largely due to this hard work that the birdlife, and wildlife at the Hymns are so rich and varied. Redstarts, doves, red kites, goldfinches, yellow hammers, bull finches, tawny owls, swallows, hobbies, hedgehogs, rabbits, butterflies, bees, fill the land around.
There is a hum of nature’s activity from dawn to dusk.
The garden is filled with locally sourced plants and seeds to create a garden for all the senses: sight, sound, smell were particularly in my mind.
Herbaceous borders, a large collection of roses, peonies, irises, tulips, alliums, lilies, daisies, geraniums, cosmos, delphiniums, hollyhocks, hellebores, lily of the valley, daffodils, crocuses, evening primroses, sweetpeas, cosmos, japanese anemones, granny’s bonnets (aquilegia). Lavendar and lady’s mantle (alchemilla) borders surround the beds.
A herb garden surrounds the kitchen patio filled with sage, marjoram, thyme, rosemary, chives, mint, and lemon balm. A small vegetable garden provides vegetables, to which guests are welcome if there is sufficient in growth. Four large compost heaps are rotated to provide nutrients, and manure from the sheds is matured and used the following season on the flower beds.
A plum tree, damson, apple and two cherries lie in the field and yard beyond, sloes and elderflower adorn the hedges, and blackberries and rosehips abound the banks. An orchard was planted in the spring of 2022, to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen - greengages, mulberries, plums, apples, pears, medlars and figs.
The meadows immediately adjacent to the house are set to wild flower, full of vetch, fritilleries, chamomile, ragged robin, meadow scabious, yellow rattle etc, and there are 14 acres of meadow, woodland, field and garden that guests are welcome to roam.
Garden benches are set at the end of mown walks through meadow grass, oak, cherry, ash, chestnut, pine and scots pine fill the woodland.
In 2021, new hedges were planted, and in 2013 and 2014 the hedgerows that surround the farm were all meticulously laid, creating wildlife rich boundaries and shelter for stock. It is largely due to this hard work that the birdlife, and wildlife at the Hymns are so rich and varied. Redstarts, doves, red kites, goldfinches, yellow hammers, bull finches, tawny owls, swallows, hobbies, hedgehogs, rabbits, butterflies, bees, fill the land around.
There is a hum of nature’s activity from dawn to dusk.
