Eventually, as the children started school, I decided to channel what had now become an obsession in a professional direction with a one-year garden design course at Otley College. Of course, having studied the principles of good design which I was now applying to other people’s gardens, I regretted some of the decisions we had made in the early days.
The vine and fig tree cover trail on the converted barn one side of the courtyard garden. Planted with Geum Mrs J Bradshaw , Ammi Majus, mixed Linaria, Salvia Caradonna , Nepeta, Buxus balls and Eschscholtzia californica.
- Credit: Mimi Connolly