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The Garden
Fenton House
Garden
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Fenton House stands in an amazing garden which is a free, star attraction.
You walk through Joshua Gee's elegant 17th century gates
through the narrow lawns front garden with acacia trees arching, above, into a side 'room' made of living yew,
and then into the dream - a perfect English garden built on a hillside on two levels. The lower level has the orchard
and the kitchen garden while the upper half has the lawn, terrace walks and
magnificent flower borders in summer.

Acacias arch overhead to form a green tunnel from the front gate to the front door. Poppies against bright sunlight.Photo:Ian Shaw. The sweep of the lawn allows city dwellers to remember wider spaces. White Admiral's House in the background was once the home of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, architect of the Albert Memorial and St Pancras Station. The small white house next to it was the home of John Galsworthy, author of The Forsyte Saga.
A 'room' in the garden The water supply has great style The garden inspires many gardeners

Once inside the garden you forget you are in London.
Large by city standards, the greater part of the garden extends to the north of the house.
The terrace walks inside the high brick walls which shield the garden from Hampstead Grove and Admiral's Walk,
are probably part of the original 17th-century layout made to overlook a sunken formal parterre.
The original layout of the upper and lower gardens did not survive into the 20th century, when much of the upper part
was used for tennis. It has recently been redeveloped as a sequence of 'rooms', with flower-filled borders
giving interest at different seasons, and a sunken rose garden - which will be completely replanted
next autumn after having been cleared in August 2000. The gardens are constantly changing and evolving.
New additions in the summer of 2000 have been a scented border, a herb garden and additional beds
in the cutting garden. Click for your free screen saver the Water Picture
Another 'room' this one is lavender-filled and smells wonderful when in flower People find peace in the beauty of the garden Lilles grow well massed in a border Special grass has a special place.

On the lower level the 250-year old orchard producing 30 different types of apple and a few cherry
trees is authentically left with long meadow grass until mid-summer which waves
like the sea in the wind. Walk through the mown paths between the trees and water feature
to the kitchen garden with greenhouse.with vegetables and herb garden.
All photos bar 'Poppies':D.Morris

copyright © The National Trust 2000 & D.Morris 2000.