On nearing the chestnut tree turn right. The pool in the centre of this formal garden was constructed in 1972/73.The well-head in the middle showing the four seasons, was seen by my mother at the Chelsea Flower Show and is a copy of an original made by a firm in the Pyrenees. This garden was originally designed as a white garden by my grandmother but other colours have now been introduced. In spring there are many specie bulbs including Erythronium 'White Beauty', trilliums and Sanguinaria candensis 'Plena'. Two big roses stand on one side - Rosa soulieana with its beautiful grey foliage and Rosa sericea 'Heather Muir' named after my grandmother; the latter is one of the earliest roses to flower in the garden. Growing up to twelve feet high it is a glorious sight covered with single white blooms, and as a bonus its fern-like foliage requires no staking.

White Sunk Garden