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bradenham hall and dale farm
July 2013
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For long periods of time, the house has been tenanted rather
than lived in by the owners and reputedly amongst these
tenants was Lady Hamilton, who is said to have entertained
Lord Nelson as a guest.
Since
the house was built in about 1740, it had been owned
principally by the Smyth, Haggard (Rider's
dog 'Spice' is buried here) and
Penrose families until 1951 when Dick & Jane Allhusen bought
it, together with 1500 acres of surrounding land and woods. The present owners have a cutting garden and a rose garden and herbaceous border which is beautifully designed and maintained. The delphiniums were particularly magnificent, wonderfully richly coloured and upright. GPS below |
 Datura suaveolens - angel's trumpet |
 Pink striped clematis |
 Deep violet clematis |
 Oenothera tetragona |
 Gaillardia - blanket flower |
 Alstroemeria hybrids |
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 Shady seat |
 Long herbaceous border |
 Leucanthemum 'Sonnenschein' |
 Delphiniums - cream and deep purple |
 Austin rose |
 Delphiniums - sky blue |
 Delphiniums - deep purple |
 Erigeron |
 Orange lily |
 Delphiniums |
 Rosa 'Golden Wings' |
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 Avenue |
 Courtyard |
 Through the arch |
 Hardy planters and the herbaceous border |
 Dark red purple clematis |
 Fuchsia in the courtyard |
 Rosa 'Silver Jubilee' |
 Pastel rose |
 Peach hemerocallis |
 Potentilla |
 Ceanothus |
 Rosa 'Handel' |
 Bradenham Hall
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 Bradenham Hall |
 Bradenham Hall |
We had our picnic lunch at Bradenham Hall then went on to Dale Farm where the planting reflected the enthusiasm and flair of the owners. They started the garden recently, creating everything including the spring fed lake from scratch. They keep the planting fresh by including annuals and other seed grown plants. GPS map below |
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 Gravel garden |
 Stipa gigantea |
 Lawn |
 Primula florindae |
 Around the lake |
 Iris laevigata 'Rose Queen' |
 Rodgersia |
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 Cow parsley sculpture |
 Lily pads |
 Wooden art and birch trees |
There were many sculptures in the garden. The cow parsley was made by the local blacksmith |
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 Wonderful planting |
 Inula helenium |
 White stemmed birch |
Berkheya purpurea unusual plant, seed available from Thompson and Morgan |
 Opium poppy |
 White poppy |
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