When we arrived it was raining steadily and we mingled under multi-coloured umbrellas waiting for any stragglers to finally make it.

The garden is attached to Jacqueline Iddon’s plant nursery and includes a gravel area, a stream fed pond, a woodland walk and herbaceous borders.

We set off with Jacqueline as our guide and soon met her husband, Thomas Dagnall, who specialises in sculpting tree trunks and large timbers into public works of art. He was building a wooden chalet which was to be a workshop and gallery for his sculptures. After an interesting conversation with him, we slowly meandered around the garden as, thankfully, the rain stopped.

Not surprisingly, sculptures are a feature throughout and, combined with Jacqueline's style of planting, the garden is a very interesting place to visit.

In the nursery we found a wide selection of hardy perennials which are, in the main, propagated from the garden. Amongst others, there was a large selection of Hostas, Heucheras and Geraniums.

After roaming around the garden and nursery and, of course, buying a few plants, we returned to the rooms adjoining the house for some very welcome tea/coffee and biscuits.