IN BRIEF
Name The Laskett.
What Formal, autobiographical garden created by Sir Roy
Strong and his late wife
Julia Trevelyan Oman.
Where Herefordshire.
Size Four and a half acres.
Soil Free-draining Herefordshire clay.
Climate Temperate, sheltered site with high rainfall.
Hardiness zone USDA 8.
It is surprising how few tulips you need; using one colour along a path is more effective than a mix
When an author creates a garden, you’d expect it to tell a story, but Sir Roy Strong’s famously autobiographical garden The Laskett is more of a library of tales than a one-off book. As you weave your way through the garden, you meet statuary and features that stop you in your tracks, each one with purpose and meaning. It’s such an elaborate space, you
