Holmdale House and Garden

Head Gardener's Comment

The garden at Holmdale House currently extends to about one acre. We have a variety of borders with mixed plantings, a pond garden, a large courtyard garden-nursery, a small spring snowdrop and hellebore walk, a hosta collection, a white garden, as well as new areas and plantings under construction. Our special interest is in plants with interesting foliage, especially variegated.

History

There has been a farm at Holmdale probably since the late eighteenth century, and the site was farmed until the late 1970s. The house and buildings have been renovated and the garden developed since the arrival of the current owners in 1999.

Plants of Note

Many unusual, variegated forms of garden plants, both shrubs and herbaceous, including: Liriodendron tulipifera 'Variegata', Philadelphus 'Gerard Debureaux', Brunnera macrophylla 'Gordano Gold', variegated forms of Lily of the Valley, Geranium, Hemerocallis, Euphorbia, Sambucus, Ranunculus etc.