a recent issue of Spadework - Cardiganshire Horticultural Society

speciality and hopefully should be at their best at the time of our
visit. We will take tea in the garden before returning to Aber in the
late afternoon.
In July, for Outing number 4, we visit Herefordshire. The
Laskett was asked for by a number of people and is the largest
private formal garden to be created in England since 1945. Getting
it in our programme for 2011 took a bit of arranging as admission
slots are like gold, but it should be worth it. We have to arrive at
the garden at 10.30 am prompt and Sir Roy Strong will meet us.
Over almost four decades the historian and his late wife, the
designer Dr Julia Trevelyan Oman, transformed a four-acre field
into a series of stunning garden rooms, vistas, ascents and descents.
These include a rose garden, pleached lime avenue, orchard,
kitchen garden, knot garden, fountains and parterres as well as a
spectacular array of topiary and rich herbaceous and prairie-style
borders. The garden tells the story of both their marriage and their
creative lives in the arts.
The Laskett Garden Bird’s-eye view by Jonathan Myles-Lea
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