The Dragon Garden

In a quiet corner of the Lake Field stood two Chinese pagodas, designed in the 1980s by Quinlan Terry, sentinels in a beautiful small landscape awaiting a garden.

To complete the design Marylyn Abbott placed two ribbon beds using plants of Chinese origins. Firstly there is a grove of miniature acers in burgundy tones, then peonies, the herbaceous "Buckeye Belle", the darkest known red and the tree peony "Black Pirate" in similar tones. These beds flower in late May. The dragons were designed by Nick Muskcamp and painted by James Adam.

 

Garden tours
 
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The Green Theatre and Orangery The Dragon Garden The Alice Garden
The Green Theatre
and Orangery		 The Dragon Garden The Alice Garden
The Nymphaeum The Chicken Garden The Walled Garden
The Nymphaeum The Chicken Garden The Walled Garden
The Lake field The Five Bridges Paradise Garden
The Lake Field The Five Bridges The Paradise Garden
The Greenhouse The garden at night The Temple Garden
The Greenhouse The Garden at Night The Temple Garden