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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 And finally, this is the ruined gardener's house from which I took yes...