The English Garden

Edge of Darkness

A grassy knoll awaits those who journey up the Stone Path at Forde Abbey, and surrounding this is a fringe of woodland, its edges peppered with species suited to the gentle, dappled shade of England’s deciduous trees, now coming into leaf. “It is the edge of woodland spaces that I like the most because you can make the most floriferous planting here,” explains Josh. “Deeper into the wood

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