Style & Grace
Take a rambling redbrick farmhouse nestling in gently rolling Norfolk countryside, and add roses. On every weatherworn wall, over every gate and archway, roses climb, ramble and cascade, overflowing into borders and even the kitchen garden beds. Look for a moment longer, though, and there is a sense of something deeper at work here. As the sun rises over the Quads, a parterre at the top of the garden carved out from former lambing fields, cushions of green and plum foliage – box, purple-leaved hebe and Cotinus coggygria – and contrasting spires of foxglove and annual verbascum, soften this flamboyant show.
The design and planting have a strong self-confidence, a kind of ‘if you’ve got it,
