The garden is laid out into areas separated by walls and hedges.
The garden layout was developed in the early 20th century, by Dr. Price, including laying down triangular and diamond shaped flagstone paths. The ornamental domes of box were planted in the 1920s.[9] The early landscaping was expanded and planted starting in 1933 by Phyllis Reiss in a Arts and Crafts “Hidcote” style.[3] The 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) garden is separated into “rooms” by Yew hedges and walls.[10] The different areas include Eagle Court (the former courtyard), Middle Garden, Fountain Garden and Pool Garden.[3] The pool garden is the site of a former tennis court.[9]
In 1954 Reiss gave the house and garden to the National Trust, but continued to live in the house and care for the garden until her death in 1961. From then on, the Trust let the house to a variety of tenants, including the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse and her husband Prof John Malins from 1980 to 1993.[11]
The gardens are included in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens and include small pools and an azelea garden.[12]
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Tintinhull Garden
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 22nd 2019
What a beautiful house and garden. I do like the ship sculpture
I was quite taken with the ship sculpture
this is a wonderful presentation of the garden Cherie… i could almost smell the lavender….peter:)
Thank you Peter
>…let the house to a variety of tenants, including the garden designer and writer Penelope Hobhouse and her husband Prof John Malins from 1980 to 1993.
What happened after 1993? Can you still rent this property?
After 1993 it was possible to view parts of the house as well as the gardens.
The National Trust have recently started using the house as a holiday let.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/holidays/tintinhull-house-somerset
You English are known for your gardens, of course, Cherry, but seeing all that lavender makes it even more spectacular.
I love our English gardens they remind me of heaven
The lavender is just amazing, Cherry. I wonder if it smelled. What a wonderful garden and I think this will be a joy to work here and to be here.
We had not heard of the garden before our impromptu visit. We were not dissapointed, it is a lovely garden.
I have no sense of smell so I am not able to advise if the lavender was aromatic.
Lovely isn’t it. And you must have picked the perfect time to see it, not a photobomber in sight. When we went it was heaving!
There were only two or three other couples in the garden when we visited. Early June and late in the day.
Oh gee that lavender is beautiful.
this is marvelous park and garden Cheri
thank you for exquisite images you shared ,i enjoyed each bit of this