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Harrells Hardy Plants Virtual Tour |
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| Welcome to the nursery garden of Harrell’s Hardy Plants. Come through the rose arch (Rosa Emily Grey) to the formal element of the garden. To our right is the White And… Border, where white flowers are woven through greens, yellows, pinks and blues. |
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The centre of the formal area is divided into five rectangular beds. Beds number 1 and two are devoted solely to one of our specialities – Hemerocallis. Here are just a small selection of the hundred or so cultivars we have. (By the time you read this there will probably be more!) |
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These are the other rectangular display beds, showing how you can use perennials in island beds. |
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A BBC ‘Gardeners’ World’ film crew, visiting to shoot a slot on autumn colour with us, decided to film a view of these display beds. |
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After the more formal area and gravelled path, you come to the wilder area with bark paths. Here is the Jewel Bed – full of bold, bright colours. |
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When we first took on the acre of ploughed field, we found an area of perpetual wet where an underground spring surfaced. Naturally this became our Bog Garden, where damp-loving plants have thrived. In the background is Miscanthus x giganteus. |
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In 2005 we took part in a series called ‘Life Begins Again’ filmed for Channel 4. Over a six month period a camera crew from the company TwoFour productions followed our every move – truly an interesting experience! The border we developed that year (shown here) is known as the TwoFour Border and took us two months to complete. |
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The biggest area cultivated in the garden is the Prairie Bed, a tiny bit of the bottom edge is shown here, looking through a group of Scabiosa caucasia. |
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When you look down on it, as in this shot, you begin to appreciate the scale of it. |
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This narrow wandering path which bisects the Prairie Bed is called ‘The Girls’ Path’ since it was made by our granddaughters during one of their landscaping assistants periods! |
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Yellow is the only colour allowed here, in all its shades and blends, in what is fittingly called the Sunshine Bed |
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Our last view of the garden itself is of the Grasses Bed on a misty late September morning when textures and subtle colours come into their own. |
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No visit to a nursery garden is complete without a stop in the Sales Area where temptation beckons (we hope!) |
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This tour ends with a view that is rarely, if ever, seen by our visitors – winter closing in on the display beds. |
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