gertrude jekyll garden restoration history landscape design index

and set about the restoration. What we recreated is now believed to be the most authentic Jekyll garden in existence - a living museum of Jekyll design. We hope the following pages give you some insight into the restoration, together with some notes about Gertrude Jekyll herself.

"If there is some way that I could choose my eternal paradise, this would be it.
An English garden in summer filled with the soothing colour of flowers, heady with the perfume of roses and alive with the buzzing of insects and chattering of birds. I am here at the garden of Ros Wallinger in Hampshire"
......Geoff Hamilton ( BBC Paradise Gardens )

Rosamund Wallinger's book 'Gertrude Jekyll's Lost Garden' was published by Garden Art Press in 2000. It gives an amusing and well illustrated account of the garden's history and restoration (with, adds her husband John, all its trials, tribulations and lessons).
Copies of Rosamund Wallinger's book Gertrude Jekyll's Lost Garden - The Restoration of an Edwardian Masterpiece,
ISBN 1 870673 35 2 is available through any reputable bookshop, price £25. It is also available from
Antique Collectors Club

26 years ago this garden in Upton Grey, was nothing more than an unkempt jungle. What we didn't realise when we bought the property was that underneath this jungle were the foundations of a very special garden, indeed one that Gertrude Jekyll had designed in 1908 for Charles Holme, a leading figure in the Arts and Crafts movement.
We had very little knowledge of gardening until we came to Upton Grey; that was soon to change with the unearthing of this important piece of garden history.
We decided to research the garden and, having discovered a full set of plans in the Reef Point Collection at The University of California at Berkeley, we obtained copies

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History of the Garden

The Restoration

The Formal Garden

The Manor House
Upton Grey
Hants
RG25 2RD

Phone
00 44 (0)1256- 862827

Fax
00 44 (0) 1256- 861035

For a more comprehensive look at Gertrude Jekyll we suggest the official website of the Jekyll estate.
www.gertrudejekyll.co.uk this looks into the life and career of Miss Jekyll together with notes on Lutyens and the Arts and Craft movement.

Visitors to the Garden are welcome strictly by appointment on
WEEKDAYS BUT NOT
BANK HOLIDAYS
-
Opening times are
1st May -31st July
&
1st Sept - 30th September.
We are closed in August

There is an admission fee of £5.00 which includes a printed guide and plant list.

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History of the Garden

The Restoration

The Formal Garden

Jekyll's Design

The Wild Garden

Opening Times & Location

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