IN BRIEF
What Rectory garden that surrounds a church on three sides. Where Northamptonshire. Size Two-acre garden within an 18-acre site. Soil Clay. Climate Exposed hilltop, which can get very windy. Hardiness zone USDA 8.
When James Alexander-Sinclair began working on this rectory garden four years ago, most of the area used by his clients and their family faced north, with a vast open sky to the east By lunchtime, the sun had moved to the other side of the church behind the house, shining on a field of nettles. He was tasked with connecting the whole garden, which wraps around both the house and the church. Northamptonshire villages are peculiarly feudal, often still
