Route: Hutton-in-the-Forest
Area: North Eastern Lake District
Date of walk: 10th June 2016
Walkers: Andrew
Distance: 2.0 miles
Weather: Light cloud, a few spots of rain
Hutton-in-the-Forest is an ancient Cumbrian house tracing its origins back to the mid 14th century. The house itself was closed today but I was here to visit the gardens and grounds, which are amongst the best in the district
After walking down to the Low Garden I followed the woodland walk which skirts round the perimeter of the grounds and is full of mature specimen trees. I then entered the old Walled Garden – the highlight of today’s visit
The Walled Garden is bounded by walls on two sides which were built in the 1730s and on the other two sides by yew hedges planted over a century ago, and these make a fitting backdrop to the superbly planted herbaceous borders within
Despite the indifferent weather today, the beauty of the garden shone through and I thoroughly enjoyed the visit
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This morning’s red squirrel photo before I set off for the North East Lake District
Hutton-in-the-Forest - the house is also open on certain days, check the website for details
The house from South Terrace
Low Garden from South Terrace
Looking back to the house from Low Garden
I follow the woodland walk
The 17C Dovecote, once used to keep doves for meat and eggs
Back to South Terrace, where there’s an attractive herbaceous bed
Turk’s Head Lily
Candelabra Primula
Himalayan Blue Poppy
I make my way back across South Terrace
Ancient yew hedging on West Terrace
I enter the Walled Garden which was for me the highlight of the visit …
A magical place, and one of the finest gardens I’ve visited
Back at the car park, one of the many old trees in the surrounding parkland
