IN BRIEF
Name Admington Hall. What A garden of rooms surrounding a part Jacobean, part Georgian country house. Where Warwickshire. Soil Warwickshire clay and a high water table. Sire Five acres of intensively managed garden in ten acres of grounds. Climate Strong southwesterly prevailing winds, cold in winter, but with some shelter. Hardiness zone USDA 8.
If any one aspect of Antonia Davies’ garden were to sum up her gardening approach, it would be her borders. Wide and generous, they tower and bulge with plants, overlapping and complementing each other, cheek by jowl, deeply unrestrained. “I have made lots of mistakes,” she admits cheerfully, “and you can tell straight away that this isn't the garden of a professional. Nothing was really planned, though
