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The Buildings, Broughton

Set high on chalk downs above the village of Broughton in Hampshire, The Buildings seems an island afloat in a sea of farmland, a huddle of house, barn, garden and copse surrounded by fields of arable crops on one side and placidly grazing water buffalo on the other. Gillian Pugh moved here in 1972 when the walled garden was little more than a grassy courtyard with a single apple tree. 

Nowadays, framed by the soft apricot walls of the house and the sweep of red oxide iron sheet roofing the timber barn, the garden is a canvas of creative planting, bursting with vibrant colour, texture and variety, designed to withstand climate change as well as please the eye. Tall grasses such as pale Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' and glittering golden oat grass, Stipa gigantea, mix with soaring herbaceous perennials like purple flowered Vernonia crinita 'Mammuth' and pretty sunflower Helianthus 'Lemon Queen'.  Below are Mediterranean shrubs including silvery helichrysum and Lotus hirsutus, a hairy clover, dark waxy leaved Bupleurum fruitosum, felty Ballota pseudodictamnus, and purple sage anchor the composition.

Inspired by the new perennials movement Gillian's garden is a gorgeous tapestry at its best in late summer and autumn.

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Echinacea 'Sunrise'. Broughton Buildings, Broughton, nr Stockbridge, Hants, UK
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens', Origanum vulgare, Allium sphaerocephalon, Echinacea purpurea, Molinia 'Transparent', Stipa...
Blue potting shed where Gillian propagates the plants she loves, especially pelargoniums and salvias. Broughton Buildings, Br...
Planting around sunken circle seeded with Erigeron karvinskianus includes Panicum 'North Wind', Echinacea purpurea, Helenium ...
Central circular bed is a mass of graceful grasses and herbaceous perennials including Miscanthus 'Morning Light', Stipa giga...
Bud of Cirsium tuberosum against miscanthus flowers. Broughton Buildings, Broughton, nr Stockbridge, Hants, UK
Central circular bed planted with a combination of grasses and herbaceous perennials including Verbena bonariensis, Eryngium ...
Central circular bed planted with a combination of grasses and herbaceous perennials including Stipa gigantea, Verbena bonari...
Central circular bed planted with a mix of grasses and herbaceous perennials including Verbena macdougalii, Cirsium tuberosum...
Striking combination of glaucous Euphorbia myrsinites with deep purple Sedum 'Purple Emperor' and small grass Hordeum jubatum...
Colourful clumps of Hakonechloa macra 'Alboaurea', salvia, Origanum vulgare, Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty' and Perovskia 'Blue S...
Colourful clumps of Hakonechloa macra 'Alboaurea', Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens', Verbena rigida, Helenium 'Moerheim Beau...
Colourful clumps of Hakonechloa macra 'Alboaurea', Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens', Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty', Perovskia '...
Echinacea purpurea with fine leaves of Miscanthus 'Morning light' behind. Broughton Buildings, Broughton, nr Stockbridge, Han...
Deep purples of Sedum telephium 'Matrona' and Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens' with airy grasses above, Molinia 'Transparent...
Large copper water butt beside Sedum 'Purple Emperor', Imperata cylindrica 'Rubra' (Japanese blood grass), Euphorbia myrsinit...
Orange flowered Helenium 'Waldtraut', Echinacea purpurea, clumps of Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster', Stipa gigante...
Helenium 'Waldtraut' and Eryngium bourgatii between large clumps of miscanthus. Broughton Buildings, Broughton, nr Stockbridg...
Central, circular bed planted with a mix of grasses and perennials including Bupleurum falcatum, Sedum 'Purple Emperor', Echi...
Planting in central circular beds include grasses Stipa gigantea and Panicum 'North Wind' with perennials such as purple sage...
Striking combination of glaucous Euphorbia myrsinites with deep purple Sedum 'Purple Emperor'. Above dance the golden awns of...
Corner border includes Stipa gigantea, Perovskia 'Blue Spire', purple sage, Hakonechloa macra 'Alboaurea', Helenium 'Moerheim...
A terrace in the corner of the walled garden is backed by wall trained peaches, nectarines and apricots while surrounding orn...
A terrace in the corner of the walled garden is backed by wall trained peaches, nectarines and apricots while surrounding orn...
Border in front of tin-roofed barn includes Echinacea purpurea, clumps of Calamgrostis brachytricha, Stipa gigantea and Molin...
Echinacea purpurea surrounded by grasses Calamagrostis brachytricha, Molinia 'Transparent', Miscanthus 'Morning Light' and St...
Upright stems of Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' surrounded by Sedum telephium 'Matrona', Pervoskia 'Blue Spire', ...
A terrace in the corner of the walled garden is backed by wall trained peaches, nectarines and apricots while surrounding orn...
The garden at Broughton is dominated by bold clumps of grasses including Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' and Molin...
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