= KIFTSGATE COURT GARDEN ◀ First came a semi-circular plunge pool, laid out on a terrace below a steep west-facing bank, upon which she bestowed woody plants and climbers. In 1972 a further pool, complete with fountain (inspired by a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show), was added to the centre of the white sunken garden. By 1981, her daughter Anne and husband Johnny Chambers were becoming increasingly immersed in the garden. During their tenure they have developed extensive gardens of tender plants on the sheltered west-facing bank, created a wonderful
‘Millennium’ water garden and continue to maintain, enrich, and indeed enhance the plantings within the original borders. Today, the garden bears witness to a family blessed with three generations of remarkable gardeners. Besides the obvious continuity, there is a feeling of contentment, timelessness, indeed tranquillity, which settles over you within moments of entering the garden. It is a garden which is at peace with itself, where nothing jars the eye and yet the senses are set tingling by so much colour and fragrance.
◀ The west-facing slope below the Court
The Millennium Water Garden
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