Cider Orchard
January 2024 A small sloping field just inland from the sea has been returned to orchard. We have planted a West Country mix of Bittersweet/Sweet apples along with three daughter trees grafted from the last remaining mother tree.
Topiary
/in Garden design /by adminJanuary 2024 A snatched planting moment, starting early in the morning.
Devon Walled Garden
/in Garden design /by Conrad BattenReview visit, to check on the health of the Olives and hear the bees.
Roke House
/in Garden design /by Conrad Batten16 weeks from brown soil.
Dartmouth
/in Garden design /by Conrad BattenNew pocket design, full of citrus, where the walls on a Devon winter’s day speak of past growth and productivity.
Roke House
/in Garden design /by Conrad BattenA new heart to the garden, from which all circulation will flow. Re using waste materials, concrete free construction, local craftsman, and a large percentage of materials sourced within 10 miles.
“I plunged eagerly and passionately into the wilderness, as if in the hope of thus penetrating into the very heart of this Nature, powerful and maternal, there to blend with her living elements.”
Paul Gauguin