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Old Rectory, Netherbury, Dorset

Striking 5 acre formal garden created over the last 20 years by Amanda and Simon Mehigan in an attractive Dorset village. Its formal structure of clipped box, yew, bay and hornbeam, ensures that it looks as good in the depths of winter as it does in May and June. A garden with wonderful bone structure as well as delicious planting that reveals itself from spring onwards as snowdrops, hellebores and crocuses begin to flower.

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White Paeonia emodi mixed with self seeded forget-me-nots, aquilegias and scarlet Tulipa sprengeri. The Old Rectory, Netherbu...
Formal courtyard garden on the west side of the house features box hedging, and flowers such as irises, self seeded aquilegia...
A pebble path leads beneath rose and clematis arches along the garden's central axis between clipped bay, yew pyramids and f...
A pebble path leads beneath rose and clematis arches along the garden's central axis between clipped bay, yew pyramids and f...
Topiary bay and box with blue forn of Iris germanica. The Old Rectory, Netherbury, Dorset, UK
Formal vegetable garden with castellated yew walk below. The Old Rectory, Netherbury, Dorset, UK
Foxgloves and aquilegias in the evening sun. The Old Rectory, Netherbury, Dorset, UK
Summerhouse surrounded by bog and streamside planting including hostas, candelabra primulas and yellow flag irises with avenu...
Summerhouse surrounded by bog and streamside planting including hostas, candelabra primulas and yellow flag irises with avenu...
Embothrium coccineum, the Chilean firebush, surrounded by self seeded aquilegias and forget-me-nots, below an avenue of red o...
A pebble path leads beneath rose and clematis arches along the garden's central axis between clipped bay, yew pyramids and f...
Formal courtyard garden on the west side of the house features box hedging, standard clipped Portugese laurels, Prunus lusita...
Formal courtyard garden on the west side of the house features box hedging, metal obelisks supporting clematis and flowers su...
Formal vegetable garden. The Old Rectory, Netherbury, Dorset, UK
Grassy walk through the new orchard, with stone obelisk and bench. The Old Rectory, Netherbury, Dorset, UK
Topiary bay and box with blue forn of Iris germanica. The Old Rectory, Netherbury, Dorset, UK
Pond with yellow flag iris, Iris pseudacorus, and summerhouse beyond. The Old Rectory, Netherbury, Dorset, UK
Summerhouse surrounded by bog and streamside planting including hostas, candelabra primulas and yellow flag irises with avenu...
Vivid red Tulipa sprengeri mix with forget-me-nots and white flowered Paeonia emodi below an avenue of oaks. The Old Rectory,...
Vivid red Tulipa sprengeri mix with forget-me-nots and white flowered Paeonia emodi below an avenue of oaks. The Old Rectory,...