Glebe Farm Gardens - Lillingstone Lovell

An afternoon off and a trip just over the Buckinghamshire border to the beautiful village of Lillingstone Lovell. The Silverstone circuit is just a couple of miles away. It is one of those picturesque villages that you can only dream of. The church of  the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary dates back to the 13th Century,but was rebuilt in the 14th century.    

This large cottage garden has been developed from scratch over the last 28 years by an ingenious engineer owner, David Hilliard with support and ideas from his wife and children. 

New projects and developing places and planting create a garden that is constantly changing.

 There’s an exuberance of colourful planting and winding gravel paths, that weave through lawns and herbaceous borders on two levels.

  

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There’s a small walled garden and an old tractor, its rusty chassis softened by wildflower planting.

The two ponds provide calming reflections and places for wildlife while the vegetable beds, and knot garden developed from cuttings add structure and form.

 

 

Everything combines to make a beautiful garden full of surprises.