No historic garden stands in isolation; it evolves unhurriedly at the whim of each generation, and it’s no different at La Seigneurie on Sark. “The gardens reflect the people who have lived and gardened here, and what you see today is an accumulation of all their ideas alongside artefacts that reveal tantalising glimpses into the island’s history,” says Christopher Beaumont, the 23rd Seigneur of Sark, a titular role since 2008 when islanders voted for democracy in place of a feudal system that had lasted since Elizabethan times.
Since moving to La Seigneurie with his wife, Sarah, in 2016, Christopher has focused on the neglected two acres to the back of the house, with its woodland and serpentine lake. “This is where I played as a child,” he recalls. “The walled
