Matthew Wilson designed Dry Garden at Hyde Hall in Essex in 2000 to showcase species that survive in drought-prone areas. This area in Essex has less that 600mm of rain per year.
The ground was worked into mounds and terraces using builders' rubble and local clay. The garden was created around a hard landscaping of gravel, huge glacial rock, and drystone walls. Grit and stone washed pebble was added.
At this point Wilson let the seeds land as they may, believing that the flowers would grow where they wanted to, balancing out the garden. He noticed that the outcome resulted in stronger plants that were growing in a more naturalistic way.
Wilson planted Verbascum bombyciferum, Perovski, achillea, and wself-seeded Eryngium planum. A Stipa tenuissima were hugging rocks, and larger plants such as yuka, palms and conifers grew in the background. Wilson admits that it took two years for the garden to become self-supporting.
Wilson is director of Clifton Nurseries in Little Venice, west London, a historic garden. ENJOY!
The ground was worked into mounds and terraces using builders' rubble and local clay. The garden was created around a hard landscaping of gravel, huge glacial rock, and drystone walls. Grit and stone washed pebble was added.
At this point Wilson let the seeds land as they may, believing that the flowers would grow where they wanted to, balancing out the garden. He noticed that the outcome resulted in stronger plants that were growing in a more naturalistic way.
Wilson planted Verbascum bombyciferum, Perovski, achillea, and wself-seeded Eryngium planum. A Stipa tenuissima were hugging rocks, and larger plants such as yuka, palms and conifers grew in the background. Wilson admits that it took two years for the garden to become self-supporting.
Wilson is director of Clifton Nurseries in Little Venice, west London, a historic garden. ENJOY!
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beautiful plants that are drought tolerant and quite hardy..people don't realize that you can have a gorgeous garden that is less maintenance because of low watering needs...looks like gorgeous designs as well...
maureen
Oh, this is beautiful. I love gorgeous gardens!
Who would have thought that you could have such a beautiful garden with low maintenance? The purple flowers are beautiful. Thankfully we have started to get some rain for our gardens.
XO Angela and Renee
he is a genius! i love hiM!
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So pretty, and its a surprise you could have such a lush looking garden that requires so little..........beautiful!
I believer there is Heaven, but please make it to look just like this garden!
I think it looks magical—just beautiful! He has done a wonderful job!
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