Green Island Gardens. Part 2.

I guess I should have included this info. from website in previous post, but better late than never.

Quite inspiring

Green Island is a 20 acre triangular piece of land with the house set in the middle of woodland planted just after 1900. The house was designed by Raymond Erith and built in 1958, along with Nightingales, 'the cottage' and two timber chalets. Much of the woodland was destroyed in the 1987 storm with many mature oaks being lost.

In 1996 Fiona Edmond and her husband bought the house and moved to Green Island with their children. Fiona was seriously ill with M.E and over the next few years used the project of redesigning the garden as her 'therapy'. In 1999 the garden was opened to the public along with a plant nursery.

Materials found on the site have been used throughout the garden, which has been carefully designed as a series of areas with different themes, but all in keeping with the natural surroundings.
If you missed part 1 do take a look at the previous post

There is something special about visiting private gardens 

where the owner lives

Well it was lunch at Beth Chatto's and now afternoon tea here 

As you will see above there is a cottage and 2 chalets on the property which are rented out and visitors are welcome to wander these small cottage gardens too

and past the back of the main house

Front of house

Fiona - owner and designer of garden

Passing a goose farm on the way home