The Show GOES ON
A twisty journey through winding Essex lanes, brings you to Ulting Wick – the garden equivalent of an outdoor stage, where owner Philippa Burrough enjoys staging a palette of colourful plants to create dramatic theatrical impact. Her many plant enthusiasms are the starting point for this garden, but it is what she creates with those plants and how she weaves them together, that has made Ulting Wick a magnet for both dyed-in-the-wool plant lovers and first-time garden visitors alike.
“I am drawn to flower colour and the shape and texture of foliage. I think exotic gardens are often the preserve of male gardeners, leaning more towards foliage. I like to think my style is a riff on this with softer, ‘Lime Green’ and heliotrope or ‘cherry pie’,” she explains.
