Whats the oldest garden you have been to?
Peacock declared:
Hi,
I was wondering which were the oldest gardens people have been tp?
Cheers
Paul P
Haddon Hall in Bakewell, derbyshire.
The present building and grounds date from as far back as the 12th Century,
the first recorded owner being Richard de vernon in 1187, although a house
was recorded there in 1087 in the doomsday book. Originally it was mainly a
vegetable and fruit garden and has a lovely raised walled garden as well as
a surrounding terraces. The gardens were totally renovated in the 1920's I
believe, but they are still in line with the original documented scheme.
The Hall is a great day out, and is itself mostly intact and viewable in
its medieval condition...
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