Heale House, Middle Woodford

Heale House garden in the Woodford valley near Salisbury in Wiltshire shot on the morning of an extraordinary frost on April 27th 2017 which spread magic over the garden at the same time as destroying all the wisteria buds that were primed to open. A historic garden part designed by Harold Peto, landscape designer and lover of Italy who created the garden at Iford Manor, also in Wiltshire. Frances Rasch, who is now the driving force behind the garden, has established much new planting over the past ten years including new topiary yew and formal borders around the house.

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A swan swims on the River Avon fringed with blue camassias, on a frosty April morning at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
A swan swims on the River Avon fringed with blue camassias, on a frosty April morning at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
Camassias on the banks of the River Avon at Heale House in Wiltshire on a frosty April morning
Bluebells including pink and white flowered forms around streams and a temple lantern in the Japanese garden at Heale House, ...
Bluebells including pink and white flowered forms around streams and a temple lantern in the Japanese garden at Heale House, ...
Pergola hanging with wisteria buds, frosted on a very cold April morning at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
Nikko bridge framed by wisterias spans a tributary of the River Avon in the Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, ...
Nikko bridge festooned with wisteria spans a tributary of the River Avon in the Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodfo...
Coppery Acer pseudoplatanus 'Brilliantissimum' stands in a frosty field on an April morning beside a tributary of the River A...
A Lutyens bench beside a frosty lawn on an April morning at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
Yew spheres and white stemmed birches frame a wooden bench at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire on a frosty April morning
Tussocks of new grass in beds framed by frosty grass at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire on a cold April morning
View from the formal garden out to the wider landscape of water and meadows at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire on a f...
The boat terrace on a frosty April morning at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire with water meadows beyond
View from the boat terrace over a tributary of the River Avon to water meadows beyond on a frosty April morning at Heale Hous...
View from the formal garden out to the wider landscape of water and meadows at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire on a f...
Clipped yew spheres, white stemmed birches and beds of miscanthus in the formal garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wilts...
Formal garden planted with box, lavender, laurels and yew at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
Coppery Acer pseudoplatanus 'Brilliantissimum' stands in a frosty field on an April morning beside a tributary of the River A...
Bare form of a spreading mulberry tree near the River Avon at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
Frosted tree peony on a cold April morning at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
Bluebells, cherries, acers and bamboo in the watery Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
Bluebells, cherries, acers and bamboo in the watery Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
Bluebells, cherries, acers and bamboo in the watery Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
A weeping willow leans over a tributary of the River Avon in the Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire o...
A weeping willow leans over a tributary of the River Avon in the Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire o...
The Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire on a frosty April morning with Gunnera manicata, acers and sto...
Ferns line streams running through the Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire on a frosty April morning
A blosoming cherry tree illuminated beside a stream running through the Jaqpanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wil...
Box edged beds in the Tunnel Garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire on a frosty April morning
Box edged beds in the Tunnel Garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire on a frosty April morning
Apple tunnels in the Tunnel Garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire on a frosty April morning
Box edged beds in the Tunnel Garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire on a frosty April morning
Box edged beds in the Tunnel Garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire on a frosty April morning
A pergola along one side of the Tunnel Garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire festooned with vines and wisteria on...
A pergola along one side of the Tunnel Garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire festooned with vines and wisteria on...
A pergola along one side of the Tunnel Garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire festooned with vines and wisteria on...
Bamboos beside a tributary of the River Avon running through the Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire o...
Sun breaks through trees underplanted with camassias beside a tributary of the River Avon at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wi...
Sun breaks through trees underplanted with camassias beside a tributary of the River Avon at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wi...
A swan on a tributary of the River Avon in the Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
A tributary of the River Avon running through the Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire with ferns and G...
A red Nikko bridge spans a tributary of the River Avon in the Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire with...
A red Nikko bridge spans a tributary of the River Avon in the Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire with...
A red Nikko bridge spans a tributary of the River Avon in the Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire with...
Camassias in long grass beside a tributary of the River Avon at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
Camassias in long grass beside a tributary of the River Avon at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
A weeping willow hangs over a tributary of the River Avon running through the Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford...
A stone temple lanterns surrounded by spring flowers in the Japanese garden at Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire
Formal garden around Heale House, Middle Woodford, Wiltshire with clipped yews, white stemmed birches and beds of miscanthus