The Gardens
Sixteen acres of garden have given the opportunity to continue to
explore the possibilities of design started by Ruskin and continued by his
cousin Joan Severn .
The earliest of Ruskins experiments, the Professors
Garden& has been re-created using his original ethos of productivity
and beauty. This garden, the size of a traditional cottagers garden was
created to show that the production of a small garden could be used not
only to supplement the diet of the cottagers but to fuel the inner need
for beauty and creation.
The Zig-zag Garden is the only garden for which any
plans have been discovered, these indicate that originally Ruskin intended
to have steps running through the centre of the terraces but no evidence
of these have been found. The garden is designed around Dantes
Purgatoria, rising from the River of Sticks to the First circle of
Paradise which is called the Painters Glade.
North of the house is the Linton Fern Garden, named
after Ruskins predecessor who published a delightful little book on The
Ferns of The English Lakes. Currently this garden is home to three hundred
plus ferns and the collection is still growing .
The house itself is surrounded by small lawns, gardens
and planters, there are also seasonal plants for sale from the main
entrance Of note is The Lodge Yard, a small area designed to show what can
be done with the imaginative use of containers.
Toward the Lake are a series of gardens from a wild
flower meadow to the Hortus Inclusus (a
terraced herb garden that is currently under development)
Maps of the garden and estate are available on the following pages ! Garden map Estate map
The making of a garden, the Hortus Inclusus
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