Stock Photo: Springtime In Beth Chatto`s Gardens
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Construction of the Beth Chatto Gardens at Elmstead Market near Colchester began in 1960. It was attached to the Chatto family home, on land that had previously belonged to the Chatto family fruit farm. It had not been farmed before, as the soil was considered too dry in places, too wet in others and the whole area had been allowed to grow wild with blackthorn, willow and brambles. The only plants to survive from the earliest days are the ancient boundary oaks surrounding the Garden.[5] The Beth Chatto Gardens comprise a varied range of planting sites totalling 5 acres 2.0 ha, including dry, sun baked gravel, water and marginal planting, woodland, shady, heavy clay and alpine planting. They now include the Gravel Garden, Woodland Garden, Water Garden, Long Shady Walk, Reservoir Garden redesigned by the Head Gardener, Asa Gregers-Warg, and the Garden and Nursery Director, David Ward, with input from Beth and Scree Garden. The development of these sites prompted Beth Chatto to write books on gardening about what could be considered as `problem areas`, using plants that nature has developed to survive under differing conditions
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