IN BRIEF
What Private family garden.
Where Buckinghamshire.
Size A one-acre walled garden, within a larger space of approximately ten acres in total.
Soil Neutral to alkaline loam.
Climate Temperate.
Hardiness zone USDA 8.
Chrissie Rucker OBE loves the sense of calm that living with white can bring, and has built a multi-millionpound business - The White Company - on her belief that plenty of other people feel the same, so it’s no surprise to discover that she applies the same pared-back aesthetic to her garden making. For 15 years she has lived in a lovely 17th-century house with her husband Nick Wheeler OBE (founder of menswear brand Charles Tyrwhitt) and their four children, and the ten acres of
