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At the top of the hill, down which the Grand
Cascade is built, lies a smaller walled garden
accessible through three inter-linked stone
arches. |
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Three 500-year-old wrought iron Venetian
gates span the arched entrance to the Ornamental
Garden. |
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This rectangular, walled plot lies between
the main area of The Garden right on the edge
of the town of Alnwick, screened by a belt
of trees. |
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Wirtz International designed this element
of the Ornamental Garden to extend visual interest.
By using a play of light and shade, grey and
green foliage, flowers and fruit in the intricate
planting pattern, Wirtz not only created a
masterpiece of planting on the ground, but
also created a beautiful lacework in the air
using pleached crab apples. |
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In complete contrast to the Grand Cascade
with its dramatic curvilinear architecture
and greenery, here the visitor experiences
colours and perfumes provided by 16,500 plants. |
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At the centre of the Ornamental Garden is
a pool from which a series of rills flow. Pergolas
surrounding the central pool are covered in
ramblers and vines. |
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The rills lead to yew-enclosed 'secret'
gardens, accessible from two sides, one with
a red colour theme, and one with yellow. |
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The basic square design is repeated many
times throughout The Garden, sometimes divided
diagonally by hedges and sometimes surrounded
by pleached crab apples, which create 'rooms'
of blossom in the air in springtime. |
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| Around the central pergola, boxwood-edged beds
house a collection of bedding roses surrounded
by delphiniums. |
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| Further from the pergola, cut flower species
alternate with annuals and bulbs alongside small
fruit varieties. In the more irregular exterior
spaces, cornus mas hedges enclose collections
of hydrangea paniculata cultivars. |
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| At the perimeter of The Garden lies a wide
herbaceous border full of musk hybrids, tree
peonies, shrubs, solitary ornamental trees with
rose-covered arbours in the corners. |
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| In the Ornamental Garden look out for: |
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Iris germanica |
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Oriental poppies |
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Peonies |
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Aster or Cimicifuga dasasdasadaadasad |
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The planting is designed to flower at different
times of the year creating swathes of colour
with perfume and mass. |
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| The fruit collection contains: |
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Red, black and white currants |
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Perennial white and red strawberries |
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Gooseberries |
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Jostacurrant |
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Autumn and summer fruiting red and yellow
raspberries |
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The annuals and bulb triangles contain unusual
cutting varieties and are enclosed by lavender
hedges in hidcote blue, pink and white. |
