In past times, pretty much all of England's significant country estates would have boasted a walled kitchen garden. As there were no supermarkets, growing your own vegetables and fruit would have been a sensible option - especially if you could afford to hire a couple of gardeners to do the work for you.
The walls acted like a windbreak and discouraged thievery. Within, you could develop a micro-climate in which plants might thrive.
Above - I snipped that aerial view of the kitchen garden at Hungerford Park from Google Maps. The derelict house from which I snapped that window photo is in the top left hand corner of the rectangle - also shown at the bottom of this blogpost.
I did take a few pictures inside the walled garden that I am going to share with you now...
Damsons
Giant thistles
Cynara cardunculus
Ian, Zachary and sunflowers
Old water tanks being repurposed to create a water feature
from Yorkshire Pudding https://ift.tt/0fbMwcy
