Old Wesley Dale
November 24, 2008
Visited an open garden at Mole Creek on the weekend. Old Wesley Dale, an 1829 Georgian home in the Meander Valley under the Western Tiers. It was utterly compelling. The garden was elegant and subtle with an english styling that complemented the house and surrounding buildings beautifully.
The walled kitchen garden was inspirational with espalier fruit, hedging and parterre vegetable and fruit garden. It functioned as an effective sun trap, keeping the garden warm and protected. Seeing how beautiful a walled garden can be has cemented my resolve to create a walled kitchen garden here.
This magnificent garden also had a quirky elephant hedge. It must make the owners smile every time they walk past. I believe they plan to have another open garden in Autumn at the same time as another intriguing Mole Creek garden, Wychwood.
