Levens Hall and Historic Topiary Garden in South Cumbria, England, UK.


Levens Hall and Historic Topiary Garden in South Cumbria, England, UK. A grade I listed garden dating from 1694 – through a combination of circumstance and love the gardens at Levens Hall have survived in their original design. The topiary is some of the oldest in the world and justifiably famous. The historic topiary garden also incorporates a small orchard of apple trees and medlars, a nuttery and herb garden, a bowling green, a rose garden, herbaceous borders and seasonal bedding. To celebrate the partnership of Colonel James Grahme and his gardener Guillaume Beaumont, a fountain garden, bordered with pleached limes, was added in 1994, the garden’s 300th anniversary by the current owners, the Bagot family - Copyright owned photograph by David J Colbran 0044 0 7810 321 634


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