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Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria

Set on a fellside high above Lake Windermere this 4 acre garden is the creation of Diane Hewitt and David Kinsman who garden with nature rather than against it, appreciating the mosses, lichens and liverworts that living in an area of high rainfall brings. Includes quarry garden, woodland garden, 'Best Garden' and primula fringed pond. Shot on a perfect May morning a shroud of mist was tinged gold by the rising sun.

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Moss path bordered by pillowy mounds of Polytrichum formosum. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Moss path bordered by pillowy mounds of Polytrichum formosum. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Euphorbia griffithii 'Fireglow' with bronze rodgersia foliage in a boggy area beside the pond. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Tropaeolum polyphyllum. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Tropaeolum polyphyllum. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Arisarum proboscideum, also known as the mouse plant. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Aesculus pavia 'Rosea Nana'. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Diane Hewitt and David Kinsman, owners and creators of the garden at Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Diane Hewitt and David Kinsman, owners and creators of the garden at Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Polytrichum formosum. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
A foliose lichen, peltigera, carpeting the ground of the Quarry garden. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Hebridean sheep with lambs in a field adjoining the garden. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Lithospermum diffusa. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Paeonia delavayi. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Dicentra spectabilis above a mossy wall colonised by ferns and Chrysosplenium alternifolium in the front garden. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Chrysosplenium alternifolium. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Clematis alpina 'Columbine'. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Crinodendron hookerianum, the Chilean lantern tree, is planted against a rock outcrop in the garden, which affords it protection and reflected warmth. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Conservatory built between the house and the rocky outcrop behind it, is home to a range of tender species such as aspidistras and Cyperus involucratus and includes a pond with goldfish. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Conservatory built between the house and the rocky outcrop behind it, is home to a range of tender species including Geranium palmatum, arum lilies, aspidistras and a tree fern, Dicksonia antarctica. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Conservatory built between the house and the rocky outcrop behind it, is home to a range of plants that would not survive in the open garden including a tree fern, Dicksonia antarctica, Cyperus involucratus and aspidistras. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Conservatory built between the house and the rocky outcrop behind it, is home to a range of plants that would not survive in the open garden including a tree fern, Dicksonia antarctica, Cyperus involucratus and aspidistras. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Conservatory built between the house and the rocky outcrop behind it, is home to a range of tender species including Geranium palmatum and arum lilies. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Conservatory built between the house and the rocky outcrop behind it, is home to a range of tender species including Geranium palmatum and arum lilies. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Rhododendron kamtschaticum. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Moss, Polytrichum formosum, in the woodland garden. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Moss, Polytrichum formosum, in the woodland garden. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Sorbus chamaemespilus, false medlar. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Luscious mounds of moss are encouraged in the woodland garden. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Luscious mounds of moss are encouraged in the woodland garden. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Maianthemum bifolium. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Foliose peltigera, a lichen, and emerald mosses carpet the ground of the quarry garden. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Quarry garden from where stone was quarried to build the house, now inspired by Japanese gardens and a love of wild plants including mosses and lichens, here carpeting foliose peltigera. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Magenta Primula pulverulenta. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Hosta (Tardiana Group) 'Halcyon'. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
The Privy Garden, its stone walls covered with mosses, ivy and ferns. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
There are views of the Lake District mountains to be had from the elevated position of the house and garden above Bowness-on-Windermere. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
The 'best' garden at the front of the house is the most formal area of the garden, with clipped hedges of yew and box framing a mix of herbaceous plants and shrubs including Aesculus pavia 'Rosea Nana'. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
The 'best' garden at the front of the house is the most formal area of the garden, with clipped hedges of yew and box framing a mix of herbaceous plants and shrubs including varieties of Acer palmatum Dissectum group. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Dicentra spectabilis above a mossy wall colonised by ferns and Chrysosplenium alternifolium in the front garden. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Ancient spring in the front garden framed by a low wall colonised by Chrysosplenium alternifolium and ferns. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Seat at the end of the 'best' garden at the front of the house, the most formal area of the garden, framed by Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna, Solomon's Seal, pulmonaria and self-seeded poppies and Alchemilla mollis. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
The 'best' garden at the front of the house is the most formal area of the garden, with clipped hedges of yew and box, framing Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna, Solomon's Seal, pulmonaria amongst other herbaceous plants and shrubs. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Classical bust in the Best garden with daphne, clipped box, Solomon's Seal, Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna and golden hop, Humulus lupulus 'Aureus'. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Hebridean sheep with lambs on a misty morning. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Hebridean sheep with lambs on a misty morning. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Dawn sunlight breaks through mist and trees above the pond with moored canoe, surrounded by magenta Primula pulverulenta, Carex pendula, ferns and irises. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Dawn sunlight breaks through mist and trees above the pond with moored canoe, surrounded by magenta Primula pulverulenta, Carex pendula, ferns and irises. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Dawn sunlight breaks through mist and trees above the pond with moored canoe, surrounded by magenta Primula pulverulenta, Carex pendula, ferns and irises. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Dawn sunlight breaks through mist and trees above the pond with moored canoe, surrounded by magenta Primula pulverulenta, ferns, irises and bamboo. Windy Hall, Windermere, Cumbria, UK