Pond with Water-Lilies, Water-Irises and Island, surrounded by Oak and Weeping Willow at Holford Manor, North Chailey, East Sussex, England.
Commentary.
Each year many owners of dwellings with impressive gardens,
open their doors to visitors.
Money given for the privilege is given to a variety of nominated charities.
Such a case applied to Holford Manor, near North Chailey in East Sussex,
towards the end of May, 2022.
Holford Manor donated their takings to a number of local charities supporting
people with severe disability, particularly children, in their educational setting.
Holford Manor used to be a farmstead.
Now, it is a privately owned house with splendid gardens, one pond and one lake.
Adjacent to the house is an Iris Nursery, nationally recognised for its wide variety of the plant.
Irises also feature in several borders in the garden.
Set nearly a mile from the main A.272 road, linking Haywards Heath and Newick.
Roses and Allium also feature in the colourful borders.
The trees are mature and impressive, ranging from Lebanon Cedar to Ash, Pine and Fir.
Copper Beech, ordinary Beech and Yew hedging has been used to separate different plots.
One area has been left as wild meadow containing, Buttercups, Poppies and Ox-Eye Daisies.
This is so important, so as to attract pollinating insects and keep the ecology diverse,
thus, re-instating the essential food-chains.
To the north-east of the house is a sizeable lake with two islands
and flocks of breeding Geese.
In future years, such a visit is well worthwhile for the charities,
the sustaining of Iris varieties and a diverse local ecology.
Pond with Water-Lilies, Water-Irises and Island, surrounded by Oak and Weeping Willow at Holford Manor, North Chailey, East Sussex, England.
Commentary.
Each year many owners of dwellings with impressive gardens,
open their doors to visitors.
Money given for the privilege is given to a variety of nominated charities.
Such a case applied to Holford Manor, near North Chailey in East Sussex,
towards the end of May, 2022.
Holford Manor donated their takings to a number of local charities supporting
people with severe disability, particularly children, in their educational setting.
Holford Manor used to be a farmstead.
Now, it is a privately owned house with splendid gardens, one pond and one lake.
Adjacent to the house is an Iris Nursery, nationally recognised for its wide variety of the plant.
Irises also feature in several borders in the garden.
Set nearly a mile from the main A.272 road, linking Haywards Heath and Newick.
Roses and Allium also feature in the colourful borders.
The trees are mature and impressive, ranging from Lebanon Cedar to Ash, Pine and Fir.
Copper Beech, ordinary Beech and Yew hedging has been used to separate different plots.
One area has been left as wild meadow containing, Buttercups, Poppies and Ox-Eye Daisies.
This is so important, so as to attract pollinating insects and keep the ecology diverse,
thus, re-instating the essential food-chains.
To the north-east of the house is a sizeable lake with two islands
and flocks of breeding Geese.
In future years, such a visit is well worthwhile for the charities,
the sustaining of Iris varieties and a diverse local ecology.