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Cothay Manor, Wellington, Somerset

Romantic English country garden deep in the Somerset countryside set around a small medieval manor house, the home of Mary-Anne and Alastair Robb. Laid out in the 1920s the sequence of distinctive garden rooms includes the Unicorn Walk and the Bishop's Room. Lush planting throughout including lots of beautifully planted containers for which Mary-Anne is renowned.

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Walk of the Unicorn. 44 standard Robinia pseudoacacia 'Umbraculifera' underplanted with Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' frame a stone unicorn at Cothay Manor, Somerset
The courtyard garden with lavender lined path and clipped yew at Cothay Manor, Somerset
The courtyard garden with lavender lined path and clipped yew at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Spiny red stems of Rosa sericea subsp. omeiensis f. pteracantha at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Verbena 'Silver Anne' at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Lathyrus tuberosus at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Alstroemeria 'Marina' at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Verbascum chaixii 'Album' at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Foxtail lily, Eremurus, at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Cherry garden at Cothay Manor, Somerset with planting in cool greens including clipped box, ferns, Solomon's Seal, Sisyrinchium striatum and ferns around a central container
Stone planter surrounded with Erigeron karvinskianus, planted with a frothy mix of Salvia elegans, helichrysum, sweet pea, verbena and Argyranthemum 'Chelsea Girl' at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Gatehouse at Cothay Manor, Greenham, Wellington, Somerset, UK
Walk of the Unicorn. 44 standard Robinia pseudoacacia 'Umbraculifera' underplanted with Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' frame a stone unicorn at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Steps softened with self seeded Alchemilla mollis lead up to the herbaceous borders at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Circular pond surrounded by clipped yew below the manor house at Cothay in Somerset
An informal garden of meadow, pond and specimen trees including conifers and birches, surrounds the formal garden defined within yew hedging around the house at Cothay Manor, Somerset
An informal garden of meadow, pond and specimen trees surrounds the formal garden defined within yew hedging around the house at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Cornus nuttallii in the meadow at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Clipped box balls punctuate the terrace at Cothay Manor, Somerset, covered with self-seeded mexican daisy, Erigeron karvinskianus, and hardy geraniums
The terrace at Cothay Manor, Somerset covered with self seeded Mexican daisy, Erigeron karvinskianus, hardy geraniums and sisyrinchium in front of stone seat framed by a pair of standard box plants and backed by Geranium palmatum
Foxtail lilies, Eremurus, beside the silvery foliage of a Scotch thistle, Onoprodum acanthium on the terrace at Cothay Manor, Somerset
The terrace at Cothay Manor, Somerset covered with self seeded Mexican daisy, Erigeron karvinskianus, filling part of a box-edged knot garden. Planter contains Salvia elegans, sweet peas, verbenas and purple sage
The terrace at Cothay Manor, Somerset covered with self seeded Mexican daisy, Erigeron karvinskianus, filling one part of a knot garden edged with box
The terrace at Cothay Manor, Somerset covered with self seeded Mexican daisy, Erigeron karvinskianus, filling part of a box-edged knot garden. Planter contains Salvia elegans, sweet peas, verbenas and purple sage
Planter on the terrace at Cothay Manor, Somerset filled with a frothy mix of verbenas, sweetpeas, Argyranthemum 'Chelsea Girl' and helichrysum
Stone planter surrounded with Erigeron karvinskianus, planted with a frothy mix of Salvia elegans, helichrysum, sweet pea, verbena and Argyranthemum 'Chelsea Girl' at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Pots of succulent plants including Aeonium arboreum 'Schwarzkopf' surround a millstone table at the end of the swimming pool garden at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Pots of succulent plants including Aeonium arboreum surround a millstone table at the end of the swimming pool garden at Cothay Manor, Somerset
The Green Knight Garden planted with variations of white, silver and grey plants including Centranthus ruber albus and Stachys lanata with seat secreted inside the yew hedge at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Zig-zag slate retaining wall seeded with foxgloves at Cothay Manor, Greenham, Wellington, Somerset, UK
Circular pond surrounded by clipped yew below the manor house at Cothay in Somerset
Stone birdbath with ceramic bird surrounded by ferns in the shade garden at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Stone chairs and table in the shade garden at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Stone chairs and table in the shade garden at Cothay Manor, Somerset
The Bishop's Room contains a knot garden of box at Cothay Manor, Somerset
The Bishop's Room contains a knot garden of box and surrounding planting in deep reds and purples including Pittosporum 'Tom Thumb', Allium cristophii, Alstroemeria 'Marina' and Knautia macedonica at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Walk of the Unicorn. 44 standard Robinia pseudoacacia 'Umbraculifera' underplanted with Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' frame a stone unicorn at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Walk of the Unicorn. 44 standard Robinia pseudoacacia 'Umbraculifera' underplanted with Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' frame a stone unicorn at Cothay Manor, Somerset
Herbaceous borders at Cothay Manor, Somerset, containing repeated clumps of purple sage, Anthemis punctata sp cupaniana, Geranium pratense 'Mrs Kendall Clark' and Alchemilla mollis punctuated by foxtail lilies, foxgloves, delphiniums and four standard roses that frame a central planter
Herbaceous borders at Cothay Manor, Somerset, containing repeated clumps of purple sage, Anthemis punctata sp cupaniana, Geranium pratense 'Mrs Kendall Clark' and Alchemilla mollis surround four standard roses framing a stone planter
Herbaceous borders at Cothay Manor, Somerset, containing repeated clumps of purple sage, Anthemis punctata sp cupaniana, Geranium pratense 'Mrs Kendall Clark' and Alchemilla mollis punctuated by foxtail lilies, foxgloves, delphiniums and four standard roses
Herbaceous borders at Cothay Manor, Somerset containing repeated clumps of Geranium pratense 'Mrs Kendall Clark', Anthemis punctata sp cupaniana and Sisyrinchium striatum punctuated by foxgloves and foxtail lilies with cardoons and macleaya behind
Herbaceous borders at Cothay Manor, Somerset, containing repeated clumps of purple sage, Anthemis punctata sp cupaniana, Geranium pratense 'Mrs Kendall Clark' and Alchemilla mollis punctuated by Verbascum chaixii 'Album' and graceful Stipa gigantea
Herbaceous borders at Cothay Manor, Somerset, containing repeated clumps of purple sage, Anthemis punctata sp cupaniana, Sisyrinchium striatum, Geranium pratense 'Mrs Kendall Clark' and Alchemilla mollis punctuated by foxgloves, foxtail lilies, verbascum and graceful Stipa gigantea