The House is Georgian sitting in two acres of gorgeous garden. It is one of the best garden's I have seen in a National Trust property and well worth a visit, especially in the summer when the borders will be in beautiful bloom.
The house from the street.
The ground floor walls covered in a lush great Wisteria.
looking down from the top of the step at the back of the house.
The steps to the back door!
The plants at the side of the back steps almost covering the basement windows.
The other side.
The path to the side.
Roses
A rose Arbour covering a pond, I'm slightly to one side to avoid taking a photo of the people standng to the right admiring it.
There were quite a few arches covered with beautiful roses.
A seat amid the roses and lavender.
Looking back down the pathway.
lovely border of repeat planting.
Some of the planting over the low edge to the other side.
The door to the Orangery which housed three orange trees in the centre.
The staging on the left was full to overflowing with beautiful plants.
As you turn and come down the other side, the planting is in the ground.
another view
The two of the orange trees in the middle.
The ornate metal legs to the staging.
a rose and a fig grow on the walls to the side of the Orangery.
Walking away from the Orangery down a path to the side, there is a large brick wall on bot sides and a seating area just seen in the distance.
Here there are a mixture of flowers and flowering shrubs.
Looking back to the large palm towering over the garden in that place.
Then back again but straight down to the side of the Orangery.
And without using the zoom lens.
carrying on you come to an oval pond with the covered seating area.
To one side is another entrance through the arch in the wall.
To the other side yet more lush planting leading to
A wrought iron gateway into yet another area of the garden.
But moving forward we came onto a large grassed lawn with two deep flower beds.
Keeping to the path we headed towards a small cottage that sits in the grunds at this point.
Turning to the left by the cottage you arrive at the Reed Barn which now houses the cafe and a secondhand book shop and plant sales. with seating both inside and out.
Just to the side of the barn is a small area with tiny headstones of loved family cats.
The older ones are in need of repair and raffle tickets were being sold to this end.
After a refreshing cream tea we head back out into the gardens to admire those flower borders up close.
This is the red border full of beautiful shades of red flowers and leaves.
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as you turn the corner the border turns to pinks
the second border.
Looking back from the far corner.
This border back onto the second border we'd just walked down, so now heading back up.
these beds looked like they were used for cutting flowers for the house.
we then came across the greenhouse and cold frames.
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Lovely ornate brackets on the greenhouse.
Even down the side of the greenhouse was full of plants
look at all that lovely colour !
Stepping back outthe greenhouse you see a mass grouping of pots.
filling this corner with lush colour
walking back along the high back wall just glimpsing the back of the house between the trees
The house
Then turning down the side wall and back towards the house in the wonderful shade of the trees.
arriving back by the corner of the house.
well I hope you enjoyed the walk round the gardens at Peckover House in Wisbech if you get the chance to visit please do.
What ideas did I come away with? well
Well I did not really come away with the idea of a greenhouse full of Pelargoniums etc as I have wanted that for a few year but I am considering if I could squeeze in a small greenhouse nearer the house for them, leaving our big greenhouse for the tomato's and peppers in the summer.
Paul said he liked that great big palm , so i said well if you want one! ...... now he is planning!
and walls ! We have always wanted to have a walled area in the garden.... but it's an expensive thing to build but we are again thinking about it!
We did bring home this little fellow who we are calling Percy Porker the Peckover Pig !
So yet more ideas to chew on over the coming months , maybe some may happen maybe none who knows ! That's the joy of gardening it's ever changing...
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I've always wanted an old stone walled garden....but have to make do with wooden fencing.
ReplyDeleteI just knew that Paul would have been impressed with that tall Palm but doesn't it need it's leaves covering with fleece over the Winters?
A good portion of my conservatory floor (as haven't a greenhouse) is filled with one year old Geraniums, or cuttings from the older plants, over the Winter months although, but unfortunately they aren't in flower for most of that time.
Loved the tree shaded walkway and closer views of that particular border that I liked.
I used to visit Wisbech quite a bit when I lived in Bexhill-on-Sea in 1963-65 but sadly never saw or visited Peckover House.
Noticed their array of plant filled pots like you have. I'm planning next year to have a small section of these outside my bedroom window by the side of my conservatory and where my small patio table and chairs are.
Same here Kendal,we often wonder just how much it would cost to have part of the garden walled.
DeleteYes he keeps telling me he's getting one of those palms!
That shaded walk way was lovely and cool.
sounds like a good plan to have some pots outside your bedroom window.
This is a wonderful post Dee. You are the sort of couple who will use the ideas gleaned from a visit to such a beautiful place to enhance your own garden. I'v never heard of Peckover House before.
ReplyDeleteThis is most inspiring. I was surprised that the site wasn't greater than 2 acres....what could we do with our 5 acres if I could persuade others to turn it all into gardens?
A welcome to Sir Percy Porker, a pig of noble origins! Where will he have his place in your garden?
Thanks Jenni. We do tend to find an idea or two worth adding to our garden if we have the space.
DeleteFive acres would make a fabulous garden and you have the polly tunnel to increase your plants and also sell some, you could open to visitors!
Percy Porker of Peckover is wandering about the 'jungle' at present!