Natural beauty
Apr 06, 2021
3 minutes
WORDS ISABEL BANNERMAN
PHOTOGRAPHS CLAIRE TAKACS
Queen Anne House nestled in a wooded fold behind the sandy mouth of the River Erme, Mothecombe is the family hub of the Flete estate. The long-established garden includes a clutch of walled gardens and beyond the walled enclosures and an informal garden of flowering trees, shrubs, and massed bulbs is a tumbling brook, which leads to a sandy cove. Tucked away from the sea, the balmy garden, filled with tender botanical treasures, calcifuges, testified by nature’s litmus test of blue hydrangeas, the combination of aspect and acidity offering all
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