At Windy Hall high above Lake Windermere in the English Lake District Diane and David make the most of plants that thrive in their wet climate and acid soil, welcoming mosses and liverworts and making features of these beautiful plants that other gardeners may treat as pests. The garden occupies four acres of hillside and can get a whopping 6ft of rain per annum. The rocky site includes woodland planted with rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias and hydrangeas underplanted with bluebells and foxgloves. Moss and Japanese influenced gardens give the garden a distinctive twist and surrounding fields are grazed by Hebridean sheep.
