Nancy

About Nancy's Garden

My partner and I moved here in 2001, when there was only an established Bramley and two pear trees, as well as many unwanted things we set about removing. When an outbuilding was taken away, we were left with a large area to work on. Out of that came the three very large herbaceous beds, more by luck than design. Many of the plants we originally put in came from the woman in Longham who sold cuttings in aid of a leprosy charity, and I should add here that I am by no means a plantswoman. I’m lucky if I can remember a plant's first name, let alone its second!

We made raised beds in the veg patch, redoing them a few years ago to make them bigger. We planted small native Norfolk apple trees all around it, as well as planting a quince tree, damson and apple to replace a huge conifer hedge by the drive. The greenhouse is a godsend, as it allowed us to grow a good number of tomatoes and raise plants and flowers from seed.

Having a number of different places to sit was important to us, as you get a different feel for a garden depending on the viewpoint and to find shade when it gets too hot.

Although the garden takes a fair bit of effort to maintain, it is a constant source of pleasure to sit in and just appreciate.

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