Spring into action
IT is a lovely irony that one of the most celebrated gardens made in the past two decades was designed by someone who had never created a garden before. The resulting originality explains why Pettifers, the Oxfordshire garden created by Gina Price, is such a treat, drawing visitors from far and wide.
No detailed plans were drawn up. Mrs Price simply followed her instincts and, with a natural eye for what works and what doesn’t, looked at what she had in front of her. The vista included walls of warm ironstone—more orange than the familiar buff Cotswold limestone—and an open view over small, hedged fields that sloped gently uphill towards a softly undulating tree line. Despite the wonderful aspect, however, this isn’t a particularly
