Gardens
A view of the drive to our house with the Welsh hills in the distance
(taken from Room 1)Since our move to Lyth Hill House in 2000, our extensive gardens have been gradually re-developed and now offer accessible pathways throughout and a large pond and waterfall at the centre of a huge variety of interesting shrubs. We also offer a rose garden; a central feature of monocot varieties; and a lovely arbour at the high point of the garden giving superb views over the gardens.
We are now enjoying seeing it all come together and we know that our gardens will continue to be a real and “growing” attraction for many of our guests in 2008.
Our guest sun-lounge gives easy access to the patio, as does Room Three. On hot summer days, the swimming pool can also give access onto the patio.
Two tier fountain at sunset
Discreet lighting makes the front garden fountain a welcome sight when you return after dark. Rustic benches make this a popular place to relax and enjoy our very special panoramic views and beautiful sunsets.
The centrepiece of our secluded rear gardens is a huge rock feature, created from Grinshill stone. Water tumbles down the bank, through the rock garden forming a lovely waterfall and stream with stepping stones before falling into the large garden pond which is surrounded by a wide range of interesting shrubs.
We want you to enjoy the whole area and have created many wheelchair accessible pathways. Birds and wild-life love the tranquility here so please come ready to see something new.
Our back patio with seating and hanging baskets
We encourage you to explore and enjoy our gardens. Rustic benches are scattered throughout and more comfortable seating is always available on our patio.
Azelea mollis enjoying evening sunshine in early May
We encourage you to enjoy our lawned areas at the front and next to the rose garden at the side of the house - a good set of Boules is available for you to borrow and we are open to suggestions for further appropriate garden pastimes and games. Please email us with ideas!
Although we love our garden, we can't pretend that we have created it on our own:
Paul Gwilliam at work in our garden
Paul Gwilliam, college trained horticulturalist puts in at least a day each week on the up-keep of the gardens, about three quarters of an acre in total. This is all year round, not just during the growing season: improvements have again been made over our low season – do come and have a look! Together we have created all the various developments over the last 5 years: starting with the front fountain then the back pond and more recently the waterfall and stream.
A guest enjoying our improved garden water feature.
Alongside these has been the creation of all the pathways, steps, arbour and huge composting area not to mention the choice and nurture of hundreds of interesting and unusual shrubs.