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Limited Edition EssexFor his work in the garden has
been the subject of Hugh8217s
monthly column,Tradescant8217s
Diary,since 1975.It first appeared
in the Royal Horticultural Society8217s
Garden magazine and now appears
on his website.
With the heady scent of roses in
the air and the sound of water
cascading into the moat,the
gardens are a delight to all the
senses.
The magnificent trees are only
one of many aspects of the
traditional English garden which is
compressed into the relatively
small space of 12 acres.There is
an abundance of roses,in the
formal beds in the walled garden
and climbing with apparent
random,up trees.
Hugh and Judy have restored the
work carried out by Isabel,Lady
Carlyle,who moved to Saling Hall
in 1936,and planted an imposing
avenue of Lombardy poplars to
line the walk from the village of
Great Saling to the front of the
house.The couple have created a
valley garden and water garden,
transforming a former paddock
and gravel pit.
Yet when they moved to Saling
Hall,the landscape was in crisis,
recalls Hugh.Elms were being
devastated by Dutch elm disease,
hedges were being ripped out by
farmers and the fields were black
from continual stubble burning.
8220The elms were sensational.They8216When they moved
to Saling Hall,the
landscape was in
crisis821757
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