The original Arts and Crafts adherents were motivated by a desire to promote good honest craftsmanship in the face of industrialization in the latter half of the 19th century.
The inset stone path works with the community of topiaries to lead the eye to Rodmarton’s farm and the horizon.
The Herbaceous Border, connecting the main house to the stone summer house, with monumental paving that needs to be cautiously navigated.
The Sunken Garden, an essential Arts and Crafts compartment that allows a higher perspective, not only over boxwood and yew ‘knots’ but the top of the grapevine-covered pergola.
A surfeit of stone sinks, troughs and plinths from around the farm are repurposed as homes for alpines, auricula and pasqueflower.
Yew arches, turf and irregularly-stationed trees mark the garden compartments that separate the house from fields.
Remnants of the original apple trees in the Walled Garden provide a romantic touch.