Historic gardens evolve unhurriedly at the whim of each generation, and this is the case at La Seigneurie on Sark. “The gardens reflect the people who have lived and gardened here, and what you see is an accumulation of their ideas alongside 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 dating back to Elizabethan times.
Since moving to La Seigneurie with his wife, Sarah, in 2016, Christopher has worked on the two acres to the rear of the house, with its woodland and serpentine lake. “This is where I played as a child,” he recalls. “The