Over the hills and far away
HE story of the garden at Hurdley Hall will be familiar to anyone who has created a country garden themselves. It will also be reassuring to anyone who has thought of doing this, but found the prospect too daunting. Through two decades, from 2001, Simon Quin and Simon Cain have transformed the surroundings of Hurdley Hall, a traditional black-and-white timbered farmhouse that dates from the 17th century. It once stood at the centre of a working farm, with grazing right up to the front door and a jumble of miscellaneous farm outbuildings, small yards and rough meadow where the garden is
