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Rousham, Bicester

Unspoilt and uncommercial Rousham is a thrilling survival of the early eighteenth century, designed by William Kent as a series of Arcadian set pieces incorporating temples, cascades, grottoes and bridges. A later walled garden features a dovecot, parterre and herbaceous borders. In April trained fruit trees are covered with blossom and tulips bloom. One of my images of Rousham from this shoot won the Beautiful Gardens category of the International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition 9

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Cornus nuttallii in the Pigeon House Garden with box parterr beyond. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Pigeon House garden with pigeon house, 1685, and box parterre with Cornus nuttallii and new red leaves of hybrid tea roses. R...
Pigeon House garden with pigeon house, 1685, and box parterre with Cornus nuttallii and new red leaves of hybrid tea roses. R...
Pigeon House garden with pigeon house, 1685, and box parterre with Cornus nuttallii and new red leaves of hybrid tea roses. R...
Pigeon House garden with pigeon house, 1685, and box parterre with Cornus nuttallii and new red leaves of hybrid tea roses. R...
Pigeon House garden with pigeon house, 1685, and box parterre with Cornus nuttallii and new red leaves of hybrid tea roses. R...
Walled Garden features gravel paths, box hedging, beds of herbaceous perennials and espaliered apple trees. Rousham House, Bi...
Opening cut through yew and holly hedge connecting the Bowling Green with the Walled Garden. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Blue wrought iron gate into the Walled Garden. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Urn beside the ha-ha, separating the garden from the surrounding parkland. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Praeneste, an arcaded building by William Kent. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
The River Cherwell forms a natural boundary on one side of the garden. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Lion and Horse by P Scheemaker, 1740, with River Cherwell beyond. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Rousham House, built in 1635 by Sir Robert Dormer, added to by William Kent in the eighteenth century. Rousham House, Biceste...
Blue wrought iron gate into the Walled Garden. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Lines of espaliered apple trees in the Walled Garden. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Walled Garden features gravel paths, box hedging, beds of herbaceous perennials and espaliered apple trees. Rousham House, Bi...
Pergola in the Walled Garden is underplanted with pink Tulipa 'Ballade' and blue Brunnera macrophylla, while later in the sea...
Pergola in the Walled Garden is underplanted with pink Tulipa 'Ballade' and blue Brunnera macrophylla, while later in the sea...
Pots of purple, red, pink and white tulips in the gardeners' yard include Tulipa 'Jackpot', T. 'Ronaldo', white T. 'Mount Tac...
Pots of purple, red, pink and white tulips in the gardeners' yard. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Pigeon House garden with pigeon house, 1685, and box parterre with Cornus nuttallii and new red leaves of hybrid tea roses. R...
Pigeon House garden with pigeon house, 1685, and box parterre with Cornus nuttallii and new red leaves of hybrid tea roses. R...
Cornus nuttallii flowering beside the Pigeon House in the Pigeon House Garden, near a box parterre. Rousham House, Bicester, ...
Circular pigeon house dating from 1685, with trained fruit trees curving around its wall. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Pigeon House garden with pigeon house, 1685, and box parterre with Cornus nuttallii and new red leaves of hybrid tea roses. R...
Pigeon House garden with pigeon house, 1685, and box parterre with Cornus nuttallii and new red leaves of hybrid tea roses. R...
Espaliered apple in the walled garden with church tower beyond. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Tulipa 'Abigail'. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Tulipa 'Angelique'. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Tulipa 'Don Quixote'. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Tulipa 'Burgundy'. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Tulipa 'Ballade'. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Tulipa 'Jackpot'. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Victorian conservatory containing a tufa wall, recently restored, planted with ferns, and bright pelargoniums against the win...
Victorian conservatory containing a tufa wall, recently restored, planted with ferns, and bright pelargoniums against the win...
Victorian conservatory containing a tufa wall, recently restored, planted with ferns, and bright pelargoniums against the win...
Victorian conservatory containing a tufa wall, recently restored, planted with ferns, and bright pelargoniums against the win...
The estate has a herd of rare Long Horn cattle. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
The estate has a herd of rare Long Horn cattle. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Victorian conservatory containing a tufa wall, recently restored, planted with ferns, and bright pelargoniums against the win...
Lower Cascade with Upper Cascade and Venus glimpsed beyond in Venus' Vale. Designed by William Kent, made between 1737 and 17...
Rill leading along the Watery Walk to and from the Plunge Pool, between laurel hedges. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Rill leading along the Watery Walk to and from the Plunge Pool, between laurel hedges. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Rill leading along the Watery Walk between laurel hedges. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Statue of Apollo with the Long Walk stretching behind him, part of Charles Bridgeman's original garden scheme. Rousham House,...
Statue of Apollo framed by trees at the end of the Long Walk, part of Charles Bridgeman's original garden scheme. Rousham Hou...
Statue of faun in Venus' Vale. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Upper Cascade is surmounted by a statue of Venus, in Venus' Vale, with Octagonal Pond beyond. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
Upper Cascade is surmounted by a statue of Venus framed by a pair of swans, in Venus' Vale. Rousham House, Bicester, Oxon, UK
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